Thread: Filarmonica doble temple cmon 747 5/8

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I probably wont have another post. Lol. Im just trying to find out anything on this so i can tell my son what he has

Ok i figured it out lol. And im not a man by the way. Im a single mother of two boys and this was my dads razor. I found it when i was sorting through his things

Thank you for making that simple

Here is some general information. Once upon a time there was a razor maker that lived in Germany, his name was Carl Monkhouse. He had a business associate in New York named Perter J Michaels. Monkhouse made the original C-Mon razors that were sold by PMJ. Monkhouse sold the brand name C0Mon to PMJ, when he immigrated to the us. PMJ nought some of his razors from Monkhouse after that but also continued to buy razors from Germany, France and Spain. What you have there is one of the razors produced for PMJ by Filarmonica in Spain. It is a good quality razor and look to be in very good condition. Are you planning to use it? If so it would be a good idea to have it tuned up by someone that knows what they are doing. There are a lot of people that can do that for you.

No i wont be using it. Is it a common filamarnica?

Filarmonica are not uncommon, but have a strong following and command higher than most vintage razors of the same quality. They are very collectable, quality was average, for the time.

With collectables, condition is everything. With straight razors, blade width is a determining factor and the Filarmonica, 14 is more collectable than the narrower widths. That you have the original box also adds value to some.

Go to EBay and do an advanced search for sold Filarmonica’s you will get a good idea of the current value range.

We are a shaving forum, primarily Straight Razors, and do not give estimates of value because value, can and do change often, are dependent on condition and really are what someone is willing to pay. On auction sites you will see that prices, are all over the map, and there is not rational explanation for that other than the buyers.

But it will give you some idea.

A heirloom razor, really is priceless. If your son is going to use it, which we encourage, do send it to a qualified person to have cleaned, honed and made shave ready. Pick someone that actually saves with them, not a knife or cutlery store.

As said above, if that is his Grandfathers razor, it is irreplaceable and priceless. Society has it that moms can hand down rings, necklaces, earrings, etc but fathers leave very little by comparison to their sons. If one is lucky, a fine watch, or a ring. More often than not, they leave little that will make it down the generations. I think its way more special she is giving her son her fathers razor, than lets say, his favorite belt buckle.
If the original poster wants to give that as a gift to their son, I would be happy to do the clean up and honing.

Originally Posted by Magpie

As said above, if that is his Grandfathers razor, it is irreplaceable and priceless. Society has it that moms can hand down rings, necklaces, earrings, etc but fathers leave very little by comparison to their sons. If one is lucky, a fine watch, or a ring. More often than not, they leave little that will make it down the generations. I think its way more special she is giving her son her fathers razor, than lets say, his favorite belt buckle.
If the original poster wants to give that as a gift to their son, I would be happy to do the clean up and honing.

Another fine example of a fellow member offering to help with an heirloom just goes to show the quality of the membership of this forum. You would be hard pressed to find a better community that this one on SRP. Members here are always more than eager to lend a helping hand as we all seem to have a particular passion for these crazy sharp objects called straight razors and one that is an heirloom is rally something special and means a lot to each and every one of us.

I would love to have my grandfather's straight razor(s) but unfortunately it/they were disposed of years ago but I did end up with the hone he used to keep it sharp.

I hope she comes back and takes up the offer. Thats a fine thing to pass down. As long as he dont try to sell it. Ha. You just never know.