Today i learned once again that sometimes there is no need to go far to find something interesting. Good ladies of my home island arranged a charity flea market, and as i was having my day off work, i decided to make a visit there. During past centuries, before the bridges this was a place where people mostly took their living from sea: sailors, fishermen, foreign merchants etc. Every now and then some that old stuff still pops up in the flea markets like this.
I got little surprised as i found a box with about 20 razors. Mostly Swedish blades. Some were junk but there were few that looked almost unusable. I wasn't interested as i already have two nice Swedish razors. However i picked up three razors that looked very old and bought them for a total of 9 €. Not bad.
First has fancy horn scales. Little bug beaten but not beyond repairing. Just have to find out how to clean them first. On the blade there's 'India Steel' and on the tang there's a makers mark 'Parker (?). Silver steel. Sheffield'. I haven't cleaned them yet so it is very difficult to find out.
Second razor has 'Imperial' on the blade. On the tang there's 'V, crown image and R' and 'Cast steel'. The scales are horn but unfortunately broken.
Third has 'Old English' on blade and the anchor symbol on tang. Horn scales ruined.
I think i just give a mild cleaning to these blades. Not even thinking of making them mirror finish. Have to make new horn scales for the last two razors but i hope i can save the first beautiful scales.
If any of you gentleman have any info about these old razors i will be more than happy to hear it.