Thread: Would you put your initial on your razor?

Hi guys,

Just wanna ask your opinion on whether you put initial on the razors that you really like?

Would it be considered as a sacrilege and ruin it for the next person/ generation or it'll add character to it?

Have you bought/ would you buy razors with initials on it?

Thanks

Every once in awhile I get one that has initials on it. It's usually one of the first things I remove if possible. If the razor is in immaculate condition, yet has initials, then I may leave them in order to keep the razor unmolested. But I personally would never put my initials on a razor. If I wanted my name on it, then I'd pay someone to etch my full name on custom scales. And resign the razor to a whole different class of worthless collectible(except within the family I'd hope).

I don't think it's sacrilege. But I think it was more necessary when everybody had a straight, and there were multiple shaving males in a household, or working at the barber shop.

Anyways, no...If I really liked a razor, that's about the last thing I'd want to do to it.

Well, sort of..

I know the guys at Hart steel put their initials on the tang of their razors after they are done completing a razor. But they have personally crafted that razor from start to finish. Maybe on the scales if you have made them, but I dont know about on the razor itself. I kind of see that as ruining a piece of history. But, it is your razor and you can do whatever you want with it. Im sure others will give you their opinion. Thats just my opinion.

I don't know about razors, but I like it when I find initials on the inside of scales of restores for other people. It's kind of cool, especially since the handwriting from days gone by is much different from our scribing of today. Sometimes I've even seen years. It's a cool feeling when you se X*X 1927 on the inside of a set of horn.

I personally wouldn't but I do have a few DD's that have an initial on them. I believe this was from the days men kept their straight at the barber shop, to avoid confusion with others.

I'd never put my initial on the razor

I snagged this off the bay a few yrs back,my name is Bill Barber,I have been a Barber since 1948,the yr I was Born

Originally Posted by regularjoe

Every once in awhile I get one that has initials on it. It's usually one of the first things I remove if possible. If the razor is in immaculate condition, yet has initials, then I may leave them in order to keep the razor unmolested. ..

I am working on a F. Reynolds that used to belong to "E.P.". They are scratched rather deeply so I think they will remain.

If I could put my name on a blade such as Birnando had done
, that would be pretty cool.

I have some old STR8S with the names of various owners scribbled on the horn scales. If they were well done I would have probably liked them and seen them as interesting, but they look like carved with a knife point, so I deem these scales as nothing particular. On the contrary, I could find a strop with an ivory handle with my initials wonderfully carved on it, and I absolutely had to get it when I saw it. So my advice is that if you want to carve your initials, you better make a real nice work!