Hey guys, I've tried for a few days now to find info on this razor I picked up at an antiques shop, but the only info I found on it was the rough time period of when it was probably made.
It says "G.Felix Gloriawerke Solingen" with a stamp that looks like a bowl with a brush in it and the number 77 on one side. On the other side it says "A.Landsman New-York, City" "made in germany". It has a French tip what looks like a hollow ground and it's either a 4/8ths or a 5/8ths (there seems to be a taper on the blade from the back to the tip). The scales are made of of "ivory" plastic. There is a little pitting and the blade isn't shiny but someone that knew what they were doing had sharpened it recently because it is still sharp as what all. It came with the supposed "original box" that has seen better days. The box says "Garland Cutlery Co. Germany $3.00 Razor". As the box is in delicate condition I have put it away, but I fully intend to have this blade sent out for a professional cleaning next month. I just wanted to know more about the company that made it and it's history and maybe an approximate date of it's production. The store owner thought it was from 1902, and what little I could find online from Felix it the blade could be from anytime from 1900-1924. I have spent literally...4-5 hours looking at threads here and google searches, I already tried unicelectra.com's list of manufacturers and that was a dead end . I'll provide a link to my flicker that has pictures of it if the pictures do not work. Can anyone please help me? I would consider it a personal favor.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/6291923...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/6291923...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/6291923...n/photostream/
Note: I couldn't get the photos to load, so I put the links in.
-Mike