HEY, I got one of those...Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
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HEY, I got one of those...Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
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No not a Boker
I have a Hibbard & Spencer Golden Rod with a monkey tail
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mine are all rare ( rarely see sunlight each )
toward the top of the list would be these
JA Westa - even rarer are the scales or a picture of them
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Acier Fondu
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Silver steel
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J.Gibbson & Sons - in Ivory
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a W&B with a nice waist line
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Peroux Cognet Theirs
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GB Anchor
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the rarest of them all ( to me only ) is My Grandfathers GAMERX
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I can only hope the scales last as the back scale is cracking already
i have several others that may be rare also but these seam to stand out for me
Everyone's heard of J A Henckels. Who's ever heard of Otto Henckels? Here's one of his razors - etched for a New Zealand general store in the 1890s. Henckels sold Solingen-made cutlery in Sydney at this time according to newspaper ads and a report of a theft on their premises at 42 Market St. This razor is rare but not screamingly valuable - however, it's a great shaver;)
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Fantastical Jamie, those are beautiful!
But just as a side comment, I am always impressed with the razor cases made to hold these 'gentleman's pairs' and would dearly love to see someone make them again!
Cheers, Steve
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Originally Posted by Steve56
Steve, absolutely those razor boxes are just as interesting as the razor itself, It would be a nice touch if a few modern custom makers offered these, I know this would be an added cost option that many would like if available.
Jamie I just don't know if I will ever see such a pair of razors. But when you also have the original box that contained them and then the original sale invoice. Well it just does not get any better. Of course I wonder why the purchaser back in 1859 did not use them. Perhaps they were a gift intended for a birthday or an anniversary and life intervened. In any event here they are in museum quality entrusted into your beneficial hands and I celebrate with you. Enjoy them my friend. They deserve no better place than to be in your company.:mexwave:Quote:
Originally Posted by celticcrusader
Tom, It certainly gets you thinking has to why were they never used and what is the real story behind them? I was born in 1959 exactly 100 years after they were first made, now 159 years later they will eventually get their first outing tomorrow.Quote:
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