found it on another post
I am forming a theory, based on so close to nothing as to need to take my own words with a pound of salt, that these razor may have some connection to George Packwood, perfumer and razor strop maker from the late 1700s to early 1800s. I'm basing this partly on information in the encyclopaedia quote above (ie that makers often stamped other people's names in their work), the almost complete lack of information about the maker as well as on the wording of this little verse: Nature, regardful of the babbling race,
Planted no hair upon woman’s face.
Not Packwood’s razors,
though the very best,
Could shave a chin that never is at rest.
You may notice it refers to Packwood's razors, not razor strops and paste, but the verse was commissioned by George Packwood as part of his mass advertising campaign. Does this constitute real evidence? Like I said, I'm taking salt with my own theory here. It's pretty vague at best and without REAL data to go on conjecture is almost a kind term to apply, but it's about all I have so far.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/gener...od-razors.html