Marshes, Ponds and Environs

syslight · 01-22-2008, 10:51 AM

Gentlepeople,
Here around the Sheffield ponds we have many old makers. There are the good Marsh boys and friends, Steer and company. So please take a minute to show off your Ponds Works razors. Even if they are a bit rusty from all that water.

syslight · 01-22-2008, 10:56 AM

first up a Marshes and Shepherd in pink ivory scales. I like to thank Garythepenman for the scales... he has made some outstanding scales and his restorations are great... you boys down under should be looking him up by now!

Garry · 01-22-2008, 01:01 PM

Can I just add thats a lovely looking razor and scales are awesome ... nice work .

Sandcounty · 01-22-2008, 06:19 PM

Is this thread intended to highlight Sheffield blades or just certain Sheffield blades?

syslight · 01-22-2008, 06:39 PM

Well preferably "Ponds work" razors, or razors from makers that at one time or another have made "Ponds works" razors. folks like Marsh Brothers, Marshes & Shepherd, Steer and Company, and I'm sure there were many others. Think of the lesser known Sheffield's, not the biggies like WB, Mappin, Wostenholm, etc...

crichton · 01-30-2008, 03:57 AM

She's a beauty!!

gugi · 02-08-2008, 05:59 PM

nobody else dwells in the marshes or the ponds?
as i promissed jim, here's my marshes&shepherd. the scales look like bakelite or horn, i'm not really sure. i was surprised to see mirror finish survive over 150 years, but perhaps somebody polished it earlier. the inprints are very deep, and i love the broken 'e' in the 'universally approved' stamp.

Doc · 02-08-2008, 06:15 PM

sweet!!!!!

jnich67 · 02-08-2008, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by syslight

Gentlepeople,
Here around the Sheffield ponds we have many old makers. There are the good Marsh boys and friends, Steer and company. So please take a minute to show off your Ponds Works razors. Even if they are a bit rusty from all that water.

Ok, for a second there, I was thinking there's a Sheffield upstate. My bad...

Jordan

syslight · 02-08-2008, 06:45 PM

it might be thatthe pondsworkds was too limiting... so lets add the don, trinity and washington works to the mix... i know you guys have these razors... just ship the wb stuff they are boring!

DwarvenChef · 03-14-2008, 12:09 AM

I think this is a Marshes and Shepherd, there is no name remaining on the tang. But the shape and style seem to point that way.

Buddel · 03-28-2008, 07:36 AM

The biggest Razor, I ever seen - a Marshes & Shepherd

On the last pic you can see it, with a 8/8 Friodur

cannonfodder · 03-28-2008, 04:16 PM

You appear to have mounted an ax head in your razor scales.

Good lord that thing is a monster.

Doc · 03-28-2008, 06:38 PM

Yeah but its a beautiful monster

DwarvenChef · 04-12-2008, 05:36 AM

Do any of you think this posably a Marshes & Shepherd ? Many of the design features I see from the above pics point to this conclusion, but this is the only mark on the razor...

Yorkshireman · 04-20-2008, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DwarvenChef

Do any of you think this posably a Marshes & Shepherd ? Many of the design features I see from the above pics point to this conclusion, but this is the only mark on the razor...

My bet would be that yes, it is a Marsh Bros. / Marshes & Shepherd. I think that trace of mark remaining is part of the crown of the royal cipher which Marsh Bros. habitually stamped, sideways on, on the tangs of their razors.

the wanderer · 04-22-2008, 07:15 AM

I just barely claimed this one on Ebay and I'm anxiously awaiting its arrival...

crichton · 05-05-2008, 04:29 AM

No manufacturers name, marked as made in Sheffield, The Hamburg Ring....

the wanderer · 05-24-2008, 02:45 AM

Just as a follow up, I got the Marshes & Shepperd razor from ebay a few weeks ago, and it's already quite possibly my favorite shaver. It was is pretty good shape when it arrived, and I wasn't equipped to do any polishing or super-fine sanding, so I just honed it up and threw it in the rotation. Now, I'm thinking that I won't be able to take it out of the rotation long enough to finish touching it up when I get my hands on some Maas.

Doc · 06-21-2008, 08:23 AM

come on gentlemen step right up, step right up. A troubling situation has arrived in the razor club and that is the use of thumbnail pictures. I know that some of you old timers still remember when the razor clubs were a thing of beauty! with large glossy pictures of razors and we viewed until our hearts content. but those days are through it would seem. I beseech all the members of the razor clubs to take the poll in the general section and vote to restore large pictures to our beloved razor clubs. It is up to us gent and together we can restore these clubs to there former glory!!!!!!
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