Hello everyone. My name is Luciano, I come from Italy.
I love antique/vintage straight razors, and restore them.
A lot of infos and skilled people there, it is great :-)
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Hello everyone. My name is Luciano, I come from Italy.
I love antique/vintage straight razors, and restore them.
A lot of infos and skilled people there, it is great :-)
Welcome Luciano, share photos of your razors.
You found the right place..
Hello and welcome to the forum
Bob
Welcome from Wisconsin
Welcome. Happy to have you in the group. We love pictures. Show us some of your work.
Welcome aboard.!
Pleased to meet you Luciano,
You're going to like it here.
Thank you all for the warm welcome!
Sure I will post some picture.
Stay tuned 😋
It’s great to welcome new members. Look forward to you pictures and tales of your restorations.
GAVET, Paris. "Portmanteau" 7-day set. probably dated 1810-1830 (activity ended in 1834).
Gavet was a genious. I have other sets like that, and seen a good number of others. This is by far the best from a technical point of view.
I'm referring to the clamping mechanism, that is the weak point of these objects. I let a good number of them pass in front of me on ebay, because they are almost always irreparably damaged. This one is fantastic. It is based on a simple, precise, reliable system.
Attachment 336349
Frederic RAYNOLDS, Sheffield. Dated somewhere between 1850-1880 ?
Original scales.
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Ian PEARCE, Sheffield. 1830-40 ?
Original scales.
Attachment 336351
Frederic BARNES, London. Probably made by a Sheffield company, and marked with Barnes name.
1830-1840 ?
Ivory scales, not original.
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Unbranded, Fine India Steel. 1850?
Original bone scales. I like the pinwork, so I repaired the bone. which is now very firm.
Considering the state of the blade, I do not think that the cracks in the handle worsen the aesthetics :angel:
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Charles MACDANIEL, London. 1820-25 ?
Original ivory scales, repaired.
I love this maker, in my collection I have a good number of its razors.
Welcome. Photos of your work would be great.
Attachment 336354
Joseph RODGERS, Sheffield. Set of 4 razors, splitted in 2 pairs (waiting for the restoration of the original case).
1860-1880 ?
Original ivory scales.
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Malingre & Staurenghi, French company, with a complex history.
Heavy blade, probably dated 1890-1920.
Ivory scales, not original.
As you can see, these are generally cleaning and polishing work, possibly repairing the handles.
I rarely do a pass on the belt-grinder, and at the moment only to partially remove the deep pitting, trying to keep the blade intact.
I do not yet master this technique and I do not venture into full re-grinding as I see some forum members doing.
For these things it takes a lot of hours of practice, and a certain number of expendable blades!
An interesting collection. Many of those manufacturers are not seen often on this side of the Atlantic.
From what you’ve shown of your razor collection, you have serious restoration skills. Thank you for sharing.
Welcome. It’s good to have you here.
Hello and welcome to SRP.
Enjoy your time here on the forum.
Pete <:-}
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Originally Posted by DZEC
Thanks.
Yes, my aim is to share razors restored by me and not so common. I have a good number of other razors, but not so rilevant, or not restored by me, so maybe out of scope in this thread. I will post them in the future.
Welcome Luciano. Happy to have you aboard. Some nice work you've done there.and a very interesting and eclectic selection. I hope you find a home here and join in as we can always use more input from skilled people.
Very nice eork and a fine collection of razors. I think you will enjoy being in this group and we are lucky to jave ya.
Hi and welcome aboard
hi and welcome, really cool old razors!
