A French Blade

The Crown over IC was a trade mark of Roddier - Gauthier of Thiers, France 1858 - 1920. A distinctive blade shape in near wedge with a thumb notched tang. Restored in a glazed finish as the razor was originally. The original scales were copied in bone at .085 thickness, a black horn wedge and brass pins and collars. The blade stamp reads Vincent Garanti and was struck unevenly missing the last letters.
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Great job on the IC Vincent! I restored one a while back and it is one of my favorite razors. I love everything about it and it’s an outstanding shaver. Here’s a picture of mine.
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Beautiful, I'm actually fairly positive I have one of those stashed away.....great restore Karl and BeJay.....fantastic work, now to go find it....

Nice one, Karl. Nice blade and scales pairing, looks awesome. I bet it's a sweet shaver, love the slight smile and the size/shape of the blade.

Well done as usual, Karl.:bow

It is due to arrive tomorrow here in NY. Cannot wait!

Wonderful Karl, always enjoy seeing your restoration.

Stellar work per usual and really neat blade! Now I gotta go look for one of those too! Geez.

I like that tang design, fancy!

outstanding work!!! congrats!!!

That works great! Congrats on a nice restoration.

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Originally Posted by Phrank

Beautiful, I'm actually fairly positive I have one of those stashed away.....great restore Karl and BeJay.....fantastic work, now to go find it....

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Yes same here, I found mine a few weeks ago, some pitting, and again uneven strike of the stamp, with mine most of the top half is missing, I have decided to go with an ultra light restoration on mine, ie... I've only removed rust and left most of the pit marks and the original scales.
Ive always wanted a lightly restored razor for myself and I like the blade shape and styling so I had to keep it, good to hear when they shave well.

I will post pics when I have mine done, hoping this weekend, but I have a lot of DIY and other stuff to be done as well. :(

A nice restoration congrats on the good work.

Fine looking blades!

I find the vintage French blades to be very good looking blades, I should get me one someday, fineee blades, I guess they're great shavers as well

It didn't take me long to realise that when you see a picture of a razor on the back of that eagle that it is going to be a stunning restore. This one is no different absolutely breathtaking work.

Thanks for sharing.