Hi All,
I stopped at an Antique shop on my way back home form a road trip today. I went in looking for a 10x3 natural coticule combo (VERY high hopes) and ended up finding this razor, a Gillette Fatboy in its case, and a W&B that I may have to go back to get.
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Is anyone familiar with McCoy & Co.? Nothing is listed on the back side of the blade, and the only thing listed on the tag indicated that the scales were tortoise. I have no clue how to determine whether or not the scales are genuine tortoise, though I have my doubts. The flaky area near the pivot looks amazingly like horn to me.
Still, an unrusted frameback with basically no honewear? I grabbed it since the owner seemed to want to move it TODAY and gave me a very nice (as in rusted out ebay special) price along with the Fatboy, which was also favorably priced.
I'm hoping this won't turn out to be a razor made in Pakistan with poorly tempered steel, so I hope that someone out there can give me some information on it. Sorry about the pics - I didn't have time to set up a lightbox.
Thanks,
- Mark (S-4-C)