Thread: Information on razor

Hello All.. So this is my $5.00 Antique store purchase today.. Avon XXX Deep Woods aftershave (wife says it smells pretty good) and this old beat up E. Barberon. razor that has a nice horn scale and bone (ivory?) Wedge.. Question is.. Anyone know anything about this brand? I've looked foe awhile and have came up empty. Any responses are greatly appreciated.. Scott

Bringing this one back up.
Hard to believe that nobody here, with all the years of combined razors information we have, knows nothing of this name. I'm doing a little searching myself and not coming up with anything. No marking on the others side of the tang. Help me to look this one up, guys.

The reason I'm asking is Scott graciously sent the razor to me as a gift/project. Now I'm wanting to know something about it before I jump on it someday soon and start to restore it. I'd hate to spend hours on it and find out it was junk from the 1800's. Ha. I really don't believe that one but it would be nice to know.
I'm thinking because of the shape only, it's a Sheffield but it's not marked in any way where it came from.

Don't know. but it kind of sounds like something one barber would say to another. kind of like rock on! Ha! Nice project though, can't wait to see how it turns out.

Funny. I see what your saying.
Problem with searching info on this one is Barber comes up over and over.

I looked around a bit. Nada.
Just because, I hit the name and New York and hotels came up.
Could not figure-out why.
I think a dealer and an old one. Might be for English domestic consumption. Must be French...Barberon seems French?
Only the name of the dealer.

All I can figure?

Ill tell ya i spent a lot more time trying to find info on who made the razor than i did any actual hands on qork... That might be the reason i put it in neatsfoot and left her there..

Ya, I think it is French. Seems common there.
Wines and Cognac
Razor has the look....Old.
Martin may be along. He knows lots of French...

French you say? Huh. Why not. I was thinking it might habe been from a hardware store or motel or from a co.pany the sells beauty products. And thats where the name is from. Made/stamped for the seller. It does have jimps in the thumb notch, and with the length of the tail im guessing around 1880 or 1900. Near wedge with little to no hone ware so thats a good thing. And the rust/pitting doesnt look real deap so i think it could be cleaned up nicely.

Just hope we can come up with some kind of background on it. It is stumping me badly. Abolutely nothing found on it besides this post. But i aint given up yet!

Im now getting a lot of hit on the web in french. Family names, a cave, wines. I think you found the corner of the gold stone Tom. Hope our Fench folks pop in tonight.

Le French! Le sweet! Le pew! (sorry!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNl9ksUI-bU