Thread: French Patent 1819 for Razor with interchangeable blade.

Mr Charles coutelier (cutler) from St-Sauveur in Paris, in the year of 1819, received a patent for a razor with interchangeable blade. Camille Page in his books on cutlery refers to this type of razor as being from the beginning of the 19th century. At the Exposition in
1823, Mr Charles presented his razors with intechangeable blades to the public.


Rameau a Sens another cutlery claimed to be the inventor of the frameback razor? Jacques Lecoultre from Switzerland and his famous frameback, both makers were well after Mr Charles. Is it possible that he was the inventor of the frameback as we know it today?

Is there a real photo of one of these, do you know?
Interesting.

Martin, you are incredible man. I like love your ability to dig stuff up.

Interesting. I like the profile of the blade shown, I've seen this profile before in vintage blades of about this era. Big honkin' smile.

The French alway believe that they've come up with inventions 1st. Who knows when someone snuck that into their Patent files? It's the same as that Cave Art thing they try to pass off as prehistoric.☺
Everyone one knows it was the Americans and British came with with shaving 1st. Just look at the French paintings from that time period. None of them shaved.

Originally Posted by Johnus

Everyone one knows it was the Americans and British came with with shaving 1st.

There are a magnitude of information about people shaving centuries before America was even discovered. In the UK, Around 1740 Benjamin Huntsman invented cast or crucide steel, but the cutlers of Sheffield did not take very well to Huntsman steel, so he exported most of it to France.
The Sheffielders only took to the new steel after realizing France sucess with Huntsman findings.

Originally Posted by Johnus

The French alway believe that they've come up with inventions 1st. Who knows when someone snuck that into their Patent files? It's the same as that Cave Art thing they try to pass off as prehistoric.☺
Everyone one knows it was the Americans and British came with with shaving 1st. Just look at the French paintings from that time period. None of them shaved.

In my experience, the British and French have an equally strong tendency to claim they invented things. Sometimes they may be right, but often not so much. Typically the "inventor" is really a guy who imported the invention from elsewhere, and made some modifications for local markets. (Funny story, a British guy tried to convince my father that some English Lord-Something invented skiing a few hundred years ago. People have been skiing in Scandinavia for thousands of years.)

I believe it was Britain and the skis! It was one of the things that the Vikings took back with them! Read it somewhere...

Originally Posted by Johnus

I believe it was Britain and the skis! It was one of the things that the Vikings took back with them! Read it somewhere...

Vikings.........Scandinavia..........Hello!

Originally Posted by Johnus

I believe it was Britain and the skis! It was one of the things that the Vikings took back with them! Read it somewhere...

Nope. If anything the vikings brought the skis with them to Britain, not the other way round. Evidence of skiing is far older in Scandinavia than in Britain, and dates to well before the vikings. In fact "ski" is a Norse word. See also:
History of skiing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia