I recently acquired a set of two John Y. Cowlishaw straight razors from flea market. Has anyone have any information about these, I cant find any data about razors ever made in his name.
John Y. Cowlishaw Straight Razor? Info needed
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Sorry no help here but those are really nice!! I hope you plan on shaving with them 
Steve56
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Hartford CT, 1881-1911.
Google-fu 'Straight Razor Manufacturing dates' and you'll find a list of manufacturers and dates that includes this one.
Cheers, Steve
Google-fu 'Straight Razor Manufacturing dates' and you'll find a list of manufacturers and dates that includes this one.
Cheers, Steve
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
Beautiful razors BTW, nice score.
Cheers, Steve
Cheers, Steve
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Found only Henry Cowlishaw, nothing about John Y.
Antique Hoosier
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A beautiful set. According to Simon Moore's book, Penknives and other folding knives, JYC produced some of the finest mid 19th cent fruit knives.
Sheffield Local Register
23 Jan 1895
Mr. J. Y. Cowlishaw, of Tapton Cliffe, Fulwood
road, shoots himself: Verdict of coroner's jury,
" Suicide while temporarily insane."
28 Aug 1895
Tapton Cliffe, the residence of the late Mr. J.
Y. Cowlishaw, sold to Mr. J. J. Saville for £4500.
25 Oct 1895
The real and personal estate of the late John
Yeomans Cowlishaw, of Tapton Cliffe, Sheffield,
proved at £63,879.
Sheffield Local Register
23 Jan 1895
Mr. J. Y. Cowlishaw, of Tapton Cliffe, Fulwood
road, shoots himself: Verdict of coroner's jury,
" Suicide while temporarily insane."
28 Aug 1895
Tapton Cliffe, the residence of the late Mr. J.
Y. Cowlishaw, sold to Mr. J. J. Saville for £4500.
25 Oct 1895
The real and personal estate of the late John
Yeomans Cowlishaw, of Tapton Cliffe, Sheffield,
proved at £63,879.
Antique Hoosier
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John Yeomans Cowlishaw, born on 7 May 1829, in Sheffield, England - died on 23 January 1895, at Rotherham, Yorkshire, England. John and his brother, Joseph, were raised by their uncle, John Newton Mappin, who inherited the Masbro’ [Marsborough] Old Brewery business and co-founded a cutlery business. The boys were later placed in the custody of a spinster aunt, Elizabeth Mappin, who believed the boys were ill served being associated with the “evils†of the brewing industry. John eventually apprenticed in the cutlery trade and later owned his own business. John married on 24 August 1853, at St. John Church Broughton in the Salford District of Manchester in Lancashire, England Sarah Briddon, born 11 December 1828 (christened on 11 December 1828), in Manchester, England - died on 16 November 1893, in Sheffield, England. Sarah was buried on 20 November 1893, in the General Cemetery at Sheffield.
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Related to the Mappin Bros. That is great lineage. That is plenty of info for a wonderful eBay listing.
Nice score. Congrats.
A very nice set, enjoy those shaves!
That was a great flea market!
Lovely pair of razors 
thanks also to Antique Hoosier for the history on him.
thanks also to Antique Hoosier for the history on him.
Very nice 
Pleas tell me they where not expensive
Pleas tell me they where not expensive
Where was this flea market pray tell?
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I bought 13 straight razors in total as package deal, but I think these were something like 40€.Very nice
Pleas tell me they where not expensive
Package also contained other nice razors too, C.V.Heljestrand, Ern, Tuckmar, Fiskars, Joseph Feist, H. Eicker & Söhne, Atkinson Bros, etc.
Finland
I never see anything that nice at my flea markets
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