Very nice set there! Yeah I've been shaving with them since and they're a dream. And you're right about the style - superb.
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M. Kindal, n°30. Love those swedish blades...
I'll post some more after cleaning the blades :)
I posted more pictures here : http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...ml#post1223461
And here : http://straightrazorpalace.com/shave...r-09th-11.html
:)
to celebrate my birthday :nj :beer1: :y
Couple of anonymous Sheffield in silversteel (around 1850)
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I just got this today and I didn't get a chance to clean it up before the sun went down and ended the good pictures.
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The box is mahogany, the escutcheon plate on the front appears to be 14k gold(!).
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Though the parts are mismatched, they all appear to have been made around 1810 (though at some point the mirror was re-silvered).
There's a slot in the pivoting lid for a small travel strop.
This was an officer's field kit for shaving during the Napoleonic wars.
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You can't easily make it out in that picture, but both razors are stamped 'Au Singe Violet' -- The Purple Monkey. That was the name of the shop owned and operated by Martin-Guillaume Biennais. He was Napoleon's court goldsmith.
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The scales are ivory and all the hardware on them is silver. Even the pin holding in the wedge. (The pivot pin is steel though).
One of the razors has a broken and repaired scale.
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However, most importantly, tomorrow I will shave with one of them.
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And I also got a fancy 7-day set from 1805 today, but this one is neater.
AWESOME :dropjaw:
Couple of French: Fontenille 134 with their box. 11/16", handle and tang in ivory (and sweets like the best Sheffields in silversteel)
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seven day french set of an anonymous cutler
c.1810-20, 9/16", scales in ivory, box in acajou with inlay
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