After about 10-15 years of looking I finally acquired my great grandfathers razor. I remember seeing it growing up at my grandparents and its probably the reason I became interested in shaving with a straight razor. After we cleaned out their house in 2005/2006 I lost track of it. I was fairly sure that it hadn't been thrown away, our family on that side has a tendency to keep things, which is probably why it didn't get discarded when the blade was chipped.

About a year and a half ago one of my uncles said he had the razor and was wondering if I wanted it. The answer of course was yes! Then life intervened I started a new job and moved a couple hours south. After some research and thinking on how to repair the chip I took the plunge and very slowly began honing the edge until the chip was gone. I finished today and am happy to say it is a good shaver! I can say with a fair amount of certainty that my great grandfather was the last one to use this razor and I'm probably the first one to use it in close to 100 years. I probably have two or three dozen razors but to me this is by far the most valuable.

The box is original and reads Columbus Razor Kraut & Dohnal 202 S. Clark St. Chicago, Made in Germany. Has anyone run across this company before?

I'm still thinking about what to do with the broken scale. Custom scales are out of the question as I want to keep the razor as original as possible. Has anyone had any luck repairing celluloid scales? Is it even possible? The other option is to find the same razor and a rob one of the scales. Or use it as is. Thoughts?

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