J’ai gagné dans la tombola ce wedge William Hawcroft & Sons “Renown” et je trouvais des infos seulement sur Hawcroft & Pearson jusqu’à lire ce blog que tu viens de mettre, merci.
Vu la forme du crochet je pensais que ce CC était assez ancien et c’est confirmé par ce qui est écrit en 1885 par Plummer. Comme il est écrit aussi que Hawcrof et ses enfants ont exposé leurs rasoirs à l’expo de Londres de 1851, il semble que ce CC ait été fabriqué plus ou moins entre ces 2 dates. Tu confirmes !
From J.T. Plummer’s 1885 ad in New York’s Great Industries:
William Hawcroft & Sons’ standard “Renown” razors are famed throughout the world as an article of pre-eminent excellence, being manufactured from the finest steel ever produced, and tempered by a secret process, imparting to the steel that degree of hardness, density and tenacity requisite to retain a perfect, fine and durable edge. Messrs. Hawcroft & Sons have been awarded the first prize medals of London and Paris, for excellence of quality of the “Renown” razors. Their steel erasers are also unexcelled.
Hawcroft and his sons had also exhibited their razors in 1851 at the Great Exhibition in London where William and his sons presented another large display razor