john selleers and sons razor

[sedricg]

hello!

was clearing our office recently and stumbled across the posessions of a long gone partner of the company and inside this said box we found a razor..

i was just wondering if any of you knew anything about it? had a look on the net and not seen one like this.

[Snake]

Nothing I can say about the maker, but that doesn't look like a razor to me. The heel is all wrong for a razor, and the opening notch on top seems to indicate some sort of folding pocket blade.

Do keep in mind I'm not by any stretch of the imagination an expert on anything useful, so this is just my opinion based on my observations.

Regards,



Marcos

[sedricg]

thanks for the reply snake!

its actually john sellers and sons, it appears my fingers got a bit silly when creating the thread title!

From what i have found on the net John sellers were a sheffield and new york based cutlery and razor manufacturer.

hopefully someone else may be able to shed some light on this random thing i have found.

[Wullie]

I would call that a "rope knife". Hard to tell the size from your pic.

Rope knives were essentially a knife such as the one pictured and carried by sailors. Maritime law at one time (19th and early 20th century) forbade the carrying of a pointed knife by sailors, hence the squared off tip. Most had a beefy blade that could be driven through a hemp rope with a marlin spike.

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[Bayamontate]

I have one of their straight razors, it is 6/8, 1/4 hollow and it shaves great.

John Sellers & Sons 1820 - 1953, 151 Arundel Street Sheffield.

[gugi]

Yeah the maker is somewhat famous cutler from Sheffield, but this is a knife not a razor.