Thread: Filarmonica Razors

I may have the chance to pick up a very nice Filarmonica Medallion Taurino but know nothing about this series of razors from Filarmonica other than what I have read below so those that own one can you offer any insite, I currently have a Novodur, Doble Temple and EPBD and all are great shavers but I know from limited research the later produced one's suffered some QC issues.


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I have a later 13 I bought NOS...Yes, from Japan.
Great razor!

I have a medallon taurino #13... is from the firs razors i bougth... yes... great razor... i can take a pic tomorrow...

I have had several Medallon Taurino, all great shavers. All were JMP stamped.

Originally Posted by mainaman

I have had several Medallon Taurino, all great shavers. All were JMP stamped.

The one I am looking at has the JMP stamp as well and that's a big plus.

Originally Posted by Jnatcat

The one I am looking at has the JMP stamp as well and that's a big plus.

mine does not, the tang does have the Jose Monserrat pou stamp, but the etching has golden stamp of a Matador figthing a bull, so if yours hage the stamp of JPM in gold etching in the blade... i would say... dont let it go!

I’ve come to understand that any Filarmonica with the JMP tang stamp is a winner, regardless of whether it is first or second generation.

The difference between first and second being the presence of Made in Spain on the backside of the tang.

The Medallion Taurino series are, from what I’ve read, Doble Temple razors with special bullfighting gold etches on them. There are 6 different versions representing different stages of the fight.

Nice!!!! thanks for this super nice piece of information Matt!!

so then i guess we should share the different 6 scenes of the bull fight.. here's mine, sorry for the picture not the best but it's cellphone camera and light is quite bad today (cold day).

I have a 13 and 14 DT. Both are excellent shavers.

Here go, Fellas.....Older Pou, a little wear with an inlay next to a newer 'new' non-Pou, bought from Japan.....
Hummm....



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