Thread: Identification Assistance

I don't yet have any pictures (my camera stinks), besides, you likely wouldn't be able to make out any more (from the inscription) than I could.

I have a half hollow, Spanish point, 6/8 razor with ebony scales and a stumpy monkey tail. There's a bit of red rust that I'm looking forward to cleaning off in a couple days around the markings on the tang, but I'm not confident I would be able to get any more info from it.

Looks like it says (asterisks are unknown letters):

WUS**N*UL*

Hopefully I can clean it up a bit in the next couple days and maybe get some pictures. That's all I have for now.

Any help is appreciated.

WOSTENHOLM

Just a guess ofc

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Originally Posted by str8fencer

WOSTENHOLM

Just a guess ofc

wiki

That was my first guess, but it definitely appears to be a well-defined "U" and not an "O"

I would love it to be a Wostenholm, especially if it's a George Wostenholm. That would make it the oldest razor in my collection, even older than my 1870s Ford & Medley.

EDIT: Holy crap, I dug my loupe out, and the "U" definitely looks like it was supposed to be an "O" that has corroded away.

Holy Schneikies. I'm a happy, RAD-afflicted boy.

Sry for double post. But I pulled up another George Wostenholm frameback on the 'bay, and it has a nearly identical monkey tail.

Looks like the evidence is stacking up.