"Unconditional Surrender" Razor / Sold

"Unconditional Surrender" Razor - Inventory Number: PER 318 / Sold

This exceedingly rare Civil War patriotic razor features the likeliness of General U.S. Grant with acid etched motto: The Unconditional Surrender Grant Razor.  

Base of blade is boldly marked: "Manufactured by Wade & Butcher - Sheffield".  The handle is constructed of horn and remains in exemplary condition.  Housed in its original embossed pasteboard box with makers name in raised letters: “Wade & Butcher – Sheffield”.

While patriotic razors appear on the market from time to time, this is the first of this example we have encountered in thirty years. 

Inventory Number: PER 318 / Sold