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11-08-2010, 11:10 PM #1Senior Member
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The King company in Pennsylvania apparently only made razors from 1904-1911, so they'd be pretty rare. I was delighted with this one. It was also the first razor I tried to really clean and polish the whole blade until it looked something like a mirror polish. It had a dark patina over the whole surface of the blade, and you can see in the pics that I got it pretty nice looking though not in the league of some of the Razor Rescue professionals around here!
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11-08-2010, 11:39 PM #2Know thyself
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Yup, Indiana, PA. No idea where that is. They also made (or at least rebranded - who knows?) barber hones. I had one that was quite nice.
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11-09-2010, 07:06 AM #3Carbon-steel-aholic
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One of many oddballs I've come across, but definitely one of my favorite Orphans.
The shave from this one is just great
YouTube - 1800's SotD Pt 1Slawman likes this.
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11-09-2010, 04:17 PM
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If any of you find an old blade like that above, get it. It is worth the clean up and honing.
I've recently honed, stropped, and used an 1820's blade and I love it. It has a bit of a heel unlike the above. It is an "I Hall" who went out of business in 1830. I look forward to scaling a couple others from that era. The steel is fantastic.
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11-09-2010, 04:40 PM
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nice, I enjoyed your videoOne of many oddballs I've come across, but definitely one of my favorite Orphans.
The shave from this one is just great
04-08-2013, 05:28 PM
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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.
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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...
