Is that a sheffield??

[Dalton]

I've bought that razor from a granpa, he's a knife collector mostly. Its the heaviest blade I 've hold with some kind of copper(?) scales.. It seems to me thats a real wedge and the tang is very bulky. Its a 7/8 with a spine thickness of 6mm

Anyone knows what can that be?

Thanks in advance, sorry for the bad quality pics

[hoglahoo]

The style of the blade is Sheffield or English at least, but if there are no visible marks on the blade you may never know for sure

[hi_bud_gl]

i have no idea it is Sheffield or something else but i know that it is very nice looking blade.
Enjoy.

[Neil Miller]

Certainly a lovely looking blade you have there! It may or may not be from Sheffield - no way of knowing without the makers mark, at least.

I have seen those pressed one-piece metal scales (and have three or four of them myself) on quite a few old Swedish razors.

Swedish iron ore is of a very high quality, and an enormous amount of it was exported to Sheffield for steel-making, and apart from their own excellent razor-makers the Swedish admired quality Sheffield makes - I have a seven-day set Osborne RMS Shefield steel etched in swedish, and a Bengall with a Swedish mark on the tang, so there was a kind of two-way appreciation society going on then!

Enjoy your lovely razor.

Regards,
Neil

[Dalton]

Thank you all. Unfortunatelly that razor is so old that i cant figure out what is written on the tang, but i think the last letter is "D"
Its so true about the Swedish-English give & take, I find very often that kind of razors here in swedish ebay: Bengall's with etchings that have been written in swedish language and razors from Eskilstuna that carry the name "sheffield" on them.
BTW if any of you has a request about finding an old swedish razor for a really low cost, just let me know, I will be glad to help. Its kind of sad to see all those razors roaming around instead of ending up in the hands of somebody who's going to appreciate them