Oh, droll mate, very droll! :)
Mick
Oh, droll mate, very droll! :)
Mick
Aye, ye be a funny lad Jimbo! :)
Should have thought of that come-back in the first place! Don-cha hate that!
Mick
Most unknown, best razor i have, would be my F.Klein 6/8 razor.
I would say it gives a better shave then all my other razors. :D
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She isn't fancy but she shaves well!
Beautiful razor, to me! Love the bolsters.
Attachment 76277The one that came to my mind, out of quite a few 'unknown' marque razors in my accumulation is stamped 'Salem Markos & Bros' over Warranted. No country of origin but the Warranted makes me think England. Could be somewhere else though. I have a friend who is really into DEs and I had some old Gillettes.
He is an antique shop hound and came upon a really cool W&B for barbers and offered to trade it to me for a couple of old and rare Gillettes. We came to an agreement and he mailed the W&B to me and threw the Salem Markos in for free. I was not taken with the round point and it was dull but not damaged. At some time it had been sanded a bit and had some scratches in the belly of the blade.
It is a quarter hollow with what I think are bakelite scales with a white plastic wedge. Just a plain jane razor. I forgot about it until one day, looking for something to hone and it caught my eye laying in the pile. I grabbed it up and it honed up easily and beautifully and shaves like a dream.
Thanks, It looks a little better in photo though. :D
I have been searching the web since i got it and i cant find reference to another (Friedr) F.Klein anywhere. But i guess there are a lot of unknown razors out there.
The only information i have is: According to the town archive of Solingen the business of Friedrich Klein was licensed in Solingen in 1908.
So, if by chance someone else has one let me know :D
Burrell Top Flight? Does that qualify? Not much info on them, made in a really small window of time ('41- '42) from what I gather? REALLY nice to shave with; I have a 5/8 and it's incredibly fine...
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Grandad's Larkin... a most unremarkable offering with plenty of petina... kinda narrow... and worthless to anyone else, but me. Shaves wonderfully.
Very nice! You should be proud to own such a razor. These are super hard to find. I have a beautiful set of scales with this insignia, and have searched for an Alexander Coppel blade to put in them for almost 3 years with no luck. Yours is the first one I've seen in 3 years. Enjoy!
I've got a few French razors that are unknown brands but are excellent shavers. I think that the A Doupeux is probably the stand out though. It outshaves all my TI's and most of my Le Grelot's.
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