Thread: London souvenir: Southern & Richardson

You're right about that hipsley, I paid about double from what I usually like to fork out for a razor... but the seller wouldn't budge in negotiations and exchange rate maths is hard

Nice old razor.

I don't think the scales are plastic. They appear to have grain in your second pic and split at the pin.

You have the technology and talent for good close up pics, you might take some more of the scales and see what the rest of the guys think.

Originally Posted by Wullie

Nice old razor.

I don't think the scales are plastic. They appear to have grain in your second pic and split at the pin.

You have the technology and talent for good close up pics, you might take some more of the scales and see what the rest of the guys think.

+1. Those are horn with the collarless pins and all. Like Wullie said, you can see grain in the second pic. That is a nice one, I thought it was a frameback with a separate blade at first but it is one piece. Neat grind.

Nice razor!
I was searching for information about Southern & Richardson razors, and found this interesting piece on a fire that occurred at the foundry back in 1899.

Yesterday morning a terribly disastrous boiler explosion occurred at the works of Messrs Southern and Richardson, cutlery manufacturers, Doncaster Street, Sheffield.

BOILER DISASTER IN SHEFFIELD

Gives a bit if insight as to the conditions some of these craftsmen were under when they produced razors we still use today.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

+1. Those are horn with the collarless pins and all. Like Wullie said, you can see grain in the second pic. That is a nice one, I thought it was a frameback with a separate blade at first but it is one piece. Neat grind.

Thanks, I thought they were a little too shiny to be horn because most of the old horn scaled razors I have show a much deeper grain. Plus I don't remember any vintage horn being beveled like these ones are. Not that I'm complaining, I much prefer natural to synthetic materials.

I figure most of the time the old horn you see with the raised grain is simply because it hasn't been taken care of as well as yours appears to have been.

Horn will get smooth as glass when sanded and polished..

Once again, NICE old razor.

I would think about fixing or having that pin crack fixed before it blows out on you. I've used thin CA to fix similar issues. Apply sparingly.