Thread: 2 from the hood

Snagged 2 from the wild today, both stamped Schenectady which is the next town over .

A Red Star for $12 beans..







And a Dorp King.. closer to $50 for this one.









The tang stamp, J. P. Alcamisi must have been a busy dude in Schenectady. I have a box that came with another straight with his name on it.

Ill have to see what i can dig up on that guy..

I used to have a red star with inlaid scales. That ones got some wear but should still hone up fine. I really like the bolsters on the other one. That one looks like it'll clean up very well. Nice score.

Nice razors there! I also have a razor with J.P. Alcamisi on it called "General Nobile". It's shown here http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...al-nobile.html
I've had good shaves with it.

Man! If a New-Yorker simply stuck to N.Y. razors, He could collect forever, I think!

Thanks for the compliments gents. Xiao you did that razor justice! I do have about 10 NY blades. They are pretty damn easy to find up here.

J. Pietro Alcamisi was born in Isnello, Palermo, Italy in 1886. In America since 1902 manufacturer and distributor of perfumes, supplies and furniture for barbershops and beauty parlors. His shop on Albany street from early 1900's to 1960's, local to me as well, the ones i found in the wild were not in good shape at all.

Interestingly the OP first razor posted The Ernst Forst B S House Schenectady NY, is another barber supply house located on the same street (Albany) and almost neighbors during the same time period.

Martin thank you so much for this information. I think its pretty cool that these razors came from within 2 blocks of each other!

Assuming the addresses have not changed.. looks like both building have been modernized (Google street view), but the original brick definitely dates back to that time period. My company actually surveyed this whole strip about a year ago and i drafted the project. Its a small world.

1925 census shows a Peter Alcamisi as head of household at 752 Albany, along with Lena (wife), Rose (sister-in-law), and Rosaria (mother-in-law).

Living with 3 Italian women.. this man might be a saint.

Some Google street views would be cool to see. Love the history. Nice to look at an old building and know about what happened there. Even if it may not interest some folks, it interests me.

Someday, I shall take a drive up and try to see what's left of it all.
Lots of old New York to be found....I just seem to count on Martin!

Tom, back then the city of Schenectady was a happening place to live and work, 30 to 40 thousands people were employed by General Electric. Today GE employs maybe 2 thousand if that, sad....