Thread: Plain Brown (black) Wrapper: What is it?

This half-hollow razor was a low-priced craigslist pickup. It has no nomenclature.

I might have passed it by but it was stout, cheap, in very nice shape, the scales and pins were rock-solid, it had zero rust or pitting and showed even wear suggesting somebody liked it and used it a lot. It went from a bad letter opener to shave ready with a few minutes of honing and stropping; it took an edge with very little effort, shaves close, quiet and smooth as silk.

I presume this was one of untold thousands of no-name barber's razors from somewhere back in the day. Can anyone tell me what I got?

You have one of untold thousands of no-name barber's razors from somewhere back in the day. Sharpen it up and have an anonymous shave.
It looks like it will probably give good service.

Regards - Walt

Originally Posted by Walt

You have one of untold thousands of no-name barber's razors from somewhere back in the day. Sharpen it up and have an anonymous shave. It looks like it will probably give good service.

Regards - Walt

Thank you. You have an economy with words, sir. Absent a single decorative feature (even a number on the tang) it still shaves like a laser beam. I will learn to appreciate great anonymous shaves or get some fancy contact paper to gussy it up.

you could send it out for engraving...absentes ex notationibus... absent of markings

I would guess possibly a Torrey. Later ones had frosted-on tang stamps which were easily obliterated.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I would guess possibly a Torrey. Later ones had frosted-on tang stamps which were easily obliterated.

Good call. Quite a resemblance.

Great call by Sharptonn,note how the lower edge of your razor is rounded off,has been worked on.

Probably a Pakistani knockoff-har har.