Thread: Old Find During House Cleaning!

Fatboy Slim, that's a great story!

Good luck to the original poster--I hope you can clean it up and shave with it.

Hi SonOf1337,

Welcome to the site.
I have no specific info on your razor in general, but of course it is likely that men during winter war shaved with whatever they had (whenever there was time & warm enough to shave). My father-in-law used his Gillette DE on his winter war times. For the rest of my family members who fought in winter war it was probably the same, sadly i never came to ask. Army never issued razors to soldiers, they had to bring their own. Same way still today.
However would be nice to see pics of your razor.

Thanks a lot to all you folks for the responses. I will try to upload pics of the razor and box sometime this weekent, but time's tight. We'll have to play it by ear.

The blade doesn't have the Kissing Cranes logo on it anywhere that I've been able to see. The only stamping that has survived the years is the "GARANTIE SOLINGEN" stamped on the side of the tang just above the swivel. This razor is ancient and pretty misshapen from years and years of use. If anyone ever took the time to straighten the edge back out, it would probably shorten the blade profile to something like a 3/8 or maybe even a 5/16 (REALLY narrow). Also, I'd have to completely sand and restore the metal, replace the scales, and spend a WHOLE lot of time on a hone. I was just wondering how common/rare these things were.

Currently, I'm working on the edge of a Marbles Damascus I bought in Branson. Yeah, yeah, I know they're junk. I figure I'll have to put it on the mantle for looks and see if I can scare up a good vintage for actual use.

Thanks again for the welcome and thanks for the answers. I'll get the photos up as soon as I can.

Still no pictures?!

C'mon dude! lol

Originally Posted by Disburden

Still no pictures?!

C'mon dude! lol

Well, it's been difficult, because the only camera I can use is my cell phone. While resolution may be okay, the abilities to focus on close items and light-gathering are subpar. I'll get some decent ones posted up, but don't expect to be able to read the stamping.

Since the metal is not fiercely pitted anywhere, I decided to start the long road to refurbishing this old war horse. The scales are a black material, pretty thin, and kinda warped, so rescaling is going to be a must. Whenever I get to that stage, I'll probably have to send this one and my Pappy's (restoring his, too) to get rescaled by a pro around here. That time will come. I breadknifed it pretty hardcore last night, and that cut it down to between a 4/8 and a 5/16 somewhere. I haven't actually put a measurement to it, just an eyeball. I'll probably give it one layer of tape whenever I start to reset the bevel, just to preserve the old spine, but that will also have to come later. I've got some serious scouring to do to get old dirt, rust and Russkii off the metal...

dear fatboyslim

look up smokie mountain knife works they have kissing cranes on their site all the time.