Thread: Identifying this razor?

Hello everybody, I picked up this razor this morning at a yard sale this morning and I need to get it identified.

On the blade itself it reads:
" 'KEEN as is this razor's edge invisible'
Shakespeare, Loves Labor Lost"

On the handle to the blade, it reads:
"George Butler and Co.
Trinity Works
Sheffield
England"

And also has the word "Art" in a circle.

On the other side from the "George Butler and Co..." stuff, it has "No0" stamped in.

The blade itself is 11/16" tall and the top is about 3/16" wide. The blade itself is 3" long.
The case is white, and I was told that it is ivory. Just the case is 5 5/8" long.

I need help because I couldn't find any on the internet that DIDN'T have the day marked in the top of the blade. It has no markings of day.

Also, it's kind of dirty and could use a cleaning, but I don't want to clean it yet. I don't know if razors are like coins where cleaning it kills the value.

Thanks for your time
~JSchultz

Sorry, but we don't do valuations on this web site. Maybe you could look at past auctions on ebay, etc,.

Good luck

Regards- Walt

Originally Posted by Walt

Sorry, but we don't do valuations on this web site. Maybe you could look at past auctions on ebay, etc,.

Good luck

Regards- Walt

Well do you have any other info on it to help me look? I only posted here because I saw somebody identify a similar razor and I was hoping somebody could do the same for me.

Thread I am referring to
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...-id-razor.html

Edit: Also, I checked ebay earlier with multiple different searches and nothing came up

GEORGE BUTLER & CO
Est. 1681-1926.
Trinity Works, Sheffield, England

There are lots of results and pictures available from using this forum's search bar. Please post a picture, if you can, we love great finds. Yours is likely from the latter period of production, they certainly look like top-quality razors.

The history of the George Butler & Co.

Originally Posted by JSchultz

"On the handle to the blade, it reads:
"George Butler and Co.
Trinity Works
Sheffield
England"

..."Also, it's kind of dirty and could use a cleaning, but I don't want to clean it yet. I don't know if razors are like coins where cleaning it kills the value.

Thanks for your time
~JSchultz"

Almost any vintage razor from Sheffield shaves well. Here at SRP, most of us would clean and use it if it looks good. Post a picture and you'll get shave related advise anyway.

Some pictures

i would start with maas or some other quality metal polish and and get it shiny... properly honed that blade shaves very nicely. it was probably made between 1918-1926. polishing by hand does not hurt the value but an unskilled hand and power tools can easily destroy the temper or even the actual blade. sometimes they get destroyed by skilled users as well.
as for it's value it is neither all that rare nor all that collectable... collectors want big blades, fancy scales, gold wash.... users want a good blade at a reasonable price... this is a good blade but not currently a "desirable" razor... learn to shave with it and then pass it down to your kids or grandkids... another 100 years on and it might be a huge collectible.

Don't clean it (or have you already?), sell as is. It's a good blade but those pictures are rubbish i.e. a gamble. The scales are ivory, the bay is going to give you problems. Good luck.

Originally Posted by JSchultz

Also, it's kind of dirty and could use a cleaning, but I don't want to clean it yet. I don't know if razors are like coins where cleaning it kills the value.

Thanks for your time
~JSchultz

As far as cleaning it you won't hurt the value of that razor at all by cleaning it. Cleaning it and keeping it that way is also preserving it since razors are not finished and are just bare metal. Make sure you do all you can to preserve the etchings and engravings and you will be fine.