Thread: More in info about Thomas razors

thanks Sailor,your nice,i like your blade scale.My bouth razors have diferent scales,one a round shape,and colors a little diferent,but blades are identical,why...?if theyre bouth go in one kit,should be identical.myabe iam wrong..

Thomas Turner is one of the famous Sheffield knives/razors makers.
There is some info in the WIKI about Thomas Turner.

Originally Posted by Frankoni

thanks Sailor,your nice,i like your blade scale.My bouth razors have diferent scales,one a round shape,and colors a little diferent,but blades are identical,why...?if theyre bouth go in one kit,should be identical.myabe iam wrong..

As far as I can tell, sometimes it's the way you think and sometimes not. I picked up a Mappin & Webb double coffin box a month ago with what I am reasonably sure are the original razors. Both of the scales are different and while the blades are identical (hone wear makes this difficult to say for sure but I think so), the monkey tails are slightly different. I thought that perhaps this was to make them easy to differentiate in the absence of other marking. Maybe this is because the two day sets were aimed at the middle classes as opposed to the aristocracy. Or perhaps I'm just overthinking it.

Unfortunately, mine are just a nice set and too damaged to shave with/save beyond conservation (at the price, I couldn't resist the box with the apparently original contents as a bonus). Yours look like a very nice little score. Good one.

Hello Sailor! I picked up a similar razor to your's just a couple of hours ago at an Edinburgh antiques fair. I'm polishing it up with Autosol as I type . The scales are black otherwise it's "The Royal Navy Razor". Great to have all the information without having to ask or search for it...thanks everybody.

Congrats for your score, LordJohn. Antique fairs and flea markets can sometimes be really good sources for treasures like yours.
Like all Sheffields, mine was a damn to hone, but once i had it done it has been an excellent shaver. It would be most interesting to know if Turner ever had a contract with British Navy or was this just a marketing trick.
Remember to post some pics once you had it cleaned!

I m gonna start restoration on those blades.This be my first restoration.
Thanks for everybody and thanks SRP.

Originally Posted by Frankoni

I m gonna start restoration on those blades.This be my first restoration.
Thanks for everybody and thanks SRP.

No offense but it might be worth "learning" on something else. IME learning involves mistakes and those may well be too nice to learn on. JMHO.

Originally Posted by Sailor

It would be most interesting to know if Turner ever had a contract with British Navy or was this just a marketing trick.

They made razors for A&NCSL (Army and Navy Cooperative Stores Limited), so not exactly government contract but close.
Here's one of them, the other side is the standard thomas turner stamp