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Here's the queen of my modest collection. It it allegedly pre 1839, since this is a Touron, which is before Touron-Parisot, the name the enterprise took in 1839.
Touron was the King of France's official cutler, and this is one of the basic razors (plain i**** VS carved silver/MOP/whatever was top notch in those days).
The scales are original, and straight. They're a little dirty between the scales and the tang, but no such thing as rust. The reason is, the razor was not unmounted and even the pins are original (Ali, from Ali's Blade was to afraid to break the i**** to unmount the blade). There's a little tarnish here and there, but see what a nice shine it shows while it still displays grinding "traces".
It spends most of the time under a coat of oil. It kept that well that long, I'd be damned if I were to waste two centuries of good care!
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The family heirloom
This one belonged to my great-grandfather. It's a "vintage" Thiers Issard, and the straight which gave my my best shaves (hard to deal with the light blade which can jump and bite when meeting an obstacle in the beginning, but with the quick circular motions across the face, it's magical).
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As a Big Fan of French Razors here are some of mine:
Rousselon a Nogent, about 1880, 15/16", Horn Scales
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Etoile St. Etienne 11/16", about 1900-1910, Tortoise shells
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Like Father like Son
My currently SOTD razor and latest French Foreign Laceration addition to my rotation (a couple of weeks already, though) is this Thiers Issard Crown Silverwing. Remniscent of the older Grelots in blade form, size and in grind (this is a 1/4 hollow one), it comes in beautiful and simple scales made of 'vintage' Cuban Mahagony, same as the classic Silverwing box. The difference on that box to other Silverwing editions is that all the metal bits (wing inlay, hinges and bolts) are made of brass instead of whatever else they usually use.
I fell in love with the looks of this set and that feeling is reinforced more and more with every daily shave. And since I am not sure whether beautiful solid quality straight razors will still be manufactured 10-15 years from now, I got 2 of this, one for me and one for my currently 1-year-old son. His razor is also shave ready (having been honed up by Max same as all of mine) and is nicely and most importantly wrapped and locked up until my son has use for it.
Enough of the blabla, here are the visuals:
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Another two of my Collection:
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Bourgade 334, 7/8" 1/1 Hollow, Plastic Scales, around 1930s-1950s
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69 Thiers-Issard, 6/9" "1937 Special Coiffeur" about 3/4 Hollow, Plastic Scales, around the 1940s/1950s
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Rescued this off fleabay. Uneven wear, some tarnish, and cracked scales. But now...
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my favorite french:
frameback with interchangeable blades "Le Val Des Roses" made from Christian Abcoude, Antibes (France) 6/8 and rescaled with celluloid carved scales
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