Thread: Rusty Anchor

I can't find any makers mark, just the anchor. This thing is a massive wedge.

Just sold one on the bay. That anchor was used by George Brittain. Only thing missing is the "G.B".
It may or not be his.

Hey Dave...nice blade! I just restored one just like it for Phrank...same Anchor with no makers mark. You gotta a lot of 'meat' there so it should restor nicely...Good Find!




Here is a link to show you what can be done...

http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...hor-razor.html

+1 Wolfpack

Beat me to it!

Yes, the one you restored was in supremely f'ed up condition, thanks to you, a real antique beauty was brought back to life.

ChopperD - if you're looking to get that blade into the rotation, Wolfpack is worth sending out a howl to - you won't be disappointed.

Wolfpack, if I added to your workload - apologies!

Originally Posted by Phrank

+1 Wolfpack

Beat me to it!

Yes, the one you restored was in supremely f'ed up condition, thanks to you, a real antique beauty was brought back to life.

ChopperD - if you're looking to get that blade into the rotation, Wolfpack is worth sending out a howl to - you won't be disappointed.

Wolfpack, if I added to your workload - apologies!

....No worries Andrew. I appreciate the 'Thumbs Up' from you my friend!

As Wolfpack noted, a lot of meat there, but a lot of corrosion at the bevel. I had a George Brittain in like condition and it took a lot of honing to get past where the edge was falling apart into Swiss cheese. Like a 1/16" of blade gone by the time I was done. So hone it to get past the corrosion before you begin working on the rest of the blade.

I'd clean her up & KEEP those scales,,, same pins if possible,,, clean the wood scales a little & re-oil them,,,, that's a great find.

Gooser and I have razors with very similar marks. http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...mark-game.html It seems nobody has any concrete information on the mark. Mine is obviously a regrind, a good one but a regrind all the same. I was just tinkering with mine yesterday. I need to make a set of scales as the ones that are on it are of no value to me on that blade. They look like a wart on a witches nose. I think you will get that old girl up and shaving all in good order. That's some good hunting. A very nice very old mystery razor.

This one wasn't even made in Sheffield, though whoever made it went out of their way to make it look like a Sheffield razor:





(Sorry about the picture quality, I haven't had a chance to build a new lightbox since moving).

The front of the blade is etched FINE SILVER STEEL and the pile side (unusually) is also etched, "Probe gut". German, something like 'Proven good'.

I say it's not Sheffield made for a collection of reasons:

• The flower-shaped pin collars are different from any Sheffield made ones.
• The lettering pressed into the scales is even more non-uniform and poorly kerned than the worst Sheffield ones I've seen.
• The inside of the scales have the maker's stamp -- G. Linder. A German name (and no one of that name worked in Sheffield until the early 1900's.

Yes, the scales are dyed horn, they're just died a vivid candy-red.

In short, the anchor mark was used all over the place. It seems to have been a standard symbol included in many letterpress kits (which is almost certainly what most razor stamps were derived from).

Nice, 'vivid red candy horn' with rosette collars...must have been a real looker coming out of the gate. Fascinating history