Thread: Nonpariel

i got this recently and it is interesting blade. Made in Chicaco and it is French point with little smiling face.

Nice looking blade, couldn't find anything in my Goins book on it. Hows it shave? Hard steel like a lot of the U.S. razors?

Originally Posted by shooter74743

Nice looking blade, couldn't find anything in my Goins book on it. Hows it shave? Hard steel like a lot of the U.S. razors?

I haven't shave test yet . will test soon and let you know how it performs.

Beautiful razor. Does she feel like American steel on the hones? Because to me she looks like a possible re-stamped English razor.

Some weird names on that razor. Seeberger has a german ring to it, nonpariel sounds of french origin, and to top it off, it was made in chicago. It looks absolutely great tho.

A Joseph Seeberger, born march 6, 1875 in Germany/Austria, Immigrated in 1888 and naturalized in 1896. Owned a barber shop as early as 1917( acording to WWI draft regis) and in 1920 acording to the census In 1930 it said he was in real estate. This is perhaps related to our razor, however, the only reference I could find to Seeberger, Breakey Co. was to some employees listed in some on line city directorys for years 1885-1889. I guess Joseph could have a company as he was here in 1888. More research needed. Does the pile side of the tang say anything?

SEEBERGER, BREAKEY & CO.
(Hardware)
Chicago Commercial Bulletin, 1884; 38 and 40 Lake Street.
Chicago Commercial Bulletin, 1885; 38 and 40 Lake Street
from Trade Catalog Collection - Chicago Public Library from the chicago pub. library collection.
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So it is possible to get a copy of a page that may show the razor

Does this means this razor is quite old one?

VERY nice looking blade. Is the writing French? It LOOKS like it may mean 'unparalleled' but that is just my ignorant American translation.

Edit: I actually decided to google it and coming from dictionary.com

Nonpariel:
–adjective
1.
having no equal; peerless.

I was kind of close

I did shave test this blade just now. i would say if i have to have5 razors one of them would be this one.
what wonders me is this
How in the world old times people could make such a nice shavers?
what is the secret?
i wish someone will tell me.