Thread: Help identify Jaguar

I have here something I can't find any information on. But my guess it is a blank from a company called Jaguar and was ground by Le Grelot. It is incredibly sharp and smooth. I'm thinking it is a keeper . Guesses, ideas?

thanks,
jeff

If I'm not mistaken TI is selling those (ground by them) in a starter kit here. I know nothing more about them.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

If I'm not mistaken TI is selling those (ground by them) in a starter kit here. I know nothing more about them.

Another brand hijacked by TI?

Maybe a different brand, but the French "Le Jaguar" brand razors I'm familliar with were originally made by Le Grelot. I've been looking for a vintage one for over a year on eBay since I lost the auction on the last one I saw. I can't speak to the TI ones, but the original Le Grelots are wonderful razors. I also have a TI ground Le Grelot that is nice.

The particular vintage Le Jaguar I lost at auction had the most beautiful scales, kind of a swirled cream-and-orange-marmelade effect. The scales also had a German silver inlay of a pyramid, a palm tree with a little Jaguar sitting under it like a sphinx, and "Le Jaguar" in large deco-style script font. Just killer, I've never seen another like it.

I'm not normally a sucker for exotic celluloid scales, but when they're slapped on a vintage Le Grelot, I'm in.

this is the original handle. looks like was nice one.

That's the logo I'm talking about Sham, thanks! I guess it's just the palm trees and the sitting Jaguar, my memory must have embellished it with the non-existent pyramid. I so wish I had copied the photos of the beautiful colors of the scales of the razor I saw.

Also, Jeff, I think you have a Le Grelot-made razor there, nice. I think the style of the etching on the blade in your second picture is just too similar to a Le Grelot Medaille d'Or 1931 that I have to not have been made by Le Grelot.

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

this is the original handle. looks like was nice one.