Thread: Henry Sears & Son

I was at an antique show downtown on the square and ran into this at a booth. The tang was covered with a stick on price tag and the guy wouldn't let me peek.
The price was right so I went for it. HENRY SEARS & SON 1865. I'm new at restoration I may leave this to the professionals.

Appears to have no hone wear, nice snag!

That surprised me too. It looks like it has never been honed. Heavy patina and light rust.

I've done a little detective work and the date 1865 is on all the Henry Sears & Son razors. It's when his company was established not when the razor was made. Also I just saw that the letters REX are stamped in an Old English type face on the blade. I know Sears had small hones under the REX brand name too, just more info.

Henry Sears & Co (no relation to Sears Roebuck) was established in 1865. They manufactured under the name Heny Sears & Son from 1883 until 1897. It is my understanding that after they went out of business, the name was sold and razors were stamped with the 1865. So your razor would have been produced in the early 20th century. I've had a couple of these and they were both nice razors. That one should clean up nicely.

Nice find, shouldn't be to difficult to clean up. Is that a coyote pelt, or tail?

It's a rabbit pelt. My friend Roy (cudarunner) thinks I can restore this one, so I may give it a shot.

Have a couple, Sears and they are fine shavers, I especially like the smaller razors. Should take a nice edge. Be careful of the ones with the Faux Tortoise scales, they are prone to Cell Rot, black scales are ok.

Clean it up with some steel wool and WD40 and see the real condition, it looks good from here.

One of the Dremel Spiral nylon wheels will get the tang between the scales and around the pin.

Nice find.

I have a couple that say Queen on them & that trademark was first used around 1870. Here's a funny post card from back then...........