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Posted 6 months ago
JayHow
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This is my first in Razors, but when the nice woman offered it for $5 I couldnt resist. Told me her grandfather kept it in his safe along with another. Both were used by his father to shave and passed to him later on to learn with. The original box has a patent date of May 24,1881 and June 29,1889 and by the looks of the handle and blade, this one has some years to it. I havent had the time to do my research on this yet but I look forward to seeing what I find out. I am very fond of german antiques mainly due to that fact my father was in the Army trained in germany during the vietnam war. He married my mother there and I have been there a few times early in life. I have great memories of the land the people and of coarse the food. I loved it all and hope to return sometime before I get too old to travel...Hope you like it, get more details soon.
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nice piece of history
Thanks so much for clarifying the name of this beauty. Once you tickled that brain muscle of mine, I remember something of that nature as well. I want to say I researched one similar to this for one of my clients a few years ago. As always a wealth of information on antiques, AR8Jason!
Thanks for all the LOVE fellow CWians! Happy Holidays to everyone.
Thank you for the love and comment epson233
I would appreciate that AR8Jason, any new knowledge is great. Thanks for the comments. 600+ wow! I have alot to learn...I like blades of all sorts too, but no where as much as you do I think...Great collection I bet!
Was it hard finding high quality rare ones. I love the handle on this one and was facinated in the bear carving or impression. It adds to the appearance for me. What is really neat and I will try to capture is on the reverse of the handle there are #'s etched or scratched into it that I am assuming were the times it was sharpened, I can think of no other reason they would have done it. Look forward to any info you can provide. Thanks AR8Jason
Well, I have been trying to get a decent photo of the #'s we were discussing and Its a complete failure. Im thinking the lighting is all wrong because my flash is drowning out the #'s from the glare, and without flash there is no point at all. Maybe I will have better luck in natural light and that will have to wait till tomorrow as it is already dark here in Ohio....Sorry AR8Jason.
Thanks for the Celluloid tip also. I knew I have heard of that in many cases and it was made pre bakelight era. So thank you for jogging the brain for me again.
No Kidding...Gasses? Let me see if I understood you correctly. When the celluloid breaks down it releases a gas that eats the metal. Do you know what causes this to happen? Age? Very interesting AR8Jason...is there anything you can do to protect or slow this process of deriation down so it doesnt compromise the integrity of the metal blades?
Wow...That is some crazy amazing stuff that celluloid. Thank you for taking the time to look up all that great info for me. You rock! I used to throw ping pong balls into the camp fire when I was a kid to hear them "pop" now I understand why they did that. Im storing this one in its case and inside a safe in my home. So if I ever get a vinegar smell coming from there I know its time to get rid of it...Thanks for the info AR8Jason!
hi jay -- very interesting -- here is another suggestion -- save those small desiccant packs that come in purses and other items -- i never throw those away as they are very useful for absorbing moisture and odors -- if you don't have them or need more -- you can purchase them in usually the camping section at walmarts or other such stores -- motorhomes are notorious for taking on moisture as they are really just a tin can on wheels -- so we use a boat load of them to stop the rust in our tin can
Epson233...Thank you for the great suggestion on dry packets. Thats what I have always reffered to them as, since they keep things "dry". :) I will also heed the warning AR8Jason, thanks for all the info.