1800’s Straight Razor Pattern Book

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1800’s Straight Razor Pattern Book

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Have this leather bound straight razor pattern book from the 1800’s. Any comments as to it’s purpose or current collectibility?
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Great book, does it have a company name anywhere?
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I agree, cool book but a manufacturer's name on it would be great. There is a drawing of a pearl handled razor on one of those pages that looks like the carved pearl on a couple Wade & Butcher pearl razors I have had but the pearl handles could have been outsourced to several makers.
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Gunsil wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 2:26 pm I agree, cool book but a manufacturer's name on it would be great. There is a drawing of a pearl handled razor on one of those pages that looks like the carved pearl on a couple Wade & Butcher pearl razors I have had but the pearl handles could have been outsourced to several makers.
No name on the book that I could find just different names of razors. This came from a lot of several razor books that are labeled wostenholm, so my initial thinking is That this came from them as well? Is it safe to assume that Wostenholm made for many different stores, etc. without having their mark on the blade?
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Gunsil wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 2:26 pm I agree, cool book but a manufacturer's name on it would be great. There is a drawing of a pearl handled razor on one of those pages that looks like the carved pearl on a couple Wade & Butcher pearl razors I have had but the pearl handles could have been outsourced to several makers.
No name anywhere, please see my reply to another poster. Attaching s few other photos.
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galvanic1882 wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:50 pm Great book, does it have a company name anywhere?
As I’m looking thru the book I believe that it might very well be from George Wostenholm, last page has couple of order slips for Wostenholm. Not sure, looking to everyone’s expertise.
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I find stuff like this fascinating. What a great book.

I wonder if there us anything like it on google books scanned in?


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If you look on one of the pages(photo#3)you will see the name:The Scottish Vulcanite Co. Ltd.Neat old piece of history!
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The last picture four posts back shows a drawing of a razor with the I-XL tang mark. That was the Wostenholm trademark. It certainly would seem to be a Wostenholm book. Priceless piece of history there. It's amazing how everything was so intricately hand drawn back then. Nowadays you just throw something in a scanner and it's done in seconds.

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They were probably just the maker of the handles as I believe Vulcanite was a term used to describe a hard rubber material used in the manufacture of razor and knife handles.They likely made them for many companies.
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Wow! What an amazing piece of history!
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I might be interested in discussing purchase.

Appears they were a wholesale company dealing with razors for the American trade and that is a record of orders.
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...any info on an 1800's Monarch brand ????......... ::shrug:: .............
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Wow, this book is in remarkably excellent condition. It's already part of the story.
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unclepaulie wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:18 pm
Gunsil wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 2:26 pm I agree, cool book but a manufacturer's name on it would be great. There is a drawing of a pearl handled razor on one of those pages that looks like the carved pearl on a couple Wade & Butcher pearl razors I have had but the pearl handles could have been outsourced to several makers.
No name on the book that I could find just different names of razors. In college, I was fond of studying old books about the study of knives and razors. Then I spent a lot of time in the library to learn as much information as possible. When the library ran out of interesting books with the help of a service that helped write an essay for college wrote it for me I was looking for new information about the materials from which knives were previously made. I was wondering when scientists will be able to restore Damascus steel. Unfortunately, this is not yet possible. This came from a lot of several razor books that are labeled wostenholm, so my initial thinking is That this came from them as well? Is it safe to assume that Wostenholm made for many different stores, etc. without having their mark on the blade?

Yes, perhaps at that time they did not indicate the names in the book.
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