Thread: Anyone know this razor?

Want some more? http://www.ebay.es/itm/LOT-STRAIGHT-...3D221433170107

Could this be the Bayonne knife company of N.J. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1602491...yonne-knife-co

Originally Posted by MrMagnus

Thanks! that was around my guess to. So no one has more info about the maker? Miller where are you

Been a bit under the weather, dear boy!

Don't know the cutler, but the area - Bayonne - was famous for cutlery in Napoleonic and post Napoleonic times. It is in the Pyrenees Dept, which along with other cities in that area has a strong Spanish influence. In fact Spain is only 30km away from Bayonne.

The Basque influence finds expression in the armaments produced in Bayonne - the old city gave its name to Bayonet, according to some.

The name Giral seems to be quite common and I have found numerous instances of it, pharmacists, etc, but no cutlers.
He, or 'maison Giral' if there was such a thing, produced quite a few razors, among which I found the following makers mark on a tang on an Ebay listing:



It looks like a clover leaf or trefoil (feuille de trefle) like you find in the suit of clubs in cards. Could be enough to help identifying the cutler - Martin is pretty mustard at obscure french cutlers...

Regards,
Neil