1840's is awful young for me, but I'll take it! Revitt & Hull

[Voidmonster]

I almost certain this is the same Revitt as the William Revitt who was producing razors out of Sheffield earlier in the century. A search on directories turns up only an 1846 listing for Revitt & Hull.

The tang stamp says 'Revitt & Hull / Manufacturers / Sheffield' and it's got a thumb notch with nice jimping. There's also a badly worn 'Revitt & Hull' stamp on the blade, inside a little hashed box like some early Greaves razors I've seen, but I'm pretty sure this is indeed an 1840's blade.

It's beefy, too.



The lead wedge is over 1/8ths of an inch and the blade itself is 1/4th of an inch at the widest. While it's only 6/8, it weighs as much as some 7/8 blades I have (and not particularly hollow 7/8s at that!).

Plus I really love the lines of this razor, with that tiny little hollow point up at the spine in place of a grob. The only other one I've seen like it is this one, and I can't find any others stamped Revitt & Hull.

The pictures you're seeing are how it came to me. I'll do some more clean up on it when I get a chance, but I'll be honing and shaving with it first.

[EisenFaust]

Nice piece! Your not wrong, she looks mighty 'thick'

[Voidmonster]

I let it frolic on the hones a bit. The toe and heel are just on the wrong side of the 'easy' line, and I still have a few nicks to work out. But I tells ya, the edge on razors is at least partly determined by magic. It won't cut hair unless I lay it flat on my skin and aim the edge for the roots. One of the nicks will catch lint from the shop rag I wiped it down with. Yet it still comfortably cuts hair off my face. Without stropping!

[Bruno]

If that is a 6/8, what is the length of the edge?
Looks like it might be a tad over 3".

[Voidmonster]

If that is a 6/8, what is the length of the edge?
Looks like it might be a tad over 3".

It is. It's 3 and 1/4".