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I looking for some info
i have a razor named "Wauty Namur" but can not find any info about this name/razor
i want to clean him up but also like the history behind the name.
"Namur" < think its from Belgium but don't now for sure, and than the name Wauty ....???
The scales are from old horn
Someone a idea about this one??
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I found the name Wauthy placed in Liège in a genealogy search, but no info at all about any razor makers or priducts of that name. Anyways, looks to be an interesting piece you found there. I would have guessed french 1850-1880. Of belgian razor producers I am afraid I know nothing..
Let's see how it turns out after it's restored :D
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It seems that there are a lot of names like that in Namur - Wauty/Wauthy/Wauthie etc, and that it is a long established surname: I found a porcelain teas service with porcelain-handled knives from the 1700s while googling the name! Your razor is an older design (sometimes called 'coupe-choux' = 'cabbage-cutter'!) that is often seen without a tail - I have several examples like this. Like yours, they all seem to be in horn scales, nothing fancy, just flats cut from a sheet of horn, with a real bone wedge - bugs seem to like eating these scales a lot!
The ones without a tail are older in my opinion, although tail and tail-less versions overlapped I would put yours around 1880 to as late as 1920. The ones with bone wedges (often aged to a deep yellow/brown colour) seem to be a bit older and a bit more 'agricultural' in finish compared to ones with lead wedges.
Namur seems to have been ideally situated for metal-working trades, being situated where two major rivers join. Today it is still important for leather, porcelain and metalwork.
Regards,
Neil
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Thanks guys. its sometimes difficult to determine where and when a razor is made.
But always interesting to know how or what;).
Hope more people respond with a puzzle piece.
Thanks.
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I cleant him a little up and there came another name on the tang visible.
im going to look for a better magnifying glass. i think its "Ramant"
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