Thread: $10 straight razor

Like fly-swatters, yardsticks, and pens, hardware stores often ordered razors with their logo on them to sell to their customers. Your best clue will be whatever is imprinted on the back side of the tang.

I have two razors that are stamped ourHown, and I have not been successful at honing either of them to shave ready condition. That, of course, does not mean that they can't be made shave ready... Just at this stage in the honing game for me, they are difficult.

Good luck! Hopefully you'll be able to put a good shaving edge on that one, but if it doesn't work out right away, don't let it discourage you.

Getting it sharp wasn't a problem but it was pretty much like new. The stamp is CUR OWN and whatever is in the middle (stylized HCO, maybe stands for Hill Company). Thanks for the help.

Originally Posted by SewerGuy

Getting it sharp wasn't a problem but it was pretty much like new. The stamp is CUR OWN and whatever is in the middle (stylized HCO, maybe stands for Hill Company). Thanks for the help.

Possibly mine are knock offs, or are of a different vintage from the same company, or the licensing was sold at some point... The stamp is slightly different. Mine are very clearly "our own" with a stylized H in the center. The H does not have the vertical line, or the extra o along side of it.

I will see if I can find a picture...

edit: I found a thread asking for information on the markings on mine: http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...own-razor.html

I don't know. Looks Welsh.

If I had to guess, it is Our Own with the company initials between. Yours too, HNSB, just a different company.

Pretty sure it's a C on mine unless it didn't stamp correctly. I like the steel.

My guess is that it's a retail branded blade that was probably made in Germany as so many of them were. They are generally very good shavers though.

Originally Posted by pz93c

I don't know. Looks Welsh.

If I had to guess, it is Our Own with the company initials between. Yours too, HNSB, just a different company.

Well to someone who is Welsh/Australian it looks a bit like Russian...I have no idea what it would look like to a Russian though...Do we have any Russians willing to let us know?!