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.

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?

Originally Posted by Lemur

Is it for shaving cats?

lol:-



Regards,
Neil

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

Originally Posted by brooksie967

Oh I imagine that he'll open letters with it, perhaps arts and crafts?

I still hope that your imagination has served you equally well in the past.

Originally Posted by Fikira

That is a very good option indeed, it found his name a time ago, but I've got stuck on the fact that he mostly produced chirurgical instruments, could it possibly be that it is an instrument? It would be fantastic to see resembling pictures... This is the only other picture one I've googled, without info...



Very very much pleased with your research!

Regards

Hi firka I see that your getting hung up on the fact that they made surgical tools but you have to remember that most of the people the produced razors also produced other forms of cutlery which would include surgical tools. Joseph Rodgers made whole eating sets, Erik anton berg and joseph engstrom made kitchen knives and Weck made surgical tools.