Who made it and when?

Where can I find a resourse to look up the makers of straight razors and when they were in business. I have a seven day set of W. Hawcrost & Sons "Renown" razors that I know are Sheffield, but I also have 17 others that I would like to research. Also does anybody else ever wonder when you are shaving who might have used this thing a hundred years ago and what was their life like? Pretty nice little pieces of history I think.

Vern

Hey Vern, I know on that wikipedia has info on dovo and they also have company history on their website as well. I dont think TI has their own website but you can google pierre thiers and it should give you some info on him and his company. I really dont know about the other companies, but Im sure one of the senior members will post and give more info. Nice to see another mississippian on here.

There's some info here.

X

Thanks X-Man. Thats the kind of thing I was looking for>