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Vintage discoveries! please help me identify.
Hi I'm new to straight razors so I'm not very knowledgable as far as vintage brands are concerned. I recently had an opportunity to dig through my great-great-grandfather's old luggage set and inside I found 3 straight razors. They are in beyond awful condition but I'd like to fix them up and maybe use a part of my family history. As far as I can tell they are the following:
A Klas Tornblom from Eskiltuna, Sweden. I've heard that this is a pretty good manufacturer but I cant seem to determine the exact model of this razor:
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This next one I'm very excited about. It seems to be a Bengall made by T.R. Cadman and Son's, who I've heard make fantastic razors. Someone mentioned that the fact that it has the engraving on the tang and that the scales are white instead of the usual black makes it significantly rarer. I don't know if that's the case but I'm certainly interested! My only one concern is that there is a sizable chip out of the front of the edge. I think it might prove difficult for my restoration. I took photos of it below.
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This is the final one and also the most elusive in terms of identification. It seems to be a Tuckmar, another manufacturer people sing praise. However, the engravings on the tang don't seem consistent with what I've seen in photos of other Tuckmar's. First, the words are all in english and while I have seen some like that they seem to be far in the minority. Secondly the words engraved seem different from all of the others I've seen. On the emblem side of the tang, instead of "made in Solingen, Germany" it says " M. & Ground in Germany" which seems odd considering they stamp Solingen on everything they can. Also on that side, it seems like it has been marked with the number "165" I'm not sure what this refers too. On the opposite side we run into the same exclusion of "Solingen" Normally the bottom line would read "Silver Steel Solinger". Here, it reads "Finest Silver Steel". Does anyone know if this is a special model or what can account for the differences?
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Thanks for any information all you who are much wiser than me can provide. I hope you found these as interesting as I have! If you know that any of them are particularly rare, old, or great shavers please let me know!
Best,
Kryonas