Thread: 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??

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

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

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.

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"