Thread: The Orphanage

Cool thread. This is my orphan. Lot buy on the bay. This one is also the first razor i successfully honed, after 3 tries lol. No id on the razor at all and one of my favorites.

So, I have an orphan of sorts in route; an American Barber Tools "gun metal" (Philadelphia) which I recently purchased on a whim.

I have seen other ABT's, all marked "Solingen" but never one without a Solingen stamp which (along with the price) is what intrigued me to purchase.

I don't have it in my possession yet, hopefully tomorrow, but I'll post pictures when I do. That all said, does anybody know more about ABTco., their years of operation, if they were just a distributer house, anything? My Google searches have been coming up empty, and I do not see them listed on taylors1000, uniclectica, or razorarchives list of manufactures (my default 3 "go too's" when I need information, I start there to see which direction it leads me)... Any information is appreciated as it may be a gift (or I may opt to keep it), and a little back story history would really go a long way...