Thread: 23" when extended Case Bros Display Straight

This is a trip!

Cool someone could put it on the hood of there car like Texan longhorns

I sold a Gotta not long ago like that.

That is a really cool item. I have a couple of Case Bros razors and a dozen old tested and double X pocket knives. If I had the extra $ I'd probably try to get that wall hanger but ......

Being the extravagant display piece it is, do you think that could be genuine tortoise on the scales? In some shots it looks plasticky and thick, but the mottling looks like the real stuff.

Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

Being the extravagant display piece it is, do you think that could be genuine tortoise on the scales? In some shots it looks plasticky and thick, but the mottling looks like the real stuff.

I think it is celluloid. Simply because all of Case razors I have seen in this pattern were cel, not turtle. It s posssible it is the real thing, but I wonder?

I strongly doubt it is the real McCoy. When I got a Case Bros Springville, NY razor with tortoise scales I did some google searches and found that the stuff is heated and then laminated to form combs, scales, and other relatively small items. There are a couple of spots on the edge of the scales of my Case Bros that were delaminating. I couldn't figure out what that was so that is what stimulated the search. I suppose it is possible that they could have went through the time, expense, labor and material to fashion those scales out of the genuine article but I doubt it.

Here is a screen shot of the display razor that is the topic of this thread ;



Item Description:
Exhibition size and quality straight razor marked Case Brothers, Little Valley, N.Y. The blade is also etched Case Brothers, tested double XX Little Valley, N.Y. Also stamped on top of rear portion of blade tested XX. Theblade portion measures 12 ½” and the handle portion measures 11 ½” in length or over 23” when extended. The grip is constructed of shell and is in very good condition. The blade shows some slight pitting but has notbeen cleaned. This size razor was usually used for window display or exhibitions but you could shave with it if you were brave enough.