Thread: My grandparents gave me an old shaving kit, can you help me identify it?

very nice old kit
+1 on the renwax rejuvenation it will come up a treat & since it is museum quality

Ripped off a pic in case the link goes south in the future ............

Wow - beautiful set...yes...that is a George Brittain...very rare, and that blade looks very early 19th century or late 18th century...has the iron cross...nice!

Thank you so much for your replies! I already love this forum!
I will upload some more pictures tomorrow, if there is something particular you want me to take picture of please tell me
Until then this is the info I now got;
A reddit user has done an incredible job identifying this piece. The information he provided makes a lot of sense.


This means that Rezdog might in fact be correct. Late 1700s sounds about right.

I definitely want to renovate it. I do not want to use the stub tail. (Hope I got that right) Not the 1940s razors either, I rather buy I new one. This kit already means something to me, I would rather pay for a new razor. I have one problem and that is that I live in Norway. So there is very few experts on this area in my country. However I saw that you have a "nordic" forum here. I going to try my luck there and see if anyone knows about someone from Scandinavia. Or is there something else I can do?

Yes, the stamp does look like a Brittain, doesn't have the Anchor though...for comparison pierrefley, here is a pic of another George Brittain Iron Cross straight razor, from the early 19th century.

Clean the safety razor as trade goods for later, "Made in England" usually is a higher trade value than local made..
~Richard

Love to see these old razors. Great historic treasure trove from your grandparents to pass along down to your children. Maybe a good story can go with it?


Mike

Here are the new pictures. I absolutely love the box as well, it reminds me of a miniature treasure chest, which it actually is!



I have contacted a person on this forum that are located in Norway and might be able to help renovate the kit, so this could get really interesting.

Originally Posted by pierrefley

Thank you so much for your replies! I already love this forum!
I will upload some more pictures tomorrow, if there is something particular you want me to take picture of please tell me
Until then this is the info I now got;
A reddit user has done an incredible job identifying this piece. The information he provided makes a lot of sense.


This means that Rezdog might in fact be correct. Late 1700s sounds about right.

I definitely want to renovate it. I do not want to use the stub tail. (Hope I got that right) Not the 1940s razors either, I rather buy I new one. This kit already means something to me, I would rather pay for a new razor. I have one problem and that is that I live in Norway. So there is very few experts on this area in my country. However I saw that you have a "nordic" forum here. I going to try my luck there and see if anyone knows about someone from Scandinavia. Or is there something else I can do?

I wouldn't be afraid to use it to be honest or any vintage. My best razors are my vintage ones. Oh and you have a couple of great guys who know there stuff on here from Norway. Bernard being one.

Originally Posted by cosperryan

I wouldn't be afraid to use it to be honest or any vintage. My best razors are my vintage ones. Oh and you have a couple of great guys who know there stuff on here from Norway. Bernard being one.

Birnando is an expert honer and has an ad in the SRP classifieds. He lives in Norway. Shoot him a PM and he will get back to you. I respect your reluctance to shave with the stub tail. Get a new razor and after you get the hang of straight razor shaving maybe you'll change your mind. I shave with both of these from the 1790s once in awhile ;

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