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09-15-2014, 08:04 PM #1Junior Member
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My grandparents gave me an old shaving kit, can you help me identify it?
Hi, I just got a old shaving kit from my grandparents. Can someone help me identify the items? Model, price, year, any info would help!
I posted a tread on the wicked_edge sub on reddit as well. One person commented that this was made by George Brittain.
Link to the pictures.
Any help would be really appreciated!
Thank you in advance.Last edited by pierrefley; 09-15-2014 at 08:08 PM.
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09-15-2014, 08:20 PM #2Senior Member
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Welcome to SRP. I'm not sure if that is a Brittain, very well may be. Somebody will be along who can ID it for sure. Might be Gillette DEs, or maybe something else. Great old straight though. We call that pre-1800 stuff 'stub tails' and some of us shave with them. If that is your intention it can probably be brought to shave ready by the look of it.
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09-15-2014, 08:23 PM #3Senior Member
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Wonderful set. There are people here who can get that shave ready if you want. If not, awesome collectible.
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09-15-2014, 08:56 PM #4Senior Member
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WOW! This thing is old!!! Man, welcome to SRP, go check your tetanus vaccine, hone this straight and tell us how you feel!!! <<<KIDDING>>
Sorry for not having much to say about the safety razors but the obvious.
Take good care of the box, do not try to vamp it, IMHO just a dry cloth and some rennaissance wax is enough. The hardware can be salvaged and restored.
The straight razor... do not mess with it, pack it very well and send it - no doubt - to a very well reccomended professional (the guys here can point a good one for you), and explain to just neutralize the active rust and hone. Leave the patina as it is.
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09-15-2014, 09:02 PM #5Senior Member
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very nice old kit
+1 on the renwax rejuvenation it will come up a treat & since it is museum qualitySaved,
to shave another day.
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09-15-2014, 10:02 PM #6Senior Member
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Ripped off a pic in case the link goes south in the future ............
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09-15-2014, 11:53 PM #7
I think birnando is in norway, drop him a PM, i am sure he will help you.
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09-16-2014, 12:06 AM #8Senior Member
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Birnando thats his name. I don't know why I was saying bernard.
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09-15-2014, 08:40 PM #9Senior Member
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I am not sure about the mark on the razor. Just looking at the general shape of it, it falls into the very old category. It is late 1700's perhaps. I am not a historian by any stretch. I would hang onto that for sure. Any old heirloom piece is solid gold in my books. Welcome to the forum.
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09-15-2014, 11:00 PM #10Senior Member
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Sweet! Nice tramp art box, ivory handle brush and straight. Bet he made the box.
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