Thread: Brazil flea market finds (with questions)

Work took me to Sao Paulo this week and I got to spend the weekend trawling the city's many flea markets. Picked up two nice razors for very little: a Filarmonica Doble Temple 13 (first generation) in nice usable condition and a giant 8/8ths Dorko, Solingen. Unfortunately, the Filarmonica scales are too small for the blade, so either they shrunk with age...? Or more likely, someone used scales off a smaller Filarmonica to 'restore' the razor (the non-matching box is for a Sub Cero). I've got a set of similar white scales off a 6/8 Grelot that (after hours of polishing) proved to have too corroded a blade to put an edge on, so I'm going to use those to replace.

Two questions perhaps someone can help with:

1/ I want to remove the metal plaque off the Filarmonica scales and put it on the new ones. Was planning to try boiling it off. Anyone got any experience of doing that or have alternative method?

2/ Anyone seen a Dorko like this one? It's a giant blade but very plain, not like the images of very elaborate blades I find for this maker online. Perhaps this is an early 1920s model?

Nice find! Both are excellent shavers.
Fili looks to have a frown that can easily be honed out. You may wanna see if after correction of the edge you still feel you need larger scales. Maybe a member her has some Fili scales left over.
Nice Dorko, I think I have seen more Dorko blades like that.

Excellent use of your free time while traveling for work. That Dorko is one that I haven't seen before...nice scores!

What are the Fili scales made from? I'm pretty sure Glen has a tutorial on removing those, but just with celluloid scales. Pretty sure it involves acetone...

I'll see if I can find that just in case it helps you.

EDIT: Here you go. As I thought, it's only going to help if they are celluloid.

I think they are more modern plastic, but this might still work as I guess it dissolves the glue...thanks

Originally Posted by Storyvillenight

I think they are more modern plastic, but this might still work as I guess it dissolves the glue...thanks

I hope so! Good luck

Nice shopping!
They should both be very good razors. I am a big fan of the more plain razors. I don’t like bling and graffiti on my razors.