Thread: What is your most rare straight razor?

Originally Posted by RezDog

RobinK is that GoldEdge rare because of its size?

There are 12 of them worldwide. So, yeah, it's probably somewhat rare. Mine was the first ever made.

Originally Posted by schwabenchris

The first Gebrüder Meis I ever saw. Full hollow!

The ever elusive Solingen razors. Given how they were produced, chances are, this is really rare. Because it is reasonably safe to presume that they were made "on the side" by razormakers otherwise working for the big brand names during a lull in razor demand. There are quite a few of them around, each comparatively rare.

I have this coming in the mail from Germany. A Sahara that I think was made by Bergfeld and sons (same makers as Globusmen). I have heard of this brand. But this is the first I’ve seen.

Originally Posted by Matt1222

But this is the first I’ve seen.

This is the definitive thread about these razors. This is a nice summary: "Da die Amis nun Globusman entdeckt haben, sind die preise oft jenseits der 300$".

Oh, and these scales are prone to gassing. I'd keep this razor as far away from any other razors as possible. And store it opened.

Come on guys!! I'm getting a bit jelly going through all these posts. Excellent thread here tho.

Here's one that could be called rare because of the nose shape. It's a 6/8 Simmons Hornet, and the nose isn't square but it's hard to see in the image that it slopes back to the spine a bit. The profile isn't square but it isn't a spike either, maybe an Irish point? It's great for trimming in close places. Glen's comment that vintage American razors over 6/8 are rare is absolutely true, but I would add that vintage American razors with a point other than round, square, or barber's notch might be equally rare. I've seen several other Hornets, but none with this shape.

The other uncommon thing on this one is the grind, it's the thinnest ground razor that I have - it makes a Filly look fat, and it takes a while to hone it because you simply cannot push on it much, though the steel is good. The edge won't come up right unless the pressure is super light. Whoever ground it was really, really, good and he or she was having a really, really good day. This is one of those razors that reminds me that the Americans could make some of the very best razors in the world even by current standards.

And it's a handsome razor to boot.

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Come on guys!! I'm getting a bit jelly going through all these posts. Excellent thread here tho.

How I feel whenever I see a new HarryWally brush!

Unfortunately I lost it in a card game at sea a couple hundred years ago but I used to pal around with this dude Carpophorus in ancient Rome and I told him specializing in fighting half starved wild animals wasn't a good idea but before that Tiger devoured him in the Colosseum he gave me his razor as a gift.

Too bad I don't have it anymore. It wasn't much to look at, just a simple bronze blade that scraped more than cut.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Unfortunately I lost it in a card game at sea a couple hundred years ago but I used to pal around with this dude Carpophorus in ancient Rome and I told him specializing in fighting half starved wild animals wasn't a good idea but before that Tiger devoured him in the Colosseum he gave me his razor as a gift.

Too bad I don't have it anymore. It wasn't much to look at, just a simple bronze blade that scraped more than cut.

You would be surprised how often that happens.

This one is a pretty rare razor, a HoshiTombo 8000 to find a mint one consider yourself very lucky, find a NOS like this one would be a grail for most collectors.

Zak I too have a couple of Elliots but a little different than yours.



The New York reads Independence on the reverse side.





Heres another which was imported by Wolf & Clarks and reads New York on the reverse side. Unfortunately it has been sprayed with a clear coating.





And three razors that has the hammer mark