Thread: 13/16” blade by John Clarke. Is this a good razor?

I recently bought the following straight razor:

Manufacturers:

John Clarke & Son

Razor manufacturer, 35, and John, inspr. 135 Harvest lane
From Whites Directory of She”ffield 1852

This straight razor has a 13/16” 1/4 Hollow ground blade.

It has black horn scales with a lead spacer.
Engraved on the tang are the words
“J. Moseley & Son 54 Broad St Bloomsbury”
“NEVA” John Clarke & Sons Corporate Mark

Does anybody have a John Clarke razor?
Is it a good razor or not?
Thank you!

I have a John Clarke , NEVA razor , but mine is a full hollow grind . It doesn't have John Mosley's name on it , though . Mine is one of my best shavers .

Sheffield steel in this time frame was good stuff. The best are excellent.

Hone it up and give it a shave test!

It may pay to get a pro to hone it for you if it does
not wake up for you. If it is not shave ready
to you do give it a light coat of oil with a drop extra
on the pivot area.

First of all, nice old razor. Congrats!
But I'm not sure, that it's John Clarke razor.
Yes. "N.E.V.A." was John Clarke trademark.
But "John Moseley & Son" was a trademark of very solid company, William Marples & Son, Hibernia Works, Sheffield.
And the last, there was really J.Moseley & Son company in London.
So, we have many choices.

I concur with Alex, a beautiful big blade. She's a keeper. I don't know where you're located but if you drop me a PM we can discuss a free honing session to get her up to speed for you.
Mike .

Thank you all very much for the answers.

Originally Posted by manah

First of all, nice old razor. Congrats!
But I'm not sure, that it's John Clarke razor.
Yes. "N.E.V.A." was John Clarke trademark.
But "John Moseley & Son" was a trademark of very solid company, William Marples & Son, Hibernia Works, Sheffield.
And the last, there was really J.Moseley & Son company in London.
So, we have many choices.

Manah you confused me a lot.Thank you very much for these information.

Originally Posted by MODINE

I concur with Alex, a beautiful big blade. She's a keeper. I don't know where you're located but if you drop me a PM we can discuss a free honing session to get her up to speed for you.
Mike .

Modine, very kind of you. Thank you very much. However, I am located in the opposite part of the planet, so I will try to hone it myself.
If you have in mind a youtube video or any instructions particular for wedge and smiling blades honing, they would be very useful. Thank you again.

Originally Posted by Slur

I recently bought the following straight razor:

Manufacturers:

John Clarke & Son

Razor manufacturer, 35, and John, inspr. 135 Harvest lane
From Whites Directory of She”ffield 1852

This straight razor has a 13/16” 1/4 Hollow ground blade.

It has black horn scales with a lead spacer.
Engraved on the tang are the words
“J. Moseley & Son 54 Broad St Bloomsbury”
“NEVA” John Clarke & Sons Corporate Mark

Does anybody have a John Clarke razor?
Is it a good razor or not?
Thank you!

I have a smaller razor in ivory. Very definitely John Clark & Son. Very definitely N.E.V.A. stamp, in I identical style as on the back of tang on yours. All on left side of tang. Cheers

Here is a very knowledgeable honing person in your area that is a member of the Greek shaving forums; and, he is a very nice person!:
Emmanuel Giannoulakis
PM sent to you with his email address.
~Richard

Also, along with Geezer's suggestion, IF you plan on honing it yourself, watch Glens YouTube video's here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/gssixgun/videos

Just scroll down to "load more"
Very nice score!!!!!

Thank you gentlemen, but the thread is 4 years old. I honed the razor many many times