Thread: I Want to Keep Them ALL! Lot of Razors

Bought these today. Can't research them all so if there are any I would be crazy to sell or are particularly well made please let me know. Some of these are much more ornate than any I have purchased before.
The Black Jack seems almost shave ready as is. I think the Wostenholm with orange scales might be a rescale or something is wrong with it because you can't even close it without the blade catching on the wedge.
Will try and make a list later in case you can't make out the names.




2 Engels, Black Diamond, Black Jack, 2 Boker, Torrey

A nice bunch of razors there, and they look good condition, congrats

Originally Posted by alpla444

A nice bunch of razors there, and they look good condition, congrats

Thanks. Most are in really good condition. Unfortunately the Black Diamond (one of the nicest looking of the bunch) has tiny chips at the toe, but the other 2-3 with tiny chips or rust on the bevel shouldn't be a problem to fix.

Originally Posted by JP5

Thanks. Most are in really good condition. Unfortunately the Black Diamond (one of the nicest looking of the bunch) has tiny chips at the toe, but the other 2-3 with tiny chips or rust on the bevel shouldn't be a problem to fix.

Just round the toe a little on that Black Diamond. The very tip won't be sharp but it won't cut you either. I think it's a keeper.

Wosty with the orange scales that it catches on -- are the scales straight? If so you just need to repin it, lots of good advice on the forum on how to get that alignment. I generally put an aluminum plug in the oversized tang hole in English razors -- I use an aluminum pop rivet with the shaft removed, hammer the proud side a liitle, grind flat and drill it straight once it's in, or you can use 1/16" ID tubing from a model store. Then you fuss with the peening until it lines up nice. If the scales aren't straight, you can straighten them with heat. They're really pretty, I would try to save them!

L to R
WM Jackson & Co
G (crown) R Neat
John Cecil
W&B
W&B Fine India Steel
Joseph Rodgers & Sons Cutlers To Their Majesties
Joseph Smith & Sons Celebrated Razor

Bottom - Northfield Cutlery



(EDIT: Rotated the picture to the left on my phone but it still uploads the wrong way)

Wow, I would keep all of those if you bought the ones in the last picture you shared. Lots of beautiful steel there. The Wm Jackson looks like a monster.

Looks like you did very well, all of them are keepers.
What other markings are on the Black Diamond?

I'd keep all of them, at least for a bit. Hone them, strop them, shave with them. You might find one or two you really, really like.

Great score!

Originally Posted by joamo

Looks like you did very well, all of them are keepers.
What other markings are on the Black Diamond?