My First two vintage French Blades

[baystate]

Hello all,

I just acquired these from a seller overseas in France. Once is a P. Hospital Le Grelot, with a "42" stamped on the tang. Looks like a 4/8 that was honed down to a 3/8? This thing is tiny. I hope the frowning edge can be repaired. The other is a Le Grelot by T.I. I'm guessing because there's no P. Hospital mark. It's a 6/8 with "363" stamped on the reverse side of the tang. Any tips on removing spots on an etched blade that is otherwise polished great would be appreciated. I'm thinking a gentle cleaning with soap and a scotch brite might take care of it. Thank you

[bongo]

Just my opinion but the first blade looks too far gone.
The second looks very nice.

[recklessabandon]

yeah that second one is a catch.

[tcrideshd]

I was thinking the same thing the first one is pretty much honed away , might be wrong but it looks too far gone ,, second one should clean up ,, tc

[HaiKarate]

How does it shave? I can't sleep at night seeing the stuff inside those scales. I bet that will shine up to be a beauty!

[RezDog]

my thought on the clean up is to take some low tack winters tape and cover the etch nd gold wash and then take some 0000 steel wool and some mothers polish and clean it up a little, then just straight mothers on a cloth. Gold wash is very delicate and just touching it a little bit with polish on your fingers will lighten it dramatically. It does mask easily though.

[Martin103]

Welcome to SRP!

Your first razor Le Grelot 42 is originally a 3/8 razor, indeed very small. The second razor is a Le Grelot as well from the same company and not Thiers Issard, its made by Pierre Hospital and co in Thiers, France.