Hey guys,

I am still brand new here to SRP as of this week and am looking to get into the world of straight shaving. I'm 26 years old and teach High School Science and coach soccer, basketball, and lacrosse. Yesterday one of my student-athletes saw a picture of a straight razor on my desktop and told me he had just found 3 of them under a floor board in his house that have probably been there for well... who knows when. Anyways, he brought them in for me to look at, and a snapped a few pictures and wanted to know if anyone here may know a bit about them? My apologies for the poor quality of the pictures, I left my camera at home and was forced to use a 3.2 megapixal one the school library has. I can try to snap some better quality pics when I get home if people need, or want.

The first one seems rather plane with plastic scales.



Its says "Manganese Steel" on one side of the blade shaft and "C & C Barber Shop Supply Co.- Lewiston Maine" on the other side. I live in Maine... any chance this was made locally?

The second on the list seems a little bit better quality and had a box with it.



The Box Reads- "Peter A. Whitemore, Portland, Maine" ... "Made in Germany"

On the shaft of the Blade however is inscribed- "Geneva Cutlery Co."... "Geneva, N.Y.U S.A"

Last one seems to be the most special of the three and also came with a box...





The Box Reads- "Salamander-Wedge"..."Hand Made Razor"... "Made in Salamanderworks Foche- Solingen"



Inscribed on the scales is an emblem that reads "Special Quality- Bedard"



The blade has the same thing on it... "Special Quality- Bedard"



The shaft of the blade reads- "Solingen Germany"

Any insights about these? I don't think the are necessarily anything special, but the sequence of me deciding to start looking into the world of straight razor shaving and then coming across these was pretty cool.

Cheers,

Josh