Thread: 2 more Ohio-made razors added

NOTE: I guess "Ohio-Made" is inaccurate... only the Clauss would be Ohio-made... the other two are just branded for Ohio companies.

I have not been at this as long as most of you all, and am learning a great deal from this forum.

Since beginning, I have acquired 2 Bokers, 1 Wostenholm, 1 Clauss (purchased yesterday), one that was branded for Smith Bros. Hdwe. Col, O (my first purchase; it had no scales, so I made some from Rosewood) and one that was branded for Shefleich & Co. St. Louis, USA , and a blade branded for Mann & Co. Columbus, O (it is stamped LIMITED Made in Germany). The two last two were purchased today).

The first photo includes the three Ohio-made razors. (TOP: Smith Bros. Hdwe. Co. Col, O in Rosewood), The Mann blade (marked LIMITED Made in Germany, Mann & Co. Columbus, O) will soon be set in the ebony scales that the Boker 346 is wearing (see next pic), as I have original Boker scales coming for that one, and BOTTOM, Clauss w/ covered tang, marked Clauss, Fremont, O.





The last photo shows all of my razors, except an eBay razor (marked FAULTLESS), which was listed as a W&B razor.



TOP L: Boker, branded for Schmidt & Zielgler in Remscheid, and marked "OUR BEST," with ivory covered tang and scalloped spine. Boker dates it at 1900.
TOP R: H. Boker & Co. No. 346, Germany; and marked "EXTRA HOLLOW GROUND, Fully Warranted," set in ebony scales (made by me)
MIDDLE L: Geo. Wostenholm & Son IXL, Sheffield, ENG
MIDDLE R: Branded by (?) for Shefleich Hdw.Co., St. Louis, U.S.A.
BOTTOM L: Clauss, Fremont, O w/ covered tang (blade etched with "Clauss" and "Trade Mark" (ADDED YESTERDA)
BOTTOM R: Branded by (?) for Smith Bros. Hdwe. Co. Columbus, O; and marked "OUR VERY BEST" Concaved; set in Rosewood scales (made by me).
BOTTOM: Branded by (?) for Mann & Co., Columbus, O; and marked "LIMITED" and "Made in Germany" (ADDED TODAY)

All told, I have $89.00 in all of these (mind you, the two Bokers were given to me by a friend)