Thread: My new old french razors

I have kindly receipt a razor from a friend, it was as 'crappy' as you can see below this lines. The razor was in a Wade&Butcher box, and it seems to have been neglected during several years




It was a french wedge called "Lécollier à Nogent", I don't know the history of the brand, I'll thank the information given by you.
I clean and sand the razor by hand and rescaled in thiers issard black resin sclaes. The razor is very long, more than Solingen's 6/8, in this way I bought a Thiers Issard set for it. I know, I know, they can be made from wood, but I am not as talented as some members of this forum, sorry.



By hand it's impossible to clean more the blade before the arrival of the humans to Mars, then the razor keeps some deep pitting, but for me it's not a problem, I like to see that this razor is an aged object.






In the other hand....Fontenille 134 Radium, especial "pour barbe dure" spanish point, engraved spine, what a beauty. The scales let the edge appears and this risk makes me plain to rescale it.
this was the original:



As the other razor, cleaned, sanded, polished and rescaled in cedarwood. I think taht it's not a bad result for a "real handmade" polish.



A shave of the day pic showing the razor



The edge of this razor is as promised in the goldwash (retired in the sanding because it was damaged), is a razor that works very well with heavy beards, it takes a terrific edge.

Wowwww José,
You must have friends in high places . These blades are absolutely stunning . Great find my friend and fabulous job on the sanding/rescaling. Enjoy

Beautiful for both. Congratulations, job well done!!!

Nice one, they both look great! I agree the pitting is sometimes best left as an antique should have some character and history to it. The second razer looks miles better with it's new clothes on. Top job there!

Originally Posted by du212

By hand it's impossible to clean more the blade before the arrival of the humans to Mars, then the razor keeps some deep pitting, but for me it's not a problem, I like to see that this razor is an aged object.

"The quote of the day"...

Fantastic job, Jose!

I have never been one of those who harbour a suspicion of French engineering operations, and they make or made some extremely good razors.

I must say I prefer the clean, classic lines of the L'Écolier. I will always think of Paris as the home of George du Maurier's Trilby, victim or protegée of the sinister Svengali, who never wore a leather shoe, and possessed the most beautiful feet in Paris. Trilby's heels were like the backs of two razors - and then they so often put filework on the backs!

Wow. Those are a bunch of beauties. I love the worked backs on the last two. Nice score.

thanks for so kind comments, guys, as always, the best of SRP are the members

Du, you've posted some of the prettiest razors around. These are no exception. 'Very nice work on the clean up and polishing. 'Hope they treat you as well as you've treated them.
Thanks for sharing.