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Here's the first gem out of this lot -- a 6/8 Le Grelot Le Hospital Medaille D'Or 322. I believe this is one of the older Le Grelots.


The razor has some scratches and slight black rust spots...

Anybody here have any experience with 6/8 French wedges? On this forum, there is a lot of discussion about Sheffield wedges, but I've heard very little about the french ones.

Yeah, this will eat through some sandpaper. I am more worried about my hand going numb after so much sanding :D

Finally, the ones with noticeable flaws:

Chipped (from left to right)

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Famex Best Silberstahl -- 6/8 (I might be able to salvage this an breadknife it down 1/16 or 1/8)
Solingerstahl...

Another group of smaller wedges. From left to right:

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Thiers Issard Medailel D'Argent 69 -- 9/16
Veritable Vincent - 9/16
Unmarked -- 5/8
Unmarked (in horn) -- 4/8
Gemelt? Paris -- 1/2

Here's a group of 6/8 french wedges. From left to right:

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MalaingreStaurenghi ESR Nogent Marne – 6/8
Chabrol – 6/8
IC Vicent Garanti – 6/8
Medaille? – 6/8
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A large chunk of the razors were mid-sized french wedges (plustwo Sheffields).From left to right: 173503

Maison? With a crown – 11/16
Trente Deux Dumas – 11/16
Peronnet A. Gannat – 6/8
Davit?...

Next, is a group 3 framebacks (from left to right):

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J.B. Robert 20 Qualite Extre – 6/8
Malaingre Staurenghi ESR Nogent Marne – 6/8
Klas Tonrblum (not really a frameback, but close) – 4/8

Here's a group featuring the hollow grind razors. Going from left to right, the razors are:

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Arma Solingen 173 – 6/8
Fotos Fabrique Coiffure Depose – 6/8
“Solingen” Soligen – 13/16...

One week later, the 31 razors arrived from France. It's always great when a delivery like this comes during a Saturday!

Here's some pictures of the unboxing. I will post some grouped photos with...

@MattCB -- The funny thing is that I was in the process of thinning down the heard and selling some stuff off as well before I saw this auction. Well, I guess this gives me extra incentive to...

That's exactly what I am planning on doing. I will definitely hand restore (hand sanding from 180 to 12,000) the gems first, and then consider were to take it from there. I will post some picks.

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Here's an interesting auction I just won for a lot of 31 straight razors from a French seller that flew under the radar. With international shipping, I got the lot for $192.50 (or $6.21 per razor).
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