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Felice de Maria = H.M. Christensen?
I picked up an interesting razor today.
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If you take a look in the library, here:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...rranted%22_7/8
you will see a very similar razor, also made in Brockton, Massachusetts (quite the hotbed of razor manufacturing apparently).
Here is more of the Felice de Maria:
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Also a round head. Also in blonde celluloid with a black wedge. Also saying "Warranted" in capital letters on the back of the tang.
One difference though is that the one in the library is supposed to be 7/8"; this one is just a shade over 6/8".
I wonder if the business was sold to a family named "Felice de Maria"? Or perhaps the brand was introduced by H.M. Christensen to appeal to immigrants in the area? If you read "Moby Dick" you'll see that Southern European immigrants have been around Massachusetts for quite some time now.