Thread: Genco Pura

Gencos! Cool razors! Great shavers!
A Red Cross and a neat, unused, 'Sanderson Bros steel'.



An unused DeRoma and a nice 'Next"



An unused 6/8+round point and 'Fluid Steel'

Wait! There's more!

The 'Mac-Daddy' of all Genevas. 9/8 at the widest point. HUGE black celluloid scales with typical Genco collarless peens.



Love me some Gencos! You might say I am 'flush' with them!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Wait! There's more!

The 'Mac-Daddy' of all Genevas. 9/8 at the widest point. HUGE black celluloid scales with typical Genco collarless peens.



Love me some Gencos! You might say I am 'flush' with them!

I am sitting here reading this thread because I love Genco razors, and all of the sudden I see your 9/8ths and my mouth literally started to water up. I now have to find one of those. It is my life goal now.

Originally Posted by cosperryan

I am sitting here reading this thread because I love Genco razors, and all of the sudden I see your 9/8ths and my mouth literally started to water up. I now have to find one of those. It is my life goal now.

Might take a while, Ryan! Only one I have ever seen, and trust me, I have looked! I don't know if this was a sales tool, a display, or what. The real deal, for certain. Lots of pages of old catalogs available from Geneva to peruse. Not in any of them I have seen thus far??

Dear Lord, I'm with Ryan... Must have. Must, must have.

Originally Posted by crouton976

Dear Lord, I'm with Ryan... Must have. Must, must have.

I know right. Maybe I'll be able to trade him sometime? Of course I don't think I could come up with something as rare.

I have a theory on this beast. I think it could be a project of an employee of Geneva. Someone who would have had access to all the steel, grinding equipment, stamps, and scales/pinning machines and materials. Most importantly, the 'Genco' skills to pull it off! Some sort of pet project for someone?
Just a theory. I cannot think these were produced and sold? I have not seen another.

Yeah, that thing is definitely a rarity. I hope that they were produced and sold... At least two more, anyway. That way Ryan and I can each stumble across one.

Perhaps it was a prototype made just before they were taken over by Case?

I have a number of Geneva/Genco blades. Most all are 6/8 since that is my preference for shaving. This is my only 7/8. A late blade I believe based on the logo. One small pit you can see on the blade face is the only flaw. Too deep to mess with. Scales are Murasaki (purple) acrylic, a faux Ivory acrylic wedge and brass pins and collars. I recently put a rip fence on my band saw so cutting these 1 inch acrylic blanks to size is much easier now.

I suppose I should install these 2. Nice razors!