Thread: Antique store find

That's it! There are many hardware firms which sold that. I have had a few, I think a "Red Devil"?.If you clean up the scales gently and avoid the hot stamp with aggressive polishing, you can fill in the hot stamp with acrylic and lightly clean off the top with micromesh or the like after drying.
Gotta be red!

That's the plan I was thinking. Since there's so little paint left, not sure if I'll go with green, which I think it might have been, or maybe make it a different color.

Any idea if model paint acrylic or enamel would work on scales like this?

To be honest, I have gone out into the shop and shook up a can of Chevrolet orange and blow some into the can top, dip in a toothpick and dribble it in the hot-stamp.
Redneck me! Whatever works!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Good old hardware store variety. These were imported en masse before WWII. Last of the German invasion of straight razors. They were done expertly, for the vast majority. It should shave the dickens. What is that character on the front scale? A devil or a lobster?

It's definitely a lobster.

I have seen this image on a few razors. Currently one on the Bay for sale with this image, but inlaid.