Thread: Two Old Pieces of Italian History

Yeah, the English and Germans exported razors by the jillion, so perhaps the Italians mostly imported them.
Seems obvious that your Fratelli Cella razor was imported from Solingen. I seriously doubt Lorenzo Bianda was anything other than a dealer as his maker's mark would probably not be M/C.
Still, some more Italian-made ones are bound to be out there.

On that M/C mark. I have one and so do you. Each stamped with a dealer's stamp. I wish I knew who actually made them.
Bound to be one out there stamped with the actual maker's name.

I have looked and asked Neil Miller. I also had a member put it out on a French forum. Still no dice.


Razor mysteries!

Tom,
Someone will come through with something for us I'm sure.........................eventually!

Originally Posted by engine46

Tom,
Someone will come through with something for us I'm sure.........................eventually!

Yes, Steve, it will certainly be discovered! We have 2 nice blades. A maker will be confirmed as well.....As you say, eventually!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yes, Steve, it will certainly be discovered! We have 2 nice blades. A maker will be confirmed as well.....As you say, eventually!

I agree Tom. As with the Sheffield's & German made straights, the Swedish, French & the Italians took pride in their workmanship, just like the great Mastro Livi! Of course the American's made some fantastic straight's as well.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

AHA!...........................

So, I wonder if Lorenzo Bianda of Firenze (Florence) was the maker of the first one, or a dealer?


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Info has come to light that this is the mark of Marx and Co of Solingen!

Groucho?
Harpo?

Originally Posted by RezDog

Groucho?
Harpo?

Chico!...............

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Chico!...............

What's going on here................ESP or something. I was at this old thread maybe an hour ago!

Actually Tom, I came across the one that had the cracked scale because all I found was the blade. I wanted to look at the scales so I can match them up to some I may have. I remember now, at the time, I thought I had some but there must have been an issue but I now have a couple sets of larger size scales like I need here.

You liked one of my posts here while you were here, Steve.
I got a notification.....Came to see....Reported the maker of the razor while I was here.

Rezdog, on the other hand, must just be bored!

It came up in the new posts, so I had to check it out, and while here I thought it was a good spot to be a wise @ss. It’s hard work keeping Tom on his toes and with John having stepped up it left a lot of work to be done.
;-)