A rather nice little thing by George Hammond. Anyone have more info?

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The stamp reads "Geo. Hammond / Don Place / Sheffield".

I can only turn up really scanty information. Pigot's directory of professions in Sheffield, circa 1829, lists George Hammond as a razor manufacturer, but lists a different address (59 Wicker, as opposed to Don Place). White's directory of Sheffield, circa 1859 lists a George Hammond as razor and tableknife maker at 69 Stanley Street. Looking at these two addresses on the map, they're very close together.

As near as I can tell, Don Place would be up the Don a ways Northeast from the Stanley/Wicker addresses. Does this razor predate the 1829 listing?

The shape of the blade and the length of the tail are very similar to my Greaves & Sons made between 1816-1826. The tail is exactly the same length.

Anyone have any thoughts on a date for this one?

Goins has it listed but no info just
George Hammond Fine Silver Steel

Love the Look of it. Great Find.

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Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

Goins has it listed but no info just
George Hammond Fine Silver Steel

Love the Look of it. Great Find.

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Alas! Thanks for looking!

And yeah, I am very fond of it. As a delicious added bonus, it looks like it's going to hone up beautifully.

George Hammond
Tableknife and razor manufacturer, 69 Stanley street
From Whites Directory of Sheffield 1852

What are the scales made of? I have a Bengall wedge with similar scales, have no idea..

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Originally Posted by davemillard

What are the scales made of? I have a Bengall wedge with similar scales, have no idea..

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That's the early fake tortoise-shell technology. Translucent horn with dark blotches of dye. If it needs care, treat it like you'd treat any horn scales. In my experience, horn is one of the most forgiving, repairable materials. I am a fan.

Stinks real bad with power tools though.

Also, this razor is now honed up and shaves like a champ.

I failed to find any other information on George Hammond than was already posted, but it was fun to search! Your razor has an exceptionally nice even bevel-great job honing! The horn is in excellent condition, un-bug eaten or cracked, which is so rare in a razor of such antiquity. Congratulations on turning up yet another great old Sheffield razor from a little known cutler.

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Originally Posted by Croaker

I failed to find any other information on George Hammond than was already posted, but it was fun to search! Your razor has an exceptionally nice even bevel-great job honing! The horn is in excellent condition, un-bug eaten or cracked, which is so rare in a razor of such antiquity. Congratulations on turning up yet another great old Sheffield razor from a little known cutler.

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Believe it or not, that's more or less the shape I got it in. There is actually some cracking on the scales around the toe on the other side, but it's bad. The edge it has at the moment was put on by my good friend Ogershok, from here on the forums.

At the moment I've got an inquiry out to the Ken Hawley Trust collection to see if they know more about this one. I've been able to find 3-4 other Hammond razors, but they all have very different stamps, so I'm just having a real hard time getting a sense of when this was made. Being an old Sheffield blade, it does seem to need a touchup on the rocks every other shave or so. However, properly touched up it shaves really, really well.

I don't think those are the original scales but it's hard to be certain.