Thread: What's your oldest NOS?

This one is my finest NOS... New in Box shaved it from the box also...

Oldest??? I doubt it, my Shumate Shuraco was made earlier but I love this one the most...And I have an NOS Craftsman strop to match it

Thanks for posting.

I have nothing NOS from the 1800s, but this SR Droescher Gold Bug came to me fairly mint with the gold wash on the tang still like new, and with original box, if I recall. Probably 1920s - 1930s I'd guess, and would be my oldest:




Far more recent (1950s, perhaps even early 1960s) is this NOS Dorko blade. It never was scaled originally from the factory, but I bought it recently scaled in acrylic abalone laminate. A big showy razor with beautiful grind and spine work, can't resist showing it:

I honed and shaved with them all, so I have no NOS any more.

Got two 6/8 DD GE from Ebay paid way to much but like them both

These are some amazing looking blades. Jimmy's Greaves are mind blowing.

Slart, post some pics! I like to see any blade that's lasted in good condition.

I have some F. Herder blades that are so NOS that they haven't even been ground/finished yet.
I'm serious. I'm going to have to grind/sand/polish/hone them and then put some scales on them.

got this for twenty bucks at a flea market inside the box is a lable that says its from "Otto Bush 1936" and it was brand new,still wrapped

I really don't know, but assume the late 50's. Fritz Bracth Dovo. Not anywhere near the current 1840's benchmark!


A nice Wustof NOS:


Another Fritz Bracth:


And a Friedour 250th anniversary:


Almost forgot the Fritz Bracht Dovo 41:


I seem to be a Fritz fan!

My Hugalt Works "King's Crown" 7/8.

Not strictly NOS as from what I can work out it was a store display item, so it had some tarnish on it when I got it. I'm 99% certain that I'm the first to shave with it.

I'd put its age at late 1800s/early 1900s. The jimps look hand cut.