Thread: Antique Shop visit today...finds?

Originally Posted by BigJim

It's interesting to me that the Worcester "Extra Hollow Ground Fully Warranted" script is nearly identical (if not identical) to the script on my Boker. Perhaps the Worcester is a blade made by Boker for Worcester?
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...new-boker.html

Oh man. That's a nice str8 you got there. And I definitely see what you're talking about. Very interesting indeed.

Seriously? Where are these vintage stores?

Here in LA, I get guys telling me that the rusty, chipped blade gives the gold dollar razor "character" and would make for a great collectible to place on a shelf, and as such, they are willing to let me have it for a mere $200.

Why can't I walk in, see a mint Filarmonica for 10 bucks, and have the guy tell me the thing is worthless and an obvious fake because they can't even spell Philharmonica right?

Great info. Since I have always shaved with a 1917 Army issued DE, the thought of a SR shave was always there. The trip to the antique shop was on a whim. Seeing the available razors and having followed this forum a bit, I bought the Boker knowing it was a name I was familiar. The other two I picked up for 25.00 for the pair. The fact that she said they were just sitting there and that nobody ever should interest in them sealed the deal. What I need to learn is a list of brands to definitely look for versus those to avoid. Ebay always is a bit more unknown on what your going to get. I did however pick up for 21.00, a W.H Sample & Sons, Albany New York/W.H.S Swedish Steel Razor that worked out well and shaved nicely. Don't know much of this brand and cannot seem to locate any information regarding it's history.

You sure are right they are identical ....
Think it'd be cool to see if anyone knows the tale of these two blades and shared production by these two companies.

Good catch?!

check out this other find, a Boker with that same etching and a great find!!!

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...new-boker.html

Now I'm really confused, you both have identical etching...
quick call the Scooby Van.......

Cheers!

Originally Posted by effx

You sure are right they are identical ....
Think it'd be cool to see if anyone knows the tale of these two blades and shared production by these two companies.

Good catch?!

it was very common for smaller cutlers to purchase blanks from a major cutler in the area and then grind them himself. you seem a ton of W&B looking blades on english razors of other brands. Thomas Turner probably the most notable. also common for a company to be commissioned by an importer especially if the brand represents itself as american. in this case it's very likely that worcester mass whomever commissioned boker to make X amount of razors for Y amount of dollars.

Originally Posted by JohnJ

Seriously? Where are these vintage stores?

Here in LA, I get guys telling me that the rusty, chipped blade gives the gold dollar razor "character" and would make for a great collectible to place on a shelf, and as such, they are willing to let me have it for a mere $200.

Why can't I walk in, see a mint Filarmonica for 10 bucks, and have the guy tell me the thing is worthless and an obvious fake because they can't even spell Philharmonica right?

usually don't see anything like that. most common are english razors as english steel was the most prized at the time. i see tons of wosties and W&B. my current collection has a wade, a wostie, a nice henckels, a genco dutch boy in near mint shape and a red imp 4/8 that's close to mint as well. i also see a lot of yankee cutlery because of the collectibles crowd.

fwiw, i only buy vintage razors. i'm a bit of a collector thanks to this place :|

swmbo always brought me out to the antique stores and the classic video games were the only things that i ever cared about. now, thanks to you lot, i have a bit of a collection going

i believe Frederick Reynolds was a very well known Sheffield maker.just my opinion.id love to do some trading or buy it if its up.

A Derbyshire-born razor manufacturer, Frederick Reynolds, was working in Sims Croft by the early 1840s. By 1849, the address was School Croft. In about 1860, he moved to Gell Street and, according to the Census, employed fifteen men. He continued to trade into the 1870s, when the address was Monmouth Lane. Frederick Reynolds died on 22 October 1877, aged 63.
His son, Richard Reynolds continued to manufacture razors in Monmouth Lane and Gell Street into the 20th century. In the early 1920s, the firm adopted limited liability status.
The firm was in financial difficulties in 1936. During the WWII, the firm was restyled Frederick Reynolds (Cutlers Sheffield) Ltd. The company ceased trading in the late 1940s, after the death of the founder's grandson Harry Reynolds. He died in 1946, aged 56.