Hello guys,


I'm new to the place. Last week I had a post over in the Newbie area regarding whether or not the Dovo Silver Steel is suitable for someone new to straight razor shaving.


My grandfather passed away two years ago at the ripe age of 100. He was a medic and barber in WWII, and when my father was going through the estate he found all of my grandfather's old razors and a strop. I've been talking about shaving with a straight for years but have never made the plunge, using a DE safety razor instead. My father thought I may want the razors, which I was happy to receive.


Lately I've decided it's time to move to the straight, and I've been doing a lot of reading about vintage razors. This reminded me of the razors I inherited and I took a look through them again - this time since I'm more familiar with the vintage models and brands, I recognized quite a few. I thought I'd take pictures tonight and share the collection with you.


I have no interest in passing any of these on due to their sentimental value. With the exception of maybe one, I don't even plan to attempt to use them and will instead probably put them in a shadow box to display.


As far as I can tell, here are the razors:



  • Henckels
  • Shumate
  • dubl duck
  • 20th Century Baby
  • Bear
  • Franklin S. Co
  • Mono
  • Snappy
  • Paramount
  • Bengali



The strop is made by Aberdeen.


There are also the original boxes for the Mono and the Paramount. The scales of the Paramount are engraved with my grandfather's name, James Kendall. He spent his whole life in and around the Brandenburg, KY area, outside of Louisville, and a few of the pieces indicate they were purchased in Louisville.


Age has taken its toll on many of these pieces. There are rust spots, warped scales, and one razor even has a serious chip. Because they're all square points, I won't be trying to use them anytime soon.


I apologize for the quality (or lack thereof) of many of these photos. I used the wife's camera and I'm not much of a photographer.


Pictures are at www.photobucket.com/bkendall_razors. I believe there are way too many pictures to embed into the post.