Identification help.

I got the straight razor and I neither know what it says or what it is. I feel that it's French but other than that your guess is as good as mine. Any information would be very much appreciated. Thank you for your time. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...27a61b99b4.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...4601db62b6.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...484206f8ab.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...0c615d5659.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...5ee793432d.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...791d6153d3.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...e07a5a9db7.jpg

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Beautiful frenchy, man. :chapeau:

I don't know the razor, but I love the way you took the photo through the eye loupe ! Was there some sort of attachment, or did you just use your camera ......... or phone ?

Nice looking razor, congrats on the new acquisition!

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I don't know the razor, but I love the way you took the photo through the eye loupe ! Was there some sort of attachment, or did you just use your camera ......... or phone ?

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I just used my phone

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After some buffing on white and blue. It looks like a good candidate for Mirror polish.

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Freres is a French sir name. La Nogent is a section of Paris. Nice blade.

'Freres' is French for brothers.

Anyone have a guess on the first word?

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Beautiful old razor

L'am d creux is the top phrase. It means hollow ground.
Made by Freses Cutlers (which is actually a Spanish surname that means miller)
In La Nogent, France (which has been absorbed into Paris)

Due to the common word Freses that one is going to be a pain to internet search on.

I've noticed a few things whale working on it and I have a few questions.
It looks like it was re-ground to me. Do you think the same or is this actually the original finish?
The second thing that caught my attention is that buffing the razor alone seems to have made it shave ready. Is this normal? I've never had it happen on any of my other razors.
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Some French razors tend to have a coarse finish, it most likely was original. IMHO, I don't think that razor should have been unpinned and buffed. It was in nice condition and just a little polishing by hand would have worked well.

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Some French razors tend to have a coarse finish, it most likely was original. IMHO, I don't think that razor should have been unpinned and buffed. It was in nice condition and just a little polishing by hand would have worked well.

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Probably but the wedge was rotting so it needs to be replaced. I'm not real shure what it's made out of. Plus I really like to remove all the gunk out from under the pins.

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I'm not 100% shure if I'm going to keep the original scales but I'm cleaning them up just in case.

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The wedge is made from bone, it's a common choice for French razors. Really nice razor you have there, should be an awesome shaver.

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She cleaned up real nice, congrats. One thought, try posting this under the French Razor Club thread, might get lucky with some more background info on her. Good luck!

Nice job. I hope it shaves as good as it looks.

Aaron your razor was made by Lamoureux Frères, in Nogent France. Camille Pagé in is book on cutlery mentions this firm in 1871.
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In 1876 an Horticulture journal subscription would give you as a prime a 3 bladed gardening knife made by Lamoureux Frères.
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Thats all i could find on this firm, least you have an idea in dating.

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Aaron your razor was made by Lamoureux Frères, in Nogent France. Camille Pagé in is book on cutlery mentions this firm in 1871.
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In 1876 an Horticulture journal subscription would give you as a prime a 3 bladed gardening knife made by Lamoureux Frères.
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Thats all i could find on this firm, least you have an idea in dating.

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Thank you for the help. something I notice right off the bat is that this is one of the more well-built straight razors I have. I'll definitely be looking for more of this makers work in the future. [emoji1]

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Thank you for the help. something I notice right off the bat is that this is one of the more well-built straight razors I have. I'll definitely be looking for more of this makers work in the future. [emoji1]

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Your welcome! Let it be clear that Lamoureux is the last name and Frères is Brothers, thinking that its a short lived firm since there mot much information on it or any other example that i ran into, nevertheless a very nice razor, Enjoy!