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Beautiful! I had one of those, and she shaved very nicely. Congratulations! Fyi ~ I think it is "Medaille Argt." The "Argt." is short for "Argent" or "silver".

It looks like you are building...

Wow - very handsome!

I am very glad to hear it! I am looking for some more of those - they show up every once in a while, and they do make excellent shavers.

How is your Roi Soleil shaving?

The really amazing thing about this Le Talisman is that when I bought it it required no restoration, no cleaning and not even any honing! I got it NOS from a seller on eBay.fr, and all it needed was...

Thanks! It is a beautiful shaver, too.

... some pics of my favorite Frenchie ... "Le Talisman" by Peroux-Cognet (Special Pour Barbe Dure):

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That would definitely work. Same shape as the current scales?

Thanks for the photo! Very nice-looking razor. What are you thinking of for scale materials?

Thanks! It also looks like it has a thumb notch. I am a big fan of the thumb notch.

I just picked up a pretty-looking razor on eBay, made by Thierrazor. Does anyone have any experience with this defunct brand? Here are the pics that the eBay seller had posted:

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I finally picked up a Pradat-Brun razor on eBay. It is a pretty frameback with horn scales, and the spine is a nice shiny chrome. Unfortunately, a prior owner has taken some sort of rotary tool to...

Very handsome! Nice re-scale job. What wood did you use?

Very nice! I love razors with the thumbnotch.

The pasted strop seems to have been the preferred method of honing for French straight shavers. I am always amazed how many paddle strops I see on French eBay. Have you ever come across a Le Coq...

I did - nice looking razor! How does it shave? Here is a pic of my Duvers Freres frameback. It's the listing photo from eBay. I have cleaned it and shined it up since, so it looks a little nicer now:...

I have a few French razors - 1 amazing new TI, a vintage Duvers Freres frameback (this one has given me the most satisfying shaves ever) and 2 Le Grelots (1 "perle des orients" and 1 "medaille...

Well, I don't own one yet, but here's a link to one that I recently bid for and lost on eBay: Pradat-Brun 7/8 Clermont Ferrand. I think you will agree, it is pure eye candy. When they show up on the...

Does anyone have any experience with / opinions of the French razor brand Pradat Brun?