Thread: Rare George Butler & co.

Ok fellas. This was my first razor I ever owned. I picked it up at an antique store a while back. At this point in my straight razor knowledge I didnt know much except sheffield and soligen = good razors. I was looking for something affordable and didnt want to dish out hundreds for a new one. I had seen guys on youtube like dwarvenchef who strictly use vintage. I thought this was great and began my journey to find a vintage razor. I paid $20 for this and knew it was in good shape, obviously. Now that I have 7 months more knowledge, and 5 more razors, he he he Ive never seen any george butlers like this one. Most ive seen are the celebrated "keen" razors with the shakespeare head. Also im not sure what the scales are made of. All I did was clean it up a bit, honed it, and its gave me nothing but big ear to ear grins. check it out.

My first razor was also a Butler, (though it IS one of the "Keen" razors) They are good quality steel. Your scales look like celluloid from here. Probably rescaled 40-75 years ago.

Looks good , I've never seen one with an etching of a key before, happy shaving! The scales are probably celluloid. I have similar scales on my 4/8" Salamander and Boker king cutter

I had suspected they were a plastic of some sort. Thanks for the info.

I have a George Butler in ivory, that has a 'Gentlemans Razor' etch. Also it has Sheffield and no England, and no ART in a circle. Mine is a great shaver, but I don't use it very often for fear of damaging the ivory.

Thats very cool! I would love to get a hold of an ivory scaled anything!!! You guys have any idea what era to place this one? I should have mentioned that in the original post.

The history of the George Butler & Co.

Very Curious here... Manah, if you know, The history page you linked says that Butler left the Trinity shop in 1864, and that the trade marks date after that time. But all of my Butler razors are marked "Trinity Works" even though they were manufactured much later than the move date. Was the "Trinity Works" a simple buisness name that carried on long after the move? or is there some sort of mix up with location/dates?

In 19th century, the factory at Trinity Works was one of the largest cutlery firm in Sheffield.
Butler's moved, but didn't leave Trinity Works.
Razors were made at that factory.