Geo Wosterholm

Gentlemen,

I have a nice 4/8 George Wosterholm. The shank is stamped George Wosterholm & Sons, Celebrated I*XL razor, Sheffield in three lines. On the blade is etched Ye Longe Cutte. The etch is in an old English type script. At first I assumed that the last word was "cutter" but there doesn't seem to be any indication that there ever was an "r" or any other letter after the "e". Can anybody give me any information about what seems to be a mystery to me?

Thanks,

Jascas

The razor photo will be helpful.

Here is a page out of the Wycliffe bible circa 1382. Way back when they spelled words differently than they did later. IMO your Wosty was using the old spelling along with the old font. I could be wrong, I was wrong once before. :)

You did misspell "Wostenholm" so maybe it's worth a second look? Pics would also be helpful.

Gentlemen,

Thanks for the replies. I think I've come up with the solution. Recently I was researching the various types of grinds and discovered that sometimes a shoulderless grind is referred to as Long Cut. Since the razor in question is, in fact, shoulderless it would seem the etching simply identifies it as being long cut and to make it more exotic looking they used antique English on the blade etch.

Thanks,

Jascas