Sheaf Island Works Sheffield

[karlej]

I'm trying to identify a razor that is plainly stamped on the tang Sheaf Island Works Sheffield. There is or rather was something faintly written over this on the tang but only a couple of letters are faintly and partially visable. I found reference to W. Greaves & Sons for Sheaf Works. Is this the same place/maker?
Can anyone provide more information?
Thanks,
Karl

[Walt]

Karl - Is there any way you can get a clear close-up of the tang stamp and the razor in general. It's a lot easier to make identifications if you can provide good visuals.

I assume from your avatar that you are an ASW guy. Many years ago I used that Orion when I did the cover art for the TSC 3.0 and TSC 1.1 manuals for all of the Navy's ASW stations.

Regards - Walt

[JimmyHAD]

I don't know if they were the only 'Sheaf Works' but W. Greaves & Sons were stamped with that logo, and from Sheffield.

[karlej]

Figured it out. I could make out just a few letters ACKSO. Enough to identify it as William Jackson & Co. c.1850 - 1860. I'll take some pictures after the battery charges in my camera. Heavy 15/16 blade w/ barber's notch, black horn scales and a lead wedge.

Walt, yep retired Masterchief. VP-23, VP-44 and VPU-1. About 3000 hours as a P-3 flight engineer.

[karlej]

Here's the pictures. The horn scales are split through the pin hole on both sides. I don't know of anyway to repair the spits. If there is no way to repair the splits I'm looking for a sourse of black horn to make replacements.

[manah]

In Sheaf Island Works, we have: William Maxwell MacBrair and William Jackson & Co.
But I think it's William Jackson & Co. This business was launched in about 1841 as Ashton, Jackson & Co., South Street, and styled as American merchants, cutlery and file manufacturers. In 1852, it was William Jackson & Co.
Jackson's was still listed in the 1960s.
Trademarks: "R. Vernon & Sons" and "Imperial".