My First Filly !!

I took the plunge and couldn't resist this beauty..my first Filarmonica. Someone help talk me down as my affliction to acquiring razors keeps growing..I still want a custom from Max., Ellis, and Mastro Livi.. to add to my collection. But I am very excited to get this one and I want to thank this site and all of you who have shared your wisdom and experience ,it gives me such passion to appreciate not as a tool, but regarding them with affection and as art..To me it's seeing a time capsule of where the razor originated, to who and how many owners touched its scales. Keep up all the great mentoring on this site, and one day I hope I will become a mentor too.
My appreciation to you all !!

A fine looking razor. I'm sure you'll enjoy it, my Fili is one of my most coveted blades.

Now where have I seen that razor before:D
Is it on it's way from Japan by any chance?

Congratulations, I hope you are going to take it out of the packet and use it...it deserves it!

Thank you, and I will be giving it a workout once I send it to be honed.. I'll be anxious getting it back to start using it.

The 13 model in the Fil which is their 6/8 is actually my preference. Very nice shavers!!

Have fun.

Sweet razor! I too have a Filarmonica. They take great edges.

That looks very familiar to me as well jaycey. enjoy that razor rob keep us inform as to how it goes

Not to scare u or anything, if it is coming from Japan check the spine, I had ordered to from that vendor from Japan, and always a pleasure to deal with, but I seen the razor I returned which looks identical, was delisted after I returned it... Even tho it had a crack on the spine. Like thisAttachment 119322Attachment 119323

hehehehe ... Is the one from Japan??? I also ordered one like yours,,, i cant wait to get it!!! Its just a beautyful razor... please if you have a chance post a review on your new razor thatd be great!!!

That's a gorgeous Filly indeed. I've got two, one with a small imperfection in the spine but it's been looked at by a pro and deemed a manufacturing defect. Shaves super smooth. Enjoy.

Yeah I prolly should have just kept mine, but a lot of the guys here made a point and said might be hard to get that crack dry and be trouble with rust and maybe splitting open even more.

Hi all,

I'd like to set the record straight on the Japanese seller that is being refered to in this thread.
There are actually more than one seller out of Japan for straight razors, the one that the OP has bought from is actually myself and I sell under the name bakeramay.

I would also like to say that in a year of selling straights on eBay I've never had a return - the filly that Marcelitegti mentionned must be one of Nipponjapan's sales.

I'm currently in contact with the OP, Robert, via eBay as he has been advised by Max at VintageStraightRazors.com that the filarmonica I sold is not authentic and will not take an edge. My goal is to get a satisfactory outcome for both parties.

He's correct, I've never purchased a razor from him.

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Originally Posted by Marcelitegti

He's correct, I've never purchased a razor from him.

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Thanks for confirming. I take a lot of pride in my customer service dealings and so far I've not had an unhappy client.

@OP - could you post some pictures of the Filly now that you've got it please.

What was the outcome of this? I was not aware that there are fake filarmonicas floating around. How can you tell if it is fake vs authentic?

I'm not sure there is fakes, but usually the ones in the black boxes I believe are harder to hone and quality control was not as tight. At least in my experience with them.