Thread: Old mystery razor! Is it really old or just old?

Originally Posted by manah

These six volumes in French.
I have a very nice and informative book in Italian.
I have two volumes of very informative source in German.
Unfortunately, I have no time to learn all these old and beautiful languages. That's why, I use dictionary.
... forgot, English isn't my native language too.

you obisly did way better in language than i did i took 1 yr of spanish and 2 yrs of german and i can say a few sentances outside of my native english.

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Originally Posted by Mauri

Thanks for the picture, that is exactly what I was referring to!



I Have the same one with the strange barber notch :

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It's a Rambouillet-Wichard from Nogent, Hte Marne, registred in 1820 of as master cutler :


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Do you have a picture in close up? Is it Rambouillet or could it be REmbouillet?
I have a razor, french with the begin letters Re... N... WI... Maybe it is a REmbouillet-Wichard from Nogent

Thanks!

Speaking of French "restauration razors", we originally thought this one older at first.

I have one that looks like that last one. I thought it was cheap, maybe its old?

Originally Posted by lamppa

I have one that looks like that last one. I thought it was cheap, maybe its old?

Post some pics. There are folks here that can give you a good idea of what it is.

Yea that's a old blade.

Here is mine. Does anyone have any info on this one? There is no mark on the blade or scales at all.

Originally Posted by ItalianJoe

Here is mine. Does anyone have any info on this one? There is no mark on the blade or scales at all.

To my eye, that looks like a 1780-1810 Sheffield razor that's been rescaled, or at least re-pinned.

Originally Posted by charlie48horlogerie

Exactly Mr Mauri : the tow on the top are from the beginning of the XIX century, and the bottom one : merly from the mid century !

Here are a picture taken in an old 1880 book about the history of bladesmith and cutlers (the writter is Pagès a master cutler from Chatelrault) : you can see the different french fashion in the design of the blades and scales :

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If I'm wrong, I stand corrected, but I think the dates of manufacturing are:

From left to right,

Razor 1, "rasoir empire"; 1804-1814/15
Razor 2, "rasoir empire"; 1804-1814/15
Razor 3, "rasoir restauration; 1815- 1830
Razor 4, "rasoir Louis-Philippe (King); 1830- 1848
Razor 5, "rasoir second empire" ; 1852- 1870,

Regards