Frederick's Celebrated Sheffield
Hello everyone. I have a razor marked on the tang:
FREDERICK's
CELEBRATED RAZOR
SHEFFIELD
The blade is etched with "THE KEEN EDGE BLADE"
I'm not finding much information at all about a manufacturer named Frederick's. I wonder if this company is related to Frederick Reynolds? Also, I see that Frederick Reynolds and other Sheffield made razors called "celebrated," and I'm wondering if that has any particular significance. What does "celebrated" actually mean in this context? Is it just some kind of a trademark for Sheffield razors?
Thanks for your input.
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Frederick's Celebrated Sheffield
I had one like that, but it was a frederick hall razor not frederick Reynolds a lot of small time razor makers were making knock offs or using part of a popular manufacturers name of the larger manufacturers much like today... For example joseph wostenholme and sons vs George wostenholm ... Not saying that it's a poor quality razor just an off brand...
Here's a pic of mine that I rescaled also I sanded off the etching where it said "the keen edge blade" the maker stamp reads "frederick hall celebrated razor Sheffield"
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