Thread: Filarmonica Especial Sello de Oro

Yeah, that´s sometimes some sort of secret mysteria who used whose steel?

French Thiers Issards made from british sheffield steel ... known!
Duble Ducks with Puma Logos on the Shank ... seen!
Filarmonicas which have almost the same blanks and shapes as old Raader razors ... also seen but not proven!

As soon as I get the pictures taken I will post them for the "Filarmonica"-collectors to compare and judge for themselves.

Right now I only have a pic of the Filarmonica I have used to compare the other blanks with

http://img184.imageshack.us/my.php?i...onserrapq6.jpg

Originally Posted by Scarface Germany

Right now I only have a pic of the Filarmonica I have used to compare the other blanks with

http://img184.imageshack.us/my.php?i...onserrapq6.jpg

Oh, that's so nice! And you say it loses its edge quickly? Hm, interesting

Cheers

I know you're going to hate this story.

I was touring the fleamarkets & antique stores in my area, and came upon what apeared to be an older Filarmonica than yours, with etched stuff in spanish, with what looked like whatever little gold wash had survived...

BUT

You could tell that the (idiot) guy had decided to "RESTORE" the razor himself...

Geesh..I think he used 60 grit sandpaper or something really gross, he had literally DESTROYED the etching and the gold, and left behind deep monster sanding gouges on the surface of the blade....deeper than the etching...

When I told him that he had literally destroyed the razor, he cracks an totally idiotic grin, and says all proud of himself...

"Well, I got rid of the rust didn't I?"

There was still the original handle with silver/nickel/brass bolsters, the filarmonica logo in brass/nickel inlay

Then he said he was getting ready to do some similar work on the handle!!!!

He said we wanted to "Sand off the green stuff!"

This guy was an antique dealer!!!!!!!??????

When he said that was thinking of maybe trying to sharpen the razor as well, I decided to put a stop to the WHOLESALE murder, and I gave him my card & ordered him to CALL ME FIRST before he even touched any more razors, and FORBADE him to do ANY MORE resotration work on any razors that he might have coming into his antique shop in the future!!!!!!

Some of these guys are just a menace!!!!!

Tony

Originally Posted by rgdominguez

This is the first time that I've seen this razor. It was in excellent condition when I received it and I polished it to a bright mirror finish with Maas. I took off most of the gold seal but what the heck, I'm going to keep it anyway. Let me know what you think.

Originally Posted by izlat

Oh, that's so nice! And you say it loses its edge quickly? Hm, interesting

Cheers

I must confess that I have only done the polishing to this one.
It has been in a good condition and I have only removed some ox-spots and done some cleaning to it.
Since it was only given to me for polishing I didn´t do any grinding or honing on it.
Only a little work on the strop because I could not resist testing its shaving qualities.
As I said, I believe that this kind of Filarmonica should turn out to become a very good shaver.

Here's my baby, came to me NOS and was the first razor that I rated 10+ / 10

CHeers
Ivo

edit: of course, I removed the sticker w/ the price. The model is Novodur - can't be seen well in the photo

Originally Posted by Scarface Germany

As I said, I believe that this kind of Filarmonica should turn out to become a very good shaver.

I believe you'll find this kind of Filarmonica kicks ass.

True beauty..........

Just beautiful Ivo! My second Filly has that color scales but is a Doble Temple. Lynn honed it for me and it is truly a magnificant shaver.

Originally Posted by dylandog

I believe you'll find this kind of Filarmonica kicks ass.

Yeah, but since I am a new guy here I try to use other words for it.