Thread: About Sheffields

Could someone explain to me exactly what a Sheffield is? I thought it was a brand but I noticed that some Wade and Butchers are marked Sheffield and some other brands are. Can you clarify this? Is it just a style of blade?

Sheffield is a city in England where many razors were manufactured.

Sheffield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ok cool so not all Sheffields are going to be good shavers?

Originally Posted by ccase39

Ok cool so not all Sheffields are going to be good shavers?

Well, I would say most Sheffields, properly honed, would be great shavers.

There were plenty of *excellent* manufacturers who were based in Sheffield: Wade & Butcher, Greaves & Sons, the Wostenholmes (both George and Joseph were v.good), Allen & Sons, Cadman, and Joseph Elliot are a few that come to mind, and there were many, many more.

I don't know enough to say that *all* Sheffield blades are good - it is after all a geographical location and not a firm so it's entirely possible that there were some duds - but on the whole Sheffield blades have excellent reputations. But if you're buying, make sure you do some research on the maker first just to be sure.

Lots of fine hand forged cutlery came out of that place, but any poorly ground, warped, or other deformity in a blade can give less than peak performancr regardless of make. Sheffield was known for producing high end cutlery by various manufacturers with a lot of history, thus the high collectability and high demand right now

I havent come across a sheffield razor that wasnt a good shaver

I received one from Larry over at whipped dog yesterday. Its a Fredrick Reynols . Anyone have any experience with these?

Originally Posted by ccase39

I received one from Larry over at whipped dog yesterday. Its a Fredrick Reynols . Anyone have any experience with these?

I don't but here is an old thread ...... http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...-reynolds.html