Thread: makers mark

Does anyone recognize this mark

Fine Ring... obviously :-)

I'll be honest, I came into this thread cause I thought it was about bourbon. Off to pour a glass...

I hope someone can help with the info.

I thought that was the answer too, however I cannot find a single shred of anything on Fine Ring as a brand. I thought maybe someone here could shed a slight amount of light on them.

Anything on the back of the tangs?

here it is

As you know it's a photo from a current auction, reach out to the lister, maybe they can help.
Probably better to have this posted in the "Auction Talk' section.
Antique Vintage Pair Fine Ring Cut Throat German Barbers Straight Razors in Case | eBay

probably. I will give that a try.

The tuning fork is Grah & Plumacher's mark - they also made Silver Ring and Blue Diamond razors that carried this mark, and the Gotta 120 which did not have this mark.





The razors are also seen with importer-exporter brands on them, like Norvell-Shapleigh and SR Droescher, but these just carried the brand.

Grah & Plumacher are listed as appearing in the Solingen directories of 1922-25 as being at Solingen-Weyer, and 1939-83 at Bruderstrasse 25.

It seems that another resident of Solingen - Max Breuer - also had this mark, or access to it, in some way:



Interestingly, Max Breuer does not appear in these same razor-maker archives. However, we do find him listed in 1931 in Krautstrasse 19, Solingen-Wald with his occupation noted as 'trader' so he probably was an exporter for Grah & Plumachers products.

Regards,
Neil