Thread: Greaves demonstrator??

I appreciate the help in advance. I have a 7/8 Greaves & Sons with horn handles, and it has stamped along the top edge of the blade: I AM GOOD AND WILL SHAVE WELL. Can anyone help?

Originally Posted by musicman67

I appreciate the help in advance. I have a 7/8 Greaves & Sons with horn handles, and it has stamped along the top edge of the blade: I AM GOOD AND WILL SHAVE WELL. Can anyone help?

Pictures please.
Being a Greaves is a good start though!

Thanks for the quick reply. It took my off guard to get a pic ready so quick...though, here it is: http://www.bouchardind.com/images/greaves.jpg

Looks like it could use a little love but I bet it would be a nice shaver if you did nothing but hone her up.

It would.

How many of these would have that inscription on them?

Originally Posted by musicman67

It would.

How many of these would have that inscription on them?

That is a question that I couldn't answer.

They were in business from 1816 to 1850. William Greaves was in business in 1780 and his son joined the firm in 1816

I'm guessing the razor was made prior to 1850, too...and at a time during a growing peak in popularity for them. I know it's rare, I just don't know how much so. Even a dynamic search of Google turns nothing up.

I guess about 1830-1840. The tail remembers to me razors made during the reign of William IV (1830-1837). Those inscriptions appeared first during the 1820's (a common one was "Old English"). Those scales are similar to Greaves' scales with the inscription "Sheaf Works" (last razor in this post), probably in use also a bit later (until beginning of 1850's ?).