Thread: W. Greaves & Sons

Any info on the company? Few nicks in blade that should easily hone out but otherwise a nice looking blade....scales are fugly replacement someone put on it but I can fix that....next project possibly since I busted that WB chopper.

Opinions?

Oh plus a shot of half of my display in my shop. Eye candy.

Nice razor! Voidmonster just wrote an History on Greaves: Straight Razor Place - A brief history of William Greaves & Sons

Like the Greaves, just got one myself here recently, and really like it. Definitely nice display at your shop

It's a little hard to guess when that model was made. I've only seen one other in that style, and I think they used that die-stamp on different models of razor over a long period. So I have to guess a pretty wide range and say sometime between 1815 and 1835.

With the notched spine?

Cool write up btw, thanks for the link martin

I am thinking it is pre-Sheafworks. The spine treatment was popular with several makers. Some just did it on the show side!
Hard heavy wedge, well-used. It would take a lot to get it going. IMO it needs a breadboard and 3 layers of tape and a new bevel set on a DMT...onward thru the fog!
Good hunk of steel to be certain! 'Greaveses Have Souls!'

Yeah def giving it the tape treatment, and a fresh new bevel, too cool to leave in the crypt, and has zero pitting, so other than a lot of honing between customers should be simple enough

Originally Posted by DennisBarberShop

Oh plus a shot of half of my display in my shop. Eye candy.

You're living the dream Dennis...a shop to call your own, to use all your razors and practice your art, and get paid for doing it....the dream!!

Originally Posted by DennisBarberShop

With the notched spine?

Cool write up btw, thanks for the link martin

Yeah, the period between 1815 and 1835 saw a huge variety of styles. I'm glad you liked the writeup!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I am thinking it is pre-Sheafworks. The spine treatment was popular with several makers. Some just did it on the show side!
Hard heavy wedge, well-used. It would take a lot to get it going. IMO it needs a breadboard and 3 layers of tape and a new bevel set on a DMT...onward thru the fog!
Good hunk of steel to be certain! 'Greaveses Have Souls!'

Pre-Sheaf Works seems most likely, but every time I think I've got their chronology of design down, something comes along to knock me off my box!

I'd never seen one with the half-swaged spine on only one side! I'm generally just a sucker for that style...

And yes, that razor wants a fresh, working bevel... And it'll be work... And it'll be worth it!