Thread: face lift for a 100 year old king

Nice work Chef.
it will fly and be enjoyed once again.

Originally Posted by wyobarbershop

Sorry AirCO I'm posted up in Wyomissing PA. It's a shame that people have a hard time finding a traditional barber's service. Lots of people go to shops that employ stylists that haven't learned how to shave and are scared or uninterested in it.

My misses consistently pitches a fit,
she can do it all except shave someone, it is an additional 750 hours of school just to use a blade without the guard.
She would at a minimum like to clean up the nape on her male clients after a cut.
At home she will shave me on occasion and clean up my and the boys napes.

It looks GREAT! Nice collaboration for a neat razor. Those Kings were made by someone. Mr. King was a salesman, Nothing else. Certainly not a cutler. As a salesman? A damn good one! I wonder who made the razors for him? Hot-Stamps?...... Geneva? George Korn? Cattaraugus?

Originally Posted by wyobarbershop

There have been a few alterations in the past century...Mona is a survivor!
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I definitely prefer the new look of the scales but those are some odd contour lines in the "before" geometry. Ya think that was original to the scales or some mod/mistake done over the years? The dip at the rear I've seen before but the one up near the wedge is "different" from what I've seen.

Very nice work on this razor and Kudos to make the original scales work!

As far as who actually made the razor i have no clue, that said the King razor manufacturing company of Indiana Pa, was quite famous for their leather work, making strops, pocketbooks, wallets, money belts etc. Their factory mostly employed by women using electric sewing machines.

Originally Posted by Martin103

Very nice work on this razor and Kudos to make the original scales work!

As far as who actually made the razor i have no clue, that said the King razor manufacturing company of Indiana Pa, was quite famous for their leather work, making strops, pocketbooks, wallets, money belts etc. Their factory mostly employed by women using electric sewing machines.

I wonder if "The Mona-King Razor" was Kings reference to the "Mona Lisa? He used everything under the sun alongside his name. Also, was that scale shape original, or had it been laid on a hot radiator? I wonder if the blade had been shortened as well. I have not seen another Mona-King!

I'm almost positive that the blade was not original to the scales although I haven't seen another like it. I think the scales were chipped and some one along the way filed them down but didn't bother to make them identical or appealing to the eye. Lol! I would imagine that the scales were originally similar to this Gun Metal, good looking but not very refined. How can we find out who made the blades for King?

Kings blades feel and look like stuff from New York to me. I don't think they are German made. Only way to find out is research. YOU are in the best locale to find out. Records from King and their payouts could be the answer. One thing is for certain, Old King wanted credit for everything! So if the blade is the same length as your other Kings, Josh, I am now wondering if the thing was not hung on a nail OVER the hot radiator and the scales stretched and deformed?
I could see that happening!

Well, the blade is actually a good bit shorter than any of my other Kings. Without measuring I'd guess it's only a little over 2 inches long. I'm really diggin this little guy. It's a great size.

The front scale was a real strange thing. The back scale was nearly flawless, but the front, besides having the obvious 2 odd curves had the bevel on the top on the wrong side, next to the blade.
Really hard to figure what happened to this. I dont think it was ever unpinned, cause the tang pins were washerless, and a real pain to remove.

Great save!!!

Ray