Thread: Bastet

Does anyone recognise this one?

A stub tail with the look of a car from a 1950 sci-fi comics?!? Amazing!

No info, alas, but it's a real nice find! Is it a wedge? Is there anything stamped on the other side?

Bastet was a Dutch manufacturer of high quality cutlery and surgical supplies since 1684, located in central Amsterdam.
They went out of business only in 1981, at some point changed the name to T.F. Bastet (around the last quarter of the 19th century), having been purveyor to the royal household for different periods of time (at least during the late 17th and late 19th century). I have one too (being Dutch I had to get one of course), it came in a box signed with "T.F. Bastet, The Dutch - English Razor" which led me to believe they might actually had at least some of their razors made in Sheffield. Here is another one, as well as here.

Based on the slighty bulky, unbalanced design and the tail design I'd place yours at the early-to-mid 19th century.

Yep, full wedge and nothing on the other side...

Originally Posted by Pithor

Bastet was a Dutch manufacturer of high quality cutlery and surgical supplies since 1684, located in central Amsterdam.
They went out of business only in 1981, at some point changed the name to T.F. Bastet (around the last quarter of the 19th century), having been purveyor to the royal household for different periods of time (at least during the late 17th and late 19th century). I have one too (being Dutch I had to get one of course), it came in a box signed with "T.F. Bastet, The Dutch - English Razor" which led me to believe they might actually had at least some of their razors made in Sheffield. Here is another one, as well as here.

Based on the slighty bulky, unbalanced design and the tail design I'd place yours at the early-to-mid 19th century.

Thank U!
The big problem is that all the razors I've seen are marked T.F. Bastet and "T.F. Bastet is a firm whom produces surgical tools and knives from 1876 to 1931". Mine is Bastet...
The looks are more like (indeed) 1800-1850...
Strange...

Is it for shaving cats?

Originally Posted by Lemur

Is it for shaving cats?

I think the cat would , or run like hell, or shave yourself with her nails?

Here's a similar one. Not exactly the same shape, but not too far away from it. Yours looks like an earlier model.

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Here's a similar one. Not exactly the same shape, but not too far away from it. Yours looks like an earlier model.

Regards,
Neil

Thanks, but I really think its another one, all these "Bastet's" are T.F. Bastet, mine is just "Bastet", I have only see it once or twice and couldn't find anything of info about it...

Regards

Love the look of this old guy! Almost like a french point? I am especially curious about the height of the tang and love how it just slowly tapers off from the spine.