HOLY ANTIQUE SHOW MOTHERLOAD!!!

SCORE!?!?!

So I was a bit bored today and decided to head out to the local antique show that was in town. I had never been to this show before so didn't know what to expect. WOW,,,,I'm so glad I went. I was only able to go to about half of the booths that vendors set up (there were hundreds) so I was a man on a MISSION!

I found gobs of old straights strewn about in display cases randomly just waiting to be taken home. So after about two hours of scouring, haggling, and quite honestly being so excited I almost crapped my pants, I finally walked out of the building with 17 old straight razors and the cool old "dresser box" which I'm going to repurpose as my "shave box".

Granted most the razors I found were far from perfect but I know I found some gems and a few HAVE to be at least a hundred years old. I tried to pick the blades with the least amount of pitting/rust. All of them have the original scales which some are decent and some pretty rough. Even got the original box for a few of them. Next week the gun and knife show comes to town!

Enough babbling, needless to say I'll be busy for a while (apologies for poor picture quality).....ENJOY!

Newly acquired treasures:

Wade and Butcher Bow Razor

George Wostenholm Original Pipe Razor

U. Wostenholm and Sons "EBRO" Perserverence
Works (think this is the oldest, see below)

Sheffield Sheaf Works

Morley and Sons Clover

2 Genco's

3 other George Wostenholms

Geneva Cutlery

Kronenburg Solingen Germany

Challenge Cutlery Co

J. Wiss and Sons

Heinich Newark, NJ (scissor logo)

Joseph Allenson Sheffield

incredible find......

WOW! That kind of thing never, ever happens to me.

Not a bad day at all! Nice finds there...congrats!

A nice variety. Can I see a better pic of the shoulderless in the tortoise-like scales? I like the look of the blade. Who is the maker for that razor?

Chris L

Not gonna lie... seriously jealous...

I bet that was a blast!

I'm jealous now

It is always fun when that happens.
Nice score! I like the razor at the top right in the first photo the best. :)

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A nice variety. Can I see a better pic of the shoulderless in the tortoise-like scales? I like the look of the blade. Who is the maker for that razor?

Chris L

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Hey Chris,
The razor you are referencing is a Emil Kronenberg -Solingen. It says Rost Frei on the blade whatever that means in German. Nice scales but the blade is probably the worst out of the entire bunch so it's hard to tell what I will do with it. More pics for you below....

Randy, the razor you are referring to is the Sheffeild Sheaf-Works, which probably has the nicest blade of all the razors I hauled in.

I also included pics of the Sheffield Sheaf-Works and the Wostenholm original pipe razor which I think they are both pretty old. I thought I included these pics in the original post but didn't.

So in everyones opinion what is the best find or most uncommon?? I'm thinking the Sheffield Sheaf-Works or the U. Wostenholm Ebro Perserverence. I've seen alot of George or Geo Wostenholms but never a U. Wostenholm so I'm thinking it may be a bit earlier.

Thanks for the comments....

Rost Frei means stainless steel

Incredible find! Congrats!

Ahaaa, thnks diederick. " I see says the blind man."

Congrats, that was a nice catch.

Green with envy...LOL ! Enjoy !

Awesome!!! I love it when that happens! SWMBO found 14 at our local flea market about three weeks ago......she's a RAD enabler :rock:

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Awesome!!! I love it when that happens! SWMBO found 14 at our local flea market about three weeks ago......she's a RAD enabler :rock:

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Hah! Just had to look up in th FAQ what SWMBO meant, brilliant. As a newly married young gent (second attempt) I truly am realizing how true this acronym is. My wife actually just looked and shook her head as I excitedly showed her my haul from the show. You must have yours trained a bit better than mine....wow, she BUYS you old razors! Please let me know your secret sir!

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You must have yours trained a bit better than mine....wow, she BUYS you old razors! Please let me know your secret sir!

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I don't know what I did to warrant this ability, but I don't question it! I just enjoy it :) I guess she thinks its safer than other "hobbies" I've had (such as frequenting bars and such)...:beer2:

Nice collection in one fell swoop! Very good Greaves Sheaf Works, also the EBRO. Your Rost Frei proves that "stainless steel.....isn't", but should clean up very nicely. You have many pleasant days of restoration and honing ahead! I look forward to seeing more pics later on. Congratulations.

Thanks for the words of inspiration Croaker. Gonna try to start setting up to try my hand at polishing, rescaling, repinning, etc. I have been reading the posts on on make a homemade grinder with some mods.

I already made the "dremel" mistake on one of my junker razors a while back, yes somehow I still have both my eyes after the shrapnel fallout.

Hopefully be posting some pics of my first "attempt" at a restore soon. Gotta start somewhere right?

Nice haul!

I found what looks to be an antique straight razor.

Box details: Denison Barber Supply Co. Denison, Tx. Made in Germany. Blue Light.

Razor details: One side of blade is engraved "Ty Cobb" other side of blade is engraved "Richie-Cartan & Turner Co. Ft. Worth, Tx" M.I. Germany.

Can someone tell me what I have?