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Some further elaboration of Fox & Norris together with more marks of Fox & Norris!
https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/2019/02/18/fox-norris-p-more/

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The spine of the "1795-1800" is curved, and there is a very slight start of a "heel"

Well, this is a typical "Dip-at-toe" 1760's razor:
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And this is a razor around "1795-1800":
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Neh, don't think so, the shape is really 1795-1800 ;) :angel:

I wouldn't be surprised if the combination "name" + "maker" was used perhaps in the beginning of ones career, until the name was established, and everybody knew which marked razor was from a certain...

Yep :rofl2:

It doesn't help that the son of Stephen is Stephen, and the father of Stephen is Stephen,... :p

I just knew it because in the past I've worked at this for a while :D

That George is the brother of the Stephen Fox who is father of Catherine and her 3 brothers, John, William & Stephen (unmarried, all razor makers).
After Matthew Norris & Catherine Fox and her...

Hi again,

A few things I've found when I was browsing the Hallamshire cutlers apprentices index of
"Sheffiled Records Online" and "The history of the Cutlers' company":

By comparing the...

Aha! Do you know where I can find such information?
The directory of 1787 only mentions "*P Fox and Norris" and I've got no luck finding earlier references...

As I understand it (Thanks to Neil...

Maybe something interesting:

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Could this be a *P John Fox BEFORE "Fox and Norris" ?

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Could it be then that the mark "S: Norris" dates before aprox. 1787, when Samuel Norris operated on his own?

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