Thread: The Mailman had his hands quite full today ! (pic heavy)

Originally Posted by sharptonn

John Petty!

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...n-salford.html

Yep, that is correct Tom. You knew it................the Petty brand.

Chawing, you might be able to use CA to put those Ivory scales back together & sand them back down carefully w/o unpinning. If you unpinned them, they would more than likely brake again pinning them back. That way it would still be original or find another razor with a junk blade with Ivory scales.

Originally Posted by Chawing

Good question, I see a Barrel logo... that's it

Originally Posted by sharptonn

John Petty!

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...n-salford.html

Originally Posted by Chawing

And I'm not sure it's Petty, as the barrel is not identical, this one has a faucet on it...

What you have there is a pair of Daniel Peres scissors, from Solingen (it seems to be an older pair, too), no doubt about it:

Daniel Peres was a pivotal character in the history of razor making in Solingen himself. In 1792, he opened his business in Solingen, manufacturing pen-knives. This because it was still impossible to start making cutlery outside of the established guilds, but no one in Solingen was making pen-knives at the time, so it was possible to get a permit and rent a small water mill. He also made his own version of the so-called "black polish" and introduced it to Solingen (originally invented by Robert Hinchcliffe in 1760).

The Daniel Peres firm stayed active until the 1970's, when it was bought out by K.R. Witte GmbH (in the 1970's) and was fused into that company in 1997/98 (K.R. Witte's history). Nowadays they still produce scissors under the Daniel Peres "Barrel" trademark.

Ahhhh, I didn't see the spigot! My bad..............

Thanks Pithor !

No problem, Thomas.

I have two Peres razors, and when I recently saw the scissors at a second hand store for €1,50 I had a good chuckle. And a new pair of scissors. Well made, probably 1980's or so; my parents still have one of those, also Solingen made. So that was cheap nostalgia, in a good way. It's the little things.

Nice haul, by the way, love the box.

Yes, very nice razors & great shavers, very prolific scissor manufacture of high end scissors, think they are still using the brand on scissors, without the barrel mark.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Yes, very nice razors & great shavers, very prolific scissor manufacture of high end scissors, think they are still using the brand on scissors, without the barrel mark.

I have the same razor (the second one). A nifty little half hollow.