Thread: Gathering Info on a vintage C-Mon Cadillac, Robert Klass and Wacker

Hi there, gents,

Can you help me gather more information on these vintage razors? These were sent to me by a professional barber who asked for my sharpening service. He inherited these from his father, a barber as well. He's given me some insights on these but I think most of you here would help us know more.

The razors are a C-Mon Cadillac 6/8. On the backside of the tang it has an engraving which reads "Peter J. Michels. Inc Brooklyn, New York, Made in Germany". This razor seems to be very flexible. I'm not sure if you can call it as thin/flexible as a Filarmonica because I've never got a Filarmonica in my hands. But this C-Mon Cadillac seems to be very very flexible. Also, the brand seems to be American-based (Brooklyn, N.Y.) but made in Germany.
Do you have any idea about its manufacture date? How much popular was C-Mon back in the old days?

The next one if a Robert Klaas that seems to be quite flexible too. This one with a round point 6/8. Apparently this was imported into Mexico via Germany (the case has some Spanish written on it "Fund. 1834" = "Established 1834" and "Marca Registrada" = "Registered trademark"). On the backside of the tang there's the number 4086. Do you have any idea about when it might have been manufactured? Was Robert Klaas a popular brand back in the old days?

The last one is a Karl Wacker maybe 5/8, round point. It has a 13 on the frontside of the tang and "Special" written on the back. What do you know about this one? The barber told me this razor is PITA to sharpen (at least in his sharpening experience, which he admits to be "not great").

Thanks for your time reading this and for any info you can give us.
Regards,
Mike