Thread: Help in Dating These Straight Razors

Originally Posted by Pithor

Looks like Sheffield razors to me, because of the bulky tangs with the slight taper. I don't think they're regrounds, as the overall look is slightly modern. My guess would be late 1800's, judging by the relatively modern tails. My guess is that they are the same razor design from the same manufacturer, some Johnson made from 'silver steel'. Nice catch.

Yeah they are a pair. They came in a double coffin box. And I was hoping they are from the late 1800's, really cool to have something so old and be able to still use them.

Here they are cleaned up and re-scaled in brown acrylic. (Sorry for the crappy picture.) I'm going to try honing them the next couple of days and see how they shave

They look nice (although I'm not a huge fan of acrylic scales on older blades, but YMMV), good to see you getting them up and running.

Originally Posted by darrenk1q

I thought it was Johnson, but now I'm thinking John & Son(s) because of the spacing of the letters on both razors.

That is of course possible, although I still would put my bet on 'Johnson'. Many (older) sheffield stamps were applied by hand, and hence they are not uniform in their position on the tang.