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03-26-2010, 03:29 AM #1I used Nakayamas for my house
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This one made me chuckle
KOKEN straight razor - eBay (item 250600074640 end time Mar-26-10 10:40:55 PDT)
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"this razor supposely belong to abraham lincolin's mother."
lol..
Stefan
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03-26-2010, 03:35 AM #2Senior Member
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Yeah I saw that. Second time around if I'm not mistaken. Notice that the $299.00 opening bid is 'reserve not met'.
Now Nancy Hanks was Abraham Lincoln's step mother. Koken was a very big barber supply and made top of the line stuff such as barber chairs, and other supplies. I have a vintage Koken strop that I treasure.
I doubt that the razor belonged to Nancy. OTOH, why would they have stamped her name into the tang ? Commemorative ? Who knows ? I am not sure how far back Koken goes but I don't think that style razor would have existed in Nancy Hanks lifetime.
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03-26-2010, 04:38 AM #3I used Nakayamas for my house
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Jimmy,
I do not know anything about the history of the brand, but a claim such as this, with no proof is just comical to me.Stefan
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03-26-2010, 05:26 AM #4Know thyself
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Doesn't look anywhere near old enough.
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03-26-2010, 03:40 PM #5Senior Member
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Man, if that thing were also missing a letter, it'd be worth a fortune!
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03-26-2010, 04:09 PM #6
Thats nothing, I have a razor that was owned by Daffy Duck! It says so on the tang! I'll post a pic...
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Oh wait, it says Dubl Duck....
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03-26-2010, 05:30 PM #7Senior Member
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Nancy Hanks died in 1818. Ernest Koken, 19 yr old german immigrant, began his company in 1874. Koken are still going today, but are owned by a japanese company.
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
I doubt that the razor belonged to Nancy. OTOH, why would they have stamped her name into the tang ? Commemorative ? Who knows ? I am not sure how far back Koken goes but I don't think that style razor would have existed in Nancy Hanks lifetime.
There was a racehorse named Nancy Hanks after Abe's mother, then a steam train was named after the horse in 1892-93. In 1947 there was a train named the Nancy Hanks II. The blade of that razor has Nancy Hanks 2 on it - coincidence?
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PS: Linc-o-lin was a brand of shampoo - perhaps Abraham Lincolin was a hairdresser!
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03-26-2010, 05:38 PM #8Know thyself
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No way. Lincoln made cars!
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03-26-2010, 05:58 PM #9Scale Maniac
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What amazes me is the starting bid is $299.... and there is a reserve set! What on earth did he think he was going to get for this?
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03-26-2010, 06:16 PM #10Senior Member
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I have a Nancy Hanks and it for sure isn't old enough to go back to Lincoln's time. much less his mothers. If I remember I'll post a pic tonight or tomorrow. It had to be a distributor or something of the sort.
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