Veritable P.Fritisse

[samircanada]

I just bought this razor on ebay and I am planing to do a light restoration. I like the tip, not quite round

I have a question however, could any one provide me some information / history on this razor?

I am a complete novice in this game.

Cheers,

Samir.

[Badgister]

A nice razor Samir. It looks like it's in great shape. I wish I knew more about Fritisse. All I know is most models I have seen have the etching " pour barbe dure" on the blade, maybe 1/3 to 3/4 hollow? French razors are quite good and I find the vintage ones hone pretty nicely.

[Mikael]

Well, I've got one too and it looks not to far from your, see below. It's french and no longer in production and it was made in the french region that was famous for making for razors - Thiers. I'm sorry to say I don't know more than that though.



PS
Box's prob not original and the scales _could_ be in tortoise (if the later = MAJOR catch) ...

[Martin103]

About your Veritable P. Fritisse, its a french razor from Pierre Fritisse "Fabricant de rasoir" ( razor maker), from the famous Thiers region of France.

His first trademark registration was in 1925, and the last one in 1945.

[Badgister]

Wow Martin! That is amazing, are these documents yours?

[samircanada]

Indeed very impressive. Thanks for sharing these documents.

I didnt realize that Thiers was a region, I will read up on it. I thought it was just someone's family name in the brand Thiers-Issard.

It seems like a authorization request to emboss or engrave the trade marks on the stamp "duplicata"
that would seems to be a lot of trouble, having to have a stamp made of that design before you could use it on your products.

A Stamp Maker is probably also one of those professions that has died or is also dying.

[Badgister]

Samir,

One the biggest pleasures with vintage razors is the History!
When it was made, whom it belonged to etc.

Restoring it and making it shave ready is honouring the razor

[Martin103]

Wow Martin! That is amazing, are these documents yours?

Not my documents, part of the trademark office.

[Martin103]

Well, I've got one too and it looks not to far from your, see below. It's french and no longer in production and it was made in the french region that was famous for making for razors - Thiers. I'm sorry to say I don't know more than that though.

Mikael, thats a beautiful razor, I did find a couple "Delolme" cutlers fromThiers, France, one was way to old before 1800's so that wouldnt apply to your razor. But the other one Francisque Delorme is probably the maker of your razor.

Found a few "Veritable Delolme" razors that look very similar to yours like the one pictured below, with the shape of the blade and the worked spine.

The office of trademark shows that Francisque Delolme registered his first trademark in 1940, and his last one in 1949. Im thinking your razor and the other one like on the pictured could possibly be before he registered his first trademark.

[Mikael]

Cheers Martin, it sure looks like a twin brother to my razor (all the way from the scales to the blade construction).