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W.Pepys most likely from mid 19th century. Scales made from "I" material. Images below - Veterinary fleam by the same manufacturer.
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I think the razor is more 1820ish.
From what I have been able to find, the more defined heal of the blade showed up post 1800. And a more pronounced heal kicked in around the late 1820's.
Very interesting piece, I've been looking into a wall display of the timelines of razor production.
Keep up the posts :D
Only for the record: Pepys was from Poultry London (not Sheffield).
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Sorry to dredge up an old thread but I was doing a little research on my W.Pepys razor and found some interesting info. This link to a couple pages in Google books Pg. 98 is a little bibliography of William Haseldine Pepys (1775-1856). It explains, among other things, that he followed his father into the cutlery and surgical instrument business. A lot more info than I can usually find about a razor maker so I thought I'd share.
Goodness! He was related to Samuel Pepys...there's some real history there. Wow, I'm deeply impressed...
Good find, thanks for the update :)
The fact that W. Pepys went on and made a name for himself in the sciences really wows me. For some reason I admire people who have made extreme career changes. I'd love to find one of his razors.
A article I wrote (mostly in English) about this very scarce and interesting razor maker how was a well known scientist and chemist of his time !Quote:
Originally Posted by Traskrom
Pepys and cie London made (on y parle de WOOTZ)
Good to see another razor like that.
About a year ago one lady contacted me and mentioned that she is a relative of John Pitts. Actually she wanted to use pictures of the razor. She also mentioned that John and his brother Charles were made bankrupt and later they cleared their debts.
After about 5 years, I came across another Pepys. I couldn't resist :p
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