Thread: Gramp's razors

Hello,

My grandfather recently passed. He was an amazing woodworker and carpenter for over 50 years. He was also a collector of vintage tools and knives. Unfortunately he sold or gave away most of these things before he passed. Yesterday I was looking through his garage when I found 2 straight razors. The cases that they were in are very worn and the writing is illegible. I have attached a picture of the razors and was wondering if anyone knew anything about them. The one with the white handle appears to be bone while the black one plastic. The edge on the white one is very straight and still sharp, but the black one's edge has a serious frown. The white one reads 8511 Iros Keen on one side and I. Rosenbaum, Solingen Germany on the other. The black one reads P. C. Anna Franck Hamburg Reeperbahn 143 on one side and Beste Qualitat Tuckmar Silberstahl Solingen on the other side. They are both beautiful pieces and any information would be greatly appreciated.



Thanks in advance,

Tyrel

The one on the left (white) looks like it has a bone handle. It also looks like it has a lot of life left in it, and should be an outstanding shaver once you polish her up and send her out to be honed. The one on the right unfortunately is useless as a shaver unless you were to grind off a lot of metal to get rid of the "frown" and make it straight again.