Antiquing, 8 razors in 2 days.

So I spent todays walking around in antique malls in my area, and came up with these.

From left to right-
H. Boker & Co. #387,-----W.H. Morley & son's Clover Brand,
C.W. Engel Solingen # 60,-----Puma Solingen #76,-----Gold bug,
Joseph Allen and sons Sheffield NON XLL,
Keen Kutter I think it is model K729,-----DD Satinedge

This is also the order I am going to restore them excluding the DD, I think it might be beyond repair (or at least beyond what I think I could do, since I never restored a razor before).

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Wait, there is more.

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Two more pics and that's it I promise.:)

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I hope, I did good.
There are a few more razors that I was going to go back for sometime this week, and I still have a few more antique malls to check out.
I think I'm developing RAD.
Suggestions on restoring are most appreciated. I currently have no tools or experience.

Thanks for taking a look,
nate

Very nice blades. Also interesting to see a C W Engels, as all that I've seen are F W Engels. Congrats!

I'm also rather jealous of that Boker you're got there - I'd quite like to get one for myself one day.

They all look like they could be shavers, except maybe that DD - that blade looks pretty rough. Lots of great names in there - Boker, Puma, Morley, Engels, Allen, Gold Bug.

The Boker, appears to be in the best shape of them all, except the scales, they need to be replaced.
Thank you Holli4pirating
nate

....if the Lancaster county you live in is in Pa. there was a show in knife show in Easton,there was a scattering of razors throughout,but one guy had a few dozen in decent shape,$20-$60.I shot my budget on a pocketknife so just admired them from outside the case.
Greg

nice score. i want that puma and boker :)

My daily shaver has identical scales to the American Novelty House and is American made. Even the bolsters are the same. What material are they? French Ivory? Bakelite?

Score! Nice haul!

Slatibartfast,
The Boker and Puma are my favorites, also. This might change once I get them a good cleaning, a good honing, and a good shaving.

Minniesmate,
Sorry, I'm not smart enough to tell the differences of scale material, I do however hope this changes soon.:)

Dudleythetogi,
:gaah: Yeah, I'm in Pa. I wish I would have known about the knife show, I would have went.
This was my first antiquing experience, nor have I ever been to auctions, state sales, flee markets, garage/yard sales, and knife/gun shows. I am going to keep a look out for more of these things now, so if you don't mind giving me a heads up next time something like this happens, maybe I could tag along with ya.

Bpave777,
I do believe it is.

Thank you,
Nate

i have a Boker that looks just like that but the tree stamp is the other way and it isnt numbered....... tried looking through the wiki but i can find yours or mine? guess its just a regular boker w/ barbers notch? do the branches on the tree have something to do w/ the time period of the blade? i like that puma aswell! i cant seem to get a good shave from my boker tho. think the grind is too heavy.

Sand Paper
MAAS
WD-40
and Time.

A hammer and center punch to remove the pins and Bob's your uncle.

I am stealing my in-laws Black and Decker Mouse sander. I like it better than the dremel and it doesn't seem to heat up the metal.

Nice Score.

Very nice haul. As Holli noted, the duck looks like toast but the rest are great finds! Save the duck though, ya never know when you may need the scales. I just LOVE antique shop finds!! Congrats.

oftenfacetious,
Check this out, http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...tml#post397707. I will assume that mine is from the 1924-1935 era. I didn't find it on the wiki either.

Joed,
I'm going to shoot some picks, of the DD to Gssixgun and see what he has to say about them. It was the first straight I saw, early in the first morning of my searching but the last purchase late in the evening on the second day. It was $25, and a lot of pondering but I came to the same conclusion you did, "ya never know".

singlewegde,
I love uncles, they are always there to help, unless it's the creepy one who looks like a child molester and is drunk at 1pm during your child's B-day party. :roflmao Anyway, I never knew I had an uncle Bob, I'm sure he is not creepy. I was wondering if you would kindly point him out and unite a lost family member. I sure could use the extra help.
I will take the mouse sander into consideration as well as when I am ready to purchase a dremel.

Thank you
nate

You did very well! :gl:

My Mack razor has the same scales as the last two pics. Nice finds!

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Originally Posted by MinniesMate

My daily shaver has identical scales to the American Novelty House and is American made. Even the bolsters are the same. What material are they? French Ivory? Bakelite?

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Same here. I got my razor (Mack blade) from gssixgun. He might know about the scales.

Hey... Out of that set I also have a Gold Bug (though mine is by Witte) and based on what I'd heard I sent it out for a pro restore by Mad Max... Just think... Yours could look like this one day.........

It shaves like a champ!

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