Thread: The Gentleman's Set

Originally Posted by Geezer

Rodgers are wonderful blades and style to the max! I was only able to get 5 of 7 on a really good day in the boonies. They do shave a treat! I use the one with the common problem of a wedge end cracked back scale in my rotation. The Scandahoovians really had nice shave gear.

~Richard

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.

Last arrival :





M. Kindal, n°30. Love those swedish blades...

Originally Posted by Thaeris

Last arrival :





M. Kindal, n°30. Love those swedish blades...

Need more pics please

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

Couple of anonymous Sheffield in silversteel (around 1850)

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.





The box is mahogany, the escutcheon plate on the front appears to be 14k gold(!).



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.



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.



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.



However, most importantly, tomorrow I will shave with one of them.



And I also got a fancy 7-day set from 1805 today, but this one is neater.

AWESOME

Couple of French: Fontenille 134 with their box. 11/16", handle and tang in ivory (and sweets like the best Sheffields in silversteel)

seven day french set of an anonymous cutler
c.1810-20, 9/16", scales in ivory, box in acajou with inlay