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    Default Strange Joseph Rodgers - Help needed

    Hey Gentlemen!

    I picked up this razor (picks below) on a flea market for 4 Euros.
    On the tang it says:

    Joseph Rodgers
    Glun St
    Sheffield

    Now I'm confused. Is this another Joseph Rodgers from Sheffield? How old do you think is that razor?
    I know Joseph Rodgers and Sons, but their tang marks look pretty different. And they were not located in the Glun St.
    Appreciate every infos about the manufacturer and date of operation.



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    Just a guess here, but maybe Joseph Rodgers was succeded by Joseph Rodgers & Sons, and perhaps there was a move involved.

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    That is interesting. Here is a history of the company that Jasper Kade posted some time back. No mention of Glun St but it may have been where one of the workshops was located. That is a neat find.
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    It says Clun Street -- with a C


    Here is another example:

    Cutlery - JOSEPH RODGERS CUTLERY MANUFACTURER CLUN STREET SHEFFIELD.FIRTH BREARLEY STAINLESS.LARGE KNIFE.(CR22 for sale in Cape Town


    And here is a forum post with a guy that found the same razor as you probably:

    Joseph Rodgers cutlers - mfg. sites - Sheffield History - Sheffield Memories

    unfortunately no replies yet from the sheffield experts there, but, who knows, maybe you should bookmark it and check back over there.


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    Here is another item I found bearing Clun Street:


    LEBROCANTEUR Cuchillos


    if you scroll down, or just search for "Clun" you will see a picture of a Joseph Rodgers stamped knife with Clun street on it. Wish I could read spanish, I'm not sure what it says about it on that site. I think they say that knife is 1898 vintage though.

    I think its the same mfg. Can't explain the different address. Apparently Clun Street is all residential now in current Sheffield.

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    This is wild. I have one "Rodgers" cast steel that I kept and regrettably one that I sold. Good shaver BTW. I don't know if this is the same Rodgers. Always thought that the Norfolk St. Joseph was the one and only. More to be revealed I guess.

    Edit; Another thing that has me curious is the profile of this blade and handle indicates the late 1700s. The history of J.Rodgers linked in the earlier post says that they didn't make razors until the 1820s or thereabouts ?
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    It looks old. Common sense dicates it is older than the oldest 'JR & sons'.
    Nice find.
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    It does look old. We need another pic of the entire razor, including the tail

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    Thanks for your comments. The PDF with the history ist great.

    Here 2 photos!





    On that spanish page, it says something abour rare marked tang. At least we know that this is that Joseph Rodgers from Joseph Rodgers and Son.
    But it's strange why they stamped such a simplistic marking on the tang, instead of their more sophisticated ones.
    Firts thought like Bruno, that it is older than the most JR and sons because of that.
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    From what I can see in your second set of photos, the blade looks to be hollow ground. That would argue it was made post 1850. My .02 worth!

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