My Straight Collection / Rotation (Pic Heavy)

Bonjour !

I've been straight shaving for two years now, and collecting for a little bit more. Here are my "shave-ready" razors !

HENNI Solingen 6/8, the on with which I started !
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2310.jpg

Gellé Frères "American Barber", Frameback :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2315.jpg

Guyot, Paris, near wedge, horn scales :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2316.jpg

Oury a Paris, near wedge, barber's notch and curved tang, horn scales :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2317.jpg

CV Heljestrand MK 32, rescaled (too short, hem hem) :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2319.jpg

Famex "Bagpiper" :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2321.jpg

L'Alpin Coupe Toujours, scalloped spine, wooden scales :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2322.jpg

Leresche Frameback "Le Serre-File" :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2324.jpg

Leresche Frameback "Le Lumineux" :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2325.jpg

Leresche Frameback "Vrai Levier" :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2326.jpg

L'Elan, l'As des Tranchants :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2328.jpg

Feather 2601, original scales :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2329.jpg

Gold Star SP "Especial", scalloped spine, spanish point, horn scales :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2330.jpg

Charpentier St Malo "Qualité Incomparable", ebony scales :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2331.jpg

Cast Steel, scale project of mine (unfinished yet) :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_9628.jpg

Bartmann 29 Manganese Steel, black tang :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2922.jpg

R&W Bradford, 2 Patrick Street, CORK : wedge from a 7-day set (Saturday) :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2923.jpg

Pensylvania Made in France, dragon insert on plastic scales :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2924.jpg

A.Grissolange, Thiers "Pour Barbe Dure", inlayed scales :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2925.jpg

Delafoulhouze 442, "Le Royal Tranchant", flat back :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2926.jpg

FAURE à Thiers, "Triomphe de France" scalloped spine and decorated scales :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2927.jpg

LERESCHE "Le Fin XIXème" frameback :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2928.jpg

CURLEY'S Patent Reversible Safety Guard Razor, ivory scales, flat blade like a frameback, with comb that you can put on one side or the other :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_2929.jpg

SCEPTRE, scalloped spine, rescaled and restored by Mycarver :
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/80/53/25/img_3213.jpg

Joseph Rodgers, Sheffield, horn scales :
http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/17/80/53/25/img_4516.jpg

Leresche "MAGIC", hollow ground (maybe made by Grelot)
http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/17/80/53/25/img_4518.jpg

HAMON Fils Ainé, wedge, custom horn scales with ivory inlay :
http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/17/80/53/25/img_4520.jpg

Leresche "Presto", faux frameback, Rameau made ?
http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/17/80/53/25/img_4713.jpg

Leresche "Le Citadin", frameback :
http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/17/80/53/25/img_4714.jpg

Leresche "Le Radieux - Spécial Barbe Dure", half hollow ground :
http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/17/80/53/25/img_4810.jpg

Leresche "Culmen", hollow, maybe Solingen made ?
http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/17/80/53/25/img_4715.jpg

LOTUS, Fabricant d'Art, original horn scales :
http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/17/80/53/25/img_4812.jpg

Le Grelot "Perle d'Orient", extra hollow :
http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/17/80/53/25/img_4813.jpg

THINET, Nogent, the pair was found next to "as is" condition :
http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/17/80/53/25/img_4814.jpg

LERESCHE "Le Serre-File" frameback :
http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/17/80/53/25/img_6310.jpg

Filarmonica 14, repaired scales :
http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/17/80/53/25/img_6311.jpg

J.A. Henckels Zwillingswerk :
http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/17/80/53/25/img_6312.jpg

Wade Wingfield & Rowbothan, Sheffield, horn rescale :
http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/17/80/53/25/img_6313.jpg

32 Dumas Ainé Frameback, needs rescale :
http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/17/80/53/25/img_6314.jpg

Erik Anton Berg, ivory scales :
http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/17/80/53/25/img_6315.jpg

MORTON, 39 Cheapside, sculpted ivory scales :
http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/17/80/53/25/img_6316.jpg

Imperia, stamped back, the plastic scales don't do it justice :
http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/17/80/53/25/img_7810.jpg

Böker "Finest India Steel", moulded plastic scales :
http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/17/80/53/25/img_7811.jpg

Clean Clipper "Highland Chief", (Böker made) :
http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/17/80/53/25/img_7812.jpg

Van'Lux "Le Vert Galant" (IMO Grelot made) :
http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/17/80/53/25/img_7814.jpg

Leresche "Le Serre-File" frameback :
http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/80/53/25/img_9913.jpg

Leresche "Le Gendarme" frameback :
http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/80/53/25/img_9912.jpg

Leresche "Diabolo", hollow ground :
http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/80/53/25/img_9914.jpg

Leresche "Favor" 1, hollow ground :
http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/80/53/25/img_9915.jpg

Leresche "Favor" 2, hollow ground and scalloped spine :
http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/80/53/25/img_9916.jpg

Leresche "Sheffield Steel" hollow ground and scalloped spine (Grelot made) :
http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/80/53/25/img_9917.jpg

Leresche "Jupiter" hollow ground :
http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/80/53/25/img_9918.jpg


Voilà ! It needs some categorizing, but they are approximately shown by arrival date. Thank you for the visit ! ^^

Very nice collection.

What can I say, after I say WOW !!!! ........ Welcome to SRP ......... :bow

Impressive, very impressive collection - thanks for sharing!

That is a nice pile there! Good pics as well. Give the SOTD a go!

Thanks ^^ I did post in the SOTD thread earlier today, with "Le Sceptre" :

http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/17/80/53/25/sotd_113.jpg

Very nice. I like the Leresche framebacks, cool!

OK, I recognized four manufacturers in all those.
Amazing kit sir. Thank you for sharing some exquisite classic razors. Dig your piano scale project as well.
Welcome aboard and bonjour!
:chapeau

Stunning collection.:tu Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful collection of razors! Thanks for posting all of those pictures... I really enjoyed going through them! :tu

Very nice! I really like how you have kept patina on a lot of them. I've noticed a lot of people these days polishing the crap out of razors, when it just doesn't need to be done. Makes them look rechid.

One of the nicer Collections I've seen recently, and I thank you for that breath of fresh air.

That's a great collection. Thanks for sharing.

I'm shocked! :) Quite amazing. My envious side was freaking out... great frameback collection, and other beautiful and unique blades in there..
Thanks for the "razor porn"!

Thank you for the kind words ! I'm always happy to bring "razor porn" :D

A small update, some razors are gone, but this one is new :

http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/17/80/53/25/img_0911.jpg

It was next-to NOS, just a dent near the tang, but it's repaired !

Hi gents, I've added 10 straights to my collection, now that they are shave-ready !

Pair of "Boots", Sheffield :

http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/17/80/53/25/img_1422.jpg
http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/17/80/53/25/img_1423.jpg

Radium :
http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/17/80/53/25/img_1424.jpg

Leresche "Le Souverain", tiny frameback :
http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/17/80/53/25/img_1434.jpg

Thiers Issard "Double Special Extra Steel" , scalloped spine, curved tang :
http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/17/80/53/25/img_1433.jpg

Thiers Issard "Spartacus" :
http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/17/80/53/25/img_1427.jpg

Morton - 39 Cheapside, ivory scales :
http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/17/80/53/25/img_1428.jpg

Morton - 39 Cheapside, ivory scales with scrimshaw :
http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/17/80/53/25/img_1432.jpg

Böker, wooden tang :
http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/17/80/53/25/img_1430.jpg

Leresche "Trempe Infernale" :
http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/17/80/53/25/img_1421.jpg


Thank you for the visit ^^

Would that be the same Boots as the current Boots drug store chain in the UK? If it is, it's hard to believe that at one time they sold such a nice pair of razors.

I have a razor that is from another seller who was located on Cheapside. Must have been a popular area at one time for these kinds of retailers.

Bob

Yes it is the same Boots as current drug store chain ;-) They had those razors made by another manufacturer (but who ?!), scales are not real ivory, but reconstituted ivory from powder (so cheaper).

5 new additions : :o

Böker Arbolito :
http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/17/80/53/25/img_5111.jpg

Thiers Issard "Oak G", horn scales :
http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/17/80/53/25/img_5112.jpg

Burny - Bruxelles, original horn scales :
http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/17/80/53/25/img_5113.jpg

Leresche frameback "Pipe", circa 1870, original horn scales :
http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/17/80/53/25/img_5114.jpg

Le Coq :
http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/17/80/53/25/img_5115.jpg

Hi gents, here are the last acquisitions :

George Butler "Shakespeare" on one side, "Kirby Beard" on the other, with ivory scales :
http://i97.servimg.com/u/f97/17/80/53/25/img_2112.jpg
http://i97.servimg.com/u/f97/17/80/53/25/img_2113.jpg

J&W Ragg "Napoleon", original acid etching, ivroy scales :
http://i97.servimg.com/u/f97/17/80/53/25/img_2114.jpg

Le Grelot "Eurus", rescaled in molded plastic :
http://i97.servimg.com/u/f97/17/80/53/25/img_2111.jpg

What a great collection - and anyone seeking info. on Leresche, you know where to go!

Beautiful!!! Thanks so much for posting.

Fantastic collection, but this thread is making me extremely jelous. You can cure that by sending some my way ;)

Nice collection and thanks for sharing lots of beautiful razors.

I'm intrigued! I like French razors, they seem to have used great steel. That 32 Dumas Ainé Frameback is a different looking razor & those Leresche are very nice also.
Very nice collection.