Thread: Oldest Razor in Your Shaving Rotation?

I believe my oldest razor is my Wostenholm, forged somewhere in the late 1800s. Pics will follow as soon as I send it to Glen for restoration haha.

Tom,

That CONGREAVE ( rocket razor LOL) is an AWESOME chunk of steel. I LOVE IT!

I was thinking the other day ( and it didn't hurt too awful badly ) but maybe this Rodgers is a bit older than the Greaves. It's another "daily driver" that I REALLY like.

I took it to MO with me last week along with some other WAY cool stuff. Found that HUGE old mug in an antique store for 3 bucks. Works almost a s good as a scuttle for keepin the soap warm. If you get it hot, it stays that way for a while.



That WAY cool French soap works great with my TX water, but it was a struggle with the hard water they have up there. I bought a puck of VDH at the Wallace World Shaving Supply depot and used that until I got back to softer water.

Wow! Is that bolster thing original? BTW, the C. Congreve has been dubbed the "Concord Condor" By Cheetah!

That bolster is an old patch that was installed at some point in time because the back scale cracked.





It's one piece and hand made.

Well, it looks to be brass. Whoever made it loved that razor. I know for certain I could find a scale half and replace it, pinned collarless with less work involved in making something like that! I 'spect it balances that blade quite well.
One of a Kind!

I think it's coin silver.

I agree that whoever did it either loved it as it was or that was all they could do to keep whole.

It is interestingly made as there are no seams. It was cut and formed from one piece of metal.

Just part of the old razor's history.

Originally Posted by Wullie

Just part of the old razor's history.

I agree and wouldn't change it!

Originally Posted by Wullie

It is interestingly made as there are no seams.

I am looking at your pictures again and the idea of no seam doesn't make sense. Not that it would make one bit of difference! the person who did this had wonderful skills and if you really wanted to prove it i bet there is a seam most probably under that black area. But even if I was proved right it would not diminish the ability of the person who did the repairs or diminish his handy work. that you can't see it makes him all the better!

I took the pic right after I got the razor. I've since cleaned the black spot and gone over that thing with a 30X loupe. Appears the black spot is etched and the pin hole looked to have been mis drilled, and then soldered in and re-drilled.

There is no seam.

I'll see if I can get some better pics and post them if ya want, but it ain't happnin tonite.

You can see what looks like a rough sawcut in the top pic.

Looks like ivory, too, right? Lovely piece.