Thread: French old straight razor manufacturers?

As you already may have seen, your FAMEX isn't of french orign, but "FABRIQUE D'ALLEMAGNE" in WALD-SOLINGEN.
The manufacturer of FAMEX was E.+F. HÖRSTER.
FAMEX razors sometimes came with the BAGPIPER signs on blades and scales, wich also was a trademark of E.+F. HÖRSTER.



My own FAMEX doesn't have a manufacturer's No. but shows the HAMON script on the scales, who imported FAMEX to France.

I've always suspected that this old wedge of mine was French, but I was never able to confirm anything. It's marked "Dastugue Castelnau".

L'Elan Garanti

I have a David Issard and a S.T. Ethien Tholozan

The St. Ethien

an older true frameback that I'm hoping our resident genious Manah can help with info on...
Paul

Originally Posted by Str8Shooter

an older true frameback that I'm hoping our resident genious Manah can help with info on...
Paul

I have that same exact razor with extra blades in Orig Ivory,Yours is the only other one I have seen.

Paul, you're the owner of the very nice frameback, that was made by very strange maker.
Strangely is his location.
I've seen his razors before.
As we see on the stamp, the razor was made in Jougne in eastern France. But according all sources: books, newspapers, ads, the company of Adolphe Arbenz was in Birmingham, England at the end of 19th century.

Originally Posted by Havachat45

I have a 'Famex', however I can't find out much about it

"Fabrique d'allemagne" is french for "made in germany"
You got yourself a german razor.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

I have that same exact razor with extra blades in Orig Ivory,Yours is the only other one I have seen.

I also have two other new untouched blades! I'd love to see yours as I've never seen another like mine... Yet!

Manah, as always thanks for your wealth of information. Do you have a date range on when these were produced?? By the condition of mine I wouldn't think it was earlier then 1950's but one never knows...
Paul