Thread: Pigeon razor

Does anyone know anthing about this razor . It's marked Pigeon "best silver steel" , no country of origin is given .

I've no idea where she might be from, but she is a pretty cool looking razor. I haven't seen many razors that appear so new that say "Silver Steel," and not many with clear markings but no indication of the country of origin either.

For some reason I get a German vibe, but I really have no idea.

I'm far to new to straight razor to tell you anything specifically about the blade. However I work in a bicycle shop and there was a bicycle company named pigeon which had a similar logo.

I believe the original bikes were manufactured in China or Japan, I'm not sure where the remakes are being produced now.

I wouldn't be surprised if an old bicycle company who manufactured steel frame bikes took a crack at making steel razor blades.

You might want to begin your search there and see if anything comes up.

I'm curious to know what you come up with

I would be extremely surprised if this were the case, given the expenses required to tool up. Also, countries of origins were required to be stamped on goods (or maybe only goods imported to the US? I don't actually know the details) as of the 1890's. Then again, the razor does look newer than that to me. Interestinger and interestinger...

You do make a good point. I just threw the idea out there. However, from what I know of old steel bikes, the craftsmanship which went into the selection of steel tubing, the lug work, and the welding was significant, and an art form all of it's own. I agree that it is unlikely that a factor making bikes would also make razors, however, I one had a mitsubishi TV, so you never know.

A bit off topic... but....

The more recent Mitsubishi Evo's are pretty much computers with wheels, an engine, and a turbo strapped on. And I say that lovingly - I find the Evo 10 to be terribly ugly, but it's still a great car.

Yes, there are some very diverse companies out there, but, from what I can tell, it's razors and knives at most that go together.

agreed, the evo is a very nice car, and although I'm not to fond of the new look, the engine still sounds great. The mitsubishi I was talking about was years ago, but nevertheless, I catch your drift.

I agree also about razors and knives, but heck, if you have no clue where to start researching, you just pick something. You never know where it might lead you.

I can't count how many times I've stumbled upon what I was looking for while searching in a seemingly unrelated topic. God bless the internet

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

A bit off topic... but....

The more recent Mitsubishi Evo's are pretty much computers with wheels, an engine, and a turbo strapped on. And I say that lovingly - I find the Evo 10 to be terribly ugly, but it's still a great car.

Yes, there are some very diverse companies out there, but, from what I can tell, it's razors and knives at most that go together.

Originally Posted by dave5225

Does anyone know anthing about this razor . It's marked Pigeon "best silver steel" , no country of origin is given .

I just typed pigeon razor into google and came up with the following link

Pigeon Spike

They seem to specialize in razor wire, but hey it's still razors, maybe from there you can get a more info. just a thought.

I could be mistaken, but that looks like wire to prevent pigeons from perching, not something made by the pigeon company.

The box reads, "High Class Pigeon."

That's a bit of an oxymoron, don't you think? I would say that pigeons are among the lower castes of the avian world, living on the filthy streets and in gutters, ignorant of any danger to themselves or their pals, and simply searching, searching, searching for their next food fix.

If we didn't know that the bird on the package was a pigeon, then yeah, I could see why you'd think German for that reason - the wings look rather imperial. It's still a good guess, of course, since we know tons of razors come from there, and seeing as how you don't see many boxed razors coming out of England, I'd guess it's from Germany too.

I'm just going to make a random guess and say it was made between the 1930's and the 1950's in that part of the world, in the event someone comes forward with more information.