Thread: A. Sanelli

Glad I was mistaken . . . would have been a shame to have to alter the features of that beauty.

Originally Posted by Orville

Glad I was mistaken . . . would have been a shame to have to alter the features of that beauty.

Ah! Little niggles don't stop us, Orville! It's the cracks what does!

In conclusion, all was well-worth the effort. Quality is quality no matter the country.
Dulled it out on a glass bottle, one layer of tape, 50 light strokes on a worn DMT brought it back to sharp. A few more strokes cleaned and evened the bevel(quite small!). Not much on a freshly-lapped Naniwa 1k had it popping hairs and onward to a moderate pyramid on Norton 4/8 and straight to Escher for a long, half-slurried tour.
Stropped it 10 strokes on CroOx, 10 on FeOx. 50 on fabric, 100 on leather, a '67 vintage Russian strop from Japan.

Such a shave has never been surpassed, FME. Left off the balm and a/s and headed out. No irritation whatsoever.
A real Italian treat!

Now thats a cool razor, unusual maker, screams high quality, nice job!

Um why not hit the contact button and send them a pic ? You may spark some interest in the company and get them making a few more :<0)
They could probably give you a whole vault of historical info and would more than likely be happy to hear something like this is still sought after. Would be an interesting conversation.

I had thought about that! I bet they could date it as well and tell of their razor production.
Anyone have any thoughts about the absence of 'Italy' making it pre 1891??

Sweet catch. I thought you were taking a break from Ebay? LOL!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I had thought about that! I bet they could date it as well and tell of their razor production.
Anyone have any thoughts about the absence of 'Italy' making it pre 1891??

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It's possible.

It's also possible it wasn't made "for export" and TONY brought it with him when he rode the boat to the promised land. Upon arriving at Ellis Island, he was assaulted with advertising from King Gillette and his crew. TONY, wanting to be a real American, fell into the madness and packed his old straight away. Whereupon it was found 50 years after his demise by one of his yuppie punk grandkids who thought he could sell it for enough to buy a new I-phone.

So there, we still don't know any more than when we started.

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Sweet catch. I thought you were taking a break from Ebay? LOL!

I was doing quite well there for a while........fell plumb off the wagon on this one!

Originally Posted by Wullie

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It's possible.

It's also possible it wasn't made "for export" and TONY brought it with him when he rode the boat to the promised land. Upon arriving at Ellis Island, he was assaulted with advertising from King Gillette and his crew. TONY, wanting to be a real American, fell into the madness and packed his old straight away. Whereupon it was found 50 years after his demise by one of his yuppie punk grandkids who thought he could sell it for enough to buy a new I-phone.

So there, we still don't know any more than when we started.

Mebbe so, WullieBruce. It's possible. Still, they would have to settle for a Tracphone flip for what I paid!

Un bello rasoio, Bruce !

Looks like they wouldn't have much problem with rust at the factory at their altitude