Brookes and Crookes Wharncliffe Razor

Une petite surprise "en rab" dans un achat récent, ce rasoir de chez Brookes & Crookes


Vendu a Paris (je suppose) par John Marvey Successor 23 Bd des Capucines


Première fois que je vois un épaulement "gravé" comme celui ci :


Après, je me demande pourquoi "Wharncliffe". Je sais qu'il existe un terme "Wharncliffe blade" mais qui n'a aucun rapport avec ce qu'on voit ici (a part peut être l'enthousiasme de lord Wharncliffe pour les lames ?)

j'ai l'impression que Brookes & Crookes a beaucoup fait de production pour des revendeurs tous en laissant sa marque
j'en avais un qui avait été revendu chez old england aussi sur le Bd des Capucines

apres pour l'inscription, aucune idée

axe de recherche

Citation :

What Is A Wharncliffe?

Origins & Purpose

The earliest examples of Wharncliffe style blades date back to before there was actually a name for them. More specifically, there was a style of fixed blade fighting knife used by Vikings and Saxons dating back to before the 11th century called the Seax. Now, not all Seax knives featured a Wharncliffe-style blade, as the style was more generic and varied in shape from blade to blade, but there are a number of documented examples that did. The official name, however, wouldn’t be applied to this blade shape until far later — the 1820s, to be specific.

To the southwest of Leeds, England, there is a small area known as Wharncliffe. And the area’s first Baron was a man by the name of James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie. So the story goes, this soldier-turned-politician was unhappy with a lack of innovation in regards to slipjoint knives. As such, he took it upon himself to enlist King George IV’s own cutlers, Joseph Rodgers & Son, in the creation of a new blade shape. Shortly thereafter, the shape was named after the Baron himself and, thus, the Wharncliffe was born.

Despite its royal origins, the Wharncliffe (and its variations therein) would come to be known as a workman’s blade, being especially useful for woodworking. This is likely because of its shape — a long, straight edge with a back that slopes gradually toward a piercing tip, making for a very sturdy cutting surface suitable for carving and whittling. Another, similarly styled and purposed blade is the sheepsfoot. The primary difference between the two is that, while the back of a Wharncliffe slopes gradually toward its piercing tip, the back of a sheepsfoot stays relatively parallel to the edge until a steep dropoff toward the tip (like the cloven hoof of a sheep) — making it far less suitable for piercing tasks. Outside of that, however, their functions are remarkably similar and, therefore, sheepsfoot blades have also been included on our list.

https://hiconsumption.com/best-wharncliffe-sheepsfoot-knives-for-edc/

J'ai eu un Rodgers avec la meme inscription et je pensais que c('etait un hommage au Lord qui avait participé à l'essor de la marque,
et ton post vient me donner le démenti