Thread: New Finds

Some razors I recently picked up, Anybody have any dates or interesting info on these?

1) 5/8 wostenholm wedge
2) a hair under 8/8 "For Barbers Use" W Greaves and Sons wedge
3) 7/8 Wade and Butcher, "Silver Steel Razor" wedge

I'd be interested in having number two in my stable.

Nice set of blades.

Thanks! going to start working on them asap, very curious about the wostenholm, its a interesting shape and still quite sharp.

That Wostenholm looks to be a very early one.

Can you post a better pic of the tang stamp?

Yes as soon as I can get my lightbox and camera in the same room I'll take some better pictures.

I am also courious to see some more pictures. The Wostenholm's tang is quite short, it seems to be really old one!

sorry this took so long and yes the tang is quite short.

Interesting. No I*XL in the stamp. Could very well pre-date 1826.

The name was originally Wolstenholme. George Wolstenholme started his own cutlery business in 1745. The business was in Stannington but moved to Sheffield under the second George Wolstenholme in the very early 1800s. Rockingham works was built in 1815. In the 1820s, the company was George Wolstenholme and Son, the son being the next George who had the name Wostenholm. Apparently a few letters were dropped from the family name so it was easier to fit it on the tang. George Wostenholm took over the business from his father in 1833. The source of this information is Geoffrey Tweedale, The Sheffield Knife Book: A History and Collectors' Guide.

Damn sure a cool old razor.