Thread: The Filarmonica

Great looking razor Andrew I bet she shaves like a true whisker assassin.:-)

Originally Posted by ErreHache

Won-der-ful blade in a new dress.
Congrats.

If you're talking about mine, it's all original, just been cleaned up and honed. Virtually an NOS razor, and it's about 20 minutes away from it's first use.

Originally Posted by Phrank

If you're talking about mine, it's all original, just been cleaned up and honed. Virtually an NOS razor, and it's about 20 minutes away from it's first use.

In fact, scales and box are much newer than blade. Hence "new dress".

Gorgeous Fili!
Will have to stay in tune with the Classifieds for sure.
Myron

this one just showed up.
20+mm wide...3pin...scales cleaned up nicely... centered.
Disinfected....polished...honed up and waxed.
And it still has most of its goldwash.
great shaver.
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Question for the Filarmonica Experts?

I was just looking at this Filarmonica #14, it's a 7/8 I picked up about a year ago.

It simply say's, "14 Jose Monserrat Pou" plus the "Filarmonica" stamp on the tang, nothing else, no model name like Doble Temple.

I just noticed on the scales, it's factory done, what looks like the name, "Miguel Garcia".

Does the name mean anything? Here's the razor?

This is a very early Filarmonica, made before 1959, in the early days he (JMP) made branded blades for several cutlery houses as well as retailers. I have seen branded blades for a few Toledo based cutlery houses. Toledo was the Sheffield of the Spanish world in terms of cutlery.

Originally Posted by Cobre

This is a very early Filarmonica, made before 1959, in the early days he (JMP) made branded blades for several cutlery houses as well as retailers. I have seen branded blades for a few Toledo based cutlery houses. Toledo was the Sheffield of the Spanish world in terms of cutlery.

Any idea what or who the name is or means....just noticed this evening that it's etched on the scales, "Miguel Garcia" I think I can make out???

Originally Posted by Phrank

Any idea what or who the name is or means....just noticed this evening that it's etched on the scales, "Miguel Garcia" I think I can make out???

The challenge here is that "Miguel Garcia" is a very common name...

He must have been a retailer in the50's- 60's in Spain

Originally Posted by Cobre

The challenge here is that "Miguel Garcia" is a very common name...

He must have been a retailer in the50's- 60's in Spain

So far found a famous boxer from the early 60's...a council member...could he have been someone that worked for Jmp who was allowed to sign his own razors...thought I read that somewhere?