Thread: C Mon

Here's a fairly nice looking vintage C-Mon: ebay link

Here's one in "pretty good condition".

I think there is a catalog in .pdf form in the help files here, on SRP.

I have the top of the line C-MON, model HF, and it shaves as good as it looks...


Nenad

You can also pick them up here:
http://www.bowmanbeauty.com/store/sh...D/1-6030/00358

But I believe they might be 'dovo contract' razors

C utz

The old C-Mon razors were sold by JP Michaels in New York and they are long out of business. The new ones are in no way related to the old ones other than the name. Just like the Hen and Rooster razors being sold now. They also are in no way related to the original hen and Rooster co that went out of business in the 1970s.

What about the company "Fightin' Rooster"? Are they and "Hen and Rooster" associated, or is it just a rooster coincidence?

C utz

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

The old C-Mon razors were sold by JP Michaels in New York and they are long out of business.

Of those made under the Michaels name, how do the Ellicotville, NY made C-Mons relate to the later Solingen made C-Mons?

I didn't know there were earlier C-Mons made in the U.S. If they are like other U.S made razors I would say they are very high quality razors. U.S made razors are highly underrated.

Nope the fighting rooster has nothing to do with the original Hen and Rooster Co. When the original started to go under in the early 1970s A.G Russell bought the company and used them to make knives for his store. In the late 70s they folded and the company and all its machining was auctioned off. Klass of kissing cranes bought the name and made razors and knives under the brand for several years until he went under and more recently Frost Cutlery bought the Hen and Rooster name and sells knives and razors under it. The knives are made by Boker and the razors by Dovo. The original company made some of the best quality knives ever produced by the German's. If you ever come across some original Hen and Rooster razors buy them because they are priceless. I happen to know of a source but I ain't telling.