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  1. 08-19-2012, 05:41 PM #1
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    Default What are the top English Straight Razor Manufacturers?

    I'm wanting to buy a vintage English razor (probably many) but there are just so many maker's out there. Some of the ones I've been looking at are:
    KROPP
    CLEMENTS
    MAPPIN & WEBB CO
    MARSHES & SHEPHERD
    JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS
    FREDERICK REYNOLDS
    TAYLOR WITNESS
    JOHN HEIFFOR
    GEORGE WOSTENHOLM & SON
    JOHN WRAGG
    WADE & BUTCHER
    GEORGE BUTLER & CO

    What are the top 5? I suppose these are mostly Sheffield steel which was renound for good quality. Are there any really sought after rarer manufacturers I should be adding to the list? What are the scarcist and and does rarity mean much higher price?
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    Thus is like asking a group if people what their favorite color is. I'm sure you'll get a lot of different opinions. Personally, I'm partial to J Wostenholm EBRO razors.
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    I dont see a less then stellar manufacturer in the bunch. Pick 5 randomly and there you have it.
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    Also there are the F Fenney/CT Bingham Tally Ho razors. Sought after and great shavers.
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    Get a good case of RAD and I can see you owning a least one,from every maker. Thats how we roll on this site !!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by postmastergeneral View Post
    What are the top 5?
    ALL of them plus 20 or thirty more.
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    Yes, possibly like asking for a favourite colour. Maybe it would be easier to ask which to avoid, and I take it none of the above list? What is the holy grail of straight razors, or are most equally good in their own different ways?
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    +1 for both the J Wostenholm EBRO and the Fenney/Bingham Tally Ho.

    Another that comes to mind (possibly) is W Greaves & Sons. I say possibly because I haven't finished restoring mine yet and so can't speak from experience, but I've heard good things.

    I have a thing for vintage Sheffield blades too, and have yet to find one that wasn't a great shaver. Happy hunting!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cangooner View Post
    +1 for both the J Wostenholm EBRO and the Fenney/Bingham Tally Ho.

    Another that comes to mind (possibly) is W Greaves & Sons. I say possibly because I haven't finished restoring mine yet and so can't speak from experience, but I've heard good things.

    I have a thing for vintage Sheffield blades too, and have yet to find one that wasn't a great shaver. Happy hunting!
    Thanks Cangooner, that is really helpful. I've heard a lot of good things about J Wostenholm. I know I'll end up with a whole bunch of them, I know what I'm like lol.
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    Not rare, but also interesting and well-known Sheffield makers:
    George Johnson
    Brookes & Crookes
    Bengall, Thomas Radley Cadman
    William Greaves & Sons
    Thomas Turner & Co.
    Thomas Turner
    John & William Ragg
    Joseph Allen & Sons
    Joseph Elliot & Sons
    John Sellers
    Alex Ts.
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