Thread: Newly arrived from England

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

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That timeline suggests Dzanda's razor was made either before 1831 or after 1845...

After 1850 as that's when he invented the York razor maybe?

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Similar design to William Wood of Liverpool. 86 miles away. Wonder if they were related.

Seems like William Wood was more of a merchant then an actual maker, found many reference to auction for watches etc with his name on them.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

I have definitely come across some which had been dyed or even shellacked. A very light sanding, and suddenly the cracked black scales were translucent!

Yep, me too. Not disagreeing. Maybe they weren't water buffalo but some other kind of horn or as I hinted at a younger bull.
Dyeing was common but some will be black thru & thru as well.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Yep, me too. Not disagreeing. Maybe they weren't water buffalo but some other kind of horn or as I hinted at a younger bull.
Dyeing was common but some will be black thru & thru as well.

(and I wasn't disagreeing either, actually!)

Yeah, since all the ones I've seen like the one I linked to come from a pretty narrow time period, I wonder if there wasn't some kind of import issue. Presumably, all that black horn was getting shipped in from India. This leads me to research questions...

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

After 1850 as that's when he invented the York razor maybe?

I'm thinking the earlier date is more likely, since the York Razor is 'The York Razor' and the one Dzanda has is just "WOOD YORK", but it's all so generic it's hard to really be sure.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

I'm thinking the earlier date is more likely, since the York Razor is 'The York Razor' and the one Dzanda has is just "WOOD YORK", but it's all so generic it's hard to really be sure.

Oh right yeah, LOOKS like an earlier razor too... Quite a short tail...