Thread: W&B Boxer Rebellion Razor

An interesting razor and a very cool piece of history. She's in great shape too. Awesome find.

My dear Denny,

That is an intriguing razor, with an intriguing story. What a great find.

Regards,
Obie

According Robert A.Doyle this razor was made during 1850's and 60's.
"It's also interesting to note that some blades manufactured during this period have Chinese symbols stamped on them, evidently manufactured for the Chinese imigrants."
And I think it is more likely.
I have W & B with the same symbols.

A very interesting razor. I like it a lot, and it's an interesting history (although I question its bias, especially by focusing on religion and leaving out the "Britain was doing its best to destroy the Chinese by poisoning them with opium" part of the story).

I don't read Chinese, but that looks like "Chinese flavored gibberish" to me. Chinese characters, and by extension Japanese (which I do have some familiarity with) tend towards some level of symmetry and balance. Those look more like poorly executed futhark runes...

I think, that it's not Chinese language. It's really Chinese symbols.

It's not even Chinese symbols either, more like random strokes made to somewhat remotely look like Chinese symbols.

Otherwise a nice razor, I was quite tempted to bid on one in the last weeks.

Originally Posted by manah

According Robert A.Doyle this razor was made during 1850's and 60's.
"It's also interesting to note that some blades manufactured during this period have Chinese symbols stamped on them, evidently manufactured for the Chinese imigrants."
And I think it is more likely.
I have W & B with the same symbols.

And that inscription, "The Heathen Chinee", seems to refer to a famous poem:

The Heathen Chinee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Beutiful, nevertheless...

Regards

Looks like something out of Lord of the Rings:


One Razor to rule them all, One Razor to find them,
One Razor to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Sheffield where the Shadows lie.