Anybody seen this combo before?
New to me :shrug:
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Anybody seen this combo before?
New to me :shrug:
Vintage C-mons came with fancy scales. The other side would normally have C-mon inlaid in metal on the scale as well.
I haven't,
If you could take a close up of the pins at the wedge and at the pivot I might be able to tell if they have been popped..
Is that a "Special" ???
I have seen Specials with scales somewhat like that, but they don't have the crown and have 'P' 'J' 'M' in the bolster at the bottom (for Peter J Michels).
I have got a razor with the same scales, crown on the boss, as yours - on a new Revisor.
So, probably an old blade in new(-er) scales.
Regards,
Neil
If that is an Ellicotteville, NY CMon, it came with plain celluloid scales. They had HF, Special, or other logos hot-stamped in them. I know the Ellicotteville Blackies stamp read "Blackie CMon" and the later PJM's read "CMon Blackie. Two different animals as the PJM ones were made in Germany after Carl Monkhouse sold the name to Peter J Michaels and had fancy scales. It could be an early PJM . Those bolsters were on Otto Fromm razors.
Perhaps that is where they came from.
Just checked the half dozen I have and the pile side is as Neil described, with the PJM in the metal end cap. Never saw one with a crown on the end before.
Tom is right - some of the Fromms had scales with that bolster too.
From the current range of new revisor razors:
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Regards,
Neil
Yes, I think a popular Solingen bolster. Here is an old Fromm Redhead and a Kabeso with them.
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My C-mon spécial with fancy scales
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Here is a really old C-MON thread with quite a few pics and some good history mixed in too
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...on-razors.html
I never read. Is it a PJM or an Ellicottevile on the reverse tang? I just saw the Hans box in the OP. I would bet someone installed a different blade in some Otto Deutch scales as some earlier ones were scaled like that instead of the horrid green cell-rot scales.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pikadon
Thanks guys!
It's in the mail. Was listed incorrectly as an Otto. No worries. I noticed it WAS a Special gssixgun and I'm excited for that. Love C-Mons's! And Neil, it does have Michel on the other side of the tang. I'll post pics after I clean it up.
By the way, really nice metal you guys posted for reference.
Reposted 'cause my iPad didn't update properly. Damn tech. Why wasn't I born earlier to make things simpler? Ha!
:OT Isn't it a shame that such a beautiful razor as the green Otto Deutsch so often gets the cell rot ........ that is why I've never gone to the high $ to get one. I know they don't all go that way but too many for comfort.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
It's a PJMQuote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
Good! You should be able to find some scales. Perhaps (if you are lucky!) some with a Otto Deutsch blade in them! Nice razor, even as-is!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pikadon
Ha! You're right...good as is.
I actually have an Otto. It's in a cryogenic vault, vacuum sealed with 20% humidity. Lol.
One of these days it'll turn to jello and I'll mix it with vodka and toast to the celluloid gods.
Until then, I love to hold it up to the sun and stare at its emerald glory.
Didn't do so hot on this one. Oh well. It actually doesn't have a frown, it's just bad hone wear. Ha! Live and learn. The scales must've been replaced, but awhile ago.Attachment 142552Attachment 142553Attachment 142554Attachment 142555
