Thread: An Unusual Cat

Gentlemen,

Alfredo has been re-scaling an unusual razor for me, a NOS Le Jaguar Systematique. I've not seen another like it, and it is also unusual that I have the original purchase order from Champredon-Cognet. It was sold to a gentleman in Morocco on March 31, 1955. I wonder why he never used it...

The original faux tortoise scales had shrunk and warped to the point of failure, along with the silk-screened logo, and I chose the always classy black horn to replace them. A junker donor razor (completely shot 4/8) from France gave me a traditional logo for the scales.

The razor images are from Alfredo while work was in progress, the metal is pristine.

Cheers, Steve

Oh, this card came with it too.

Cheers, Steve

Very nice collector piece.

Beautiful razor

And it's always really nice to have some of the original paperwork with it

Very unique. Looking awesome.

It's amazing to me that the scales had shrunk, yet the blade is pristine.
Shrinking and no off-gassing!

Excellent use of resources to obtain the inlay and the job looks right-proper.
Is it now an 'onlay'? Curious how it was applied..
Beautiful thing! and all the documentation is, as Dave stated, Nice!

"Systematique"!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

It's amazing to me that the scales had shrunk, yet the blade is pristine.
Shrinking and no off-gassing!

Excellent use of resources to obtain the inlay and the job looks right-proper.
Is it now an 'onlay'? Curious how it was applied..
Beautiful thing! and all the documentation is, as Dave stated, Nice!

"Systematique"!

Shrunken sales and decent steel aren't that unusual, some Red Imps are famous for shrinking scales but it wasn't cell rot I think.

The 'inlay's were always 'onlays' lol. I think they came on a paper like the no-lick stamps with adhesive on one side and a backing. Peel off the paper over the adhesive, position, press, and peel off the back. Alfredo says he just soaks them in acetone and they float off the scale. That usually destroys the old scale though.

The documents are nice, it isn't often we get to know some history of our razors.

Cheers, Steve

Interesting find and interesting to note that the company used postcards at that time to confirm an order.

Looking at the typing errors, it might have been an apprentice who typed it, but in any case I won’t have to feel bad any longer about my typing errors when I practice my French on the unsupecting population.


B.

Originally Posted by Steve56

Shrunken sales and decent steel aren't that unusual, some Red Imps are famous for shrinking scales but it wasn't cell rot I think.

The 'inlay's were always 'onlays' lol. I think they came on a paper like the no-lick stamps with adhesive on one side and a backing. Peel off the paper over the adhesive, position, press, and peel off the back. Alfredo says he just soaks them in acetone and they float off the scale. That usually destroys the old scale though.

The documents are nice, it isn't often we get to know some history of our razors.

Cheers, Steve

Ya, Steve, but faux-tortoise seems to be the worst. Seems the French formula saved it!

Originally Posted by beluga

Interesting find and interesting to note that the company used postcards at that time to confirm an order.

Looking at the typing errors, it might have been an apprentice who typed it, but in any case I won’t have to feel bad any longer about my typing errors when I practice my French on the unsupecting population.


B.

In other words, it's authentic!

Originally Posted by beluga

Interesting find and interesting to note that the company used postcards at that time to confirm an order.

Looking at the typing errors, it might have been an apprentice who typed it, but in any case I won’t have to feel bad any longer about my typing errors when I practice my French on the unsupecting population.


B.

I showed it to my French teacher (who is native French) and he had to think a bit - he said it was written in 'old' French, or at least a manner that is not used today. So maybe an archaic formal style?

And true, a typewriter didn't give second chances back then.

Cheers, Steve