Antique store find!

That is an excellent find! Even better that it's all there. Great workmanship on all the tools.
 
Amazing find - are you a member of badgerandblade forums? The crew over there would love to see this!
 
Wonderful! Ernie what a great score.
10th Royal Hussars ?
North Lincoln 10th Regiment of foot?
 
Thanks for all the comments! Here are some requested pics:

This is the best I could do on the knife indoors. It's looking like rain for several days so this will be it for awhile:) The stamp reads: Rodgers cutlers to her majesty.


Here are the file and tweezers, you can actually read the inscription well on this one!


And finally here is the entire blade of the razor: (both are the same)


It is interesting to me that the inscription is different on all the tools, you would think they would have used the same one for all their products!

I have been trying to find more information on the original owner, but it is a common name! I will need to go beyond internet searching and go over to a large library to get all the details.
 
Ernie1980 said:
It is interesting to me that the inscription is different on all the tools, you would think they would have used the same one for all their products!

I have been trying to find more information on the original owner, but it is a common name! I will need to go beyond internet searching and go over to a large library to get all the details.
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One of the frustrating things about trying to date old Rodgers knives, and indeed old Sheffield knives in general. The tang stamps sometimes don't even match the reigning monarch! Even at their height, the majority of Rodgers knives and razors were made by out-workers, which would also account for the inconsistency of stamps, and with a reticule like this, most of the items would have been bought in I imagine.

Perhaps it would help if you could pin down the regiment with which he served? Some great online resources available today. Good luck :thumbup:
 
WOW , what a set ! I have a very similar pair of tweezers to yours ! Is it missing a second pair of scissors though ? If so , to find some should be your new mission. Thanks very much for showing and good luck with tracing the original owner.
 
Very nice! It doesn't get much better than this. I would suggest regularly accompanying the wife on her antique runs.

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Beautiful set and with the great benefit of having the date on the box cover. Rodgers offered many different sets like these in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Enclosed is a catalog picture of a very similar Rodgers set like yours from the same time.

 
herder said:
Beautiful set and with the great benefit of having the date on the box cover. Rodgers offered many different sets like these in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Enclosed is a catalog picture of a very similar Rodgers set like yours from the same time.

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Fantastic! Nice to see ypu here :thumbup:
 
Magnificent! Super find. Thanks for sharing pics and I hope that you can track down info on the original owner.
 
I think it's a great set. I would question if those are the original scissors though, since all the other cut outs are much closer to the actual form. Still, a great find!
 
Herder, thank you for that picture!!
Eisman, there are actually places for 2 pairs of scissors, but the larger top pair are missing...
I have been searching the bay for the larger pair to complete my set:thumbup:
 
Very interesting find. I've been thinking that considering you found the set in Texas, if the Tenth was the Buffalo Soldiers of the Tenth Cavalry, US Army, and not a British Army unit? OH
 
Wow, gotta love history! Looking forward to what you are able to find out about the set.
 
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