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Rather than reply with Martin's post #21, I will say this to cut down on space. I think he is right on what he found & the razor does have a Sheffield look to it.

It is only a possibility. It may not even be from either of those I mentioned but that is a site I accidentally stumbled across not too long ago but they do mention many famous razor makers. The...

I found John Rose Jr & Joseph Rose, both say Wadsley (near Sheffield) but 1787.
John might be the son of Joseph & could have made the razor in later years if it indeed was made by him.
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Bob, if you can still edit it, you can delete it. Once you click edit, you will find a delete button down below. You click on delete, then another part comes up that says delete message. Click on...

I found William Rose in my Sheffield Directory from Tweedale for 1851 but it has very little information on him & does not mention if he had a son. Wolfpack is probably correct with his suggestion.