Thread: (4) SR Finds

I am a knife collector primarily and over time ended up with some a few straight razors in amongst them. I kept the ones that looked the best and discarded chipped, cracked. or deeply rusted examples. Essentially, the same thing I do with knifes. Over the weekend I got A W.H. Morley & Sons w/ barber's notch. The blade was quite nice overall but did not have scales. It seemed such a quality piece that I decided to see if there was any info on putting new ones on and that's how I found my way in here. I have one more SR, a Wade & Butcher "Silver Steel" but I could not find it. When I do I will put pics up of it as well.

Overall, all the scales are in pretty good shape. The Top Flight scales are made of some sort of early plastic composition, I don't think they are celluloid though. When I got it there was a lumpy waxy layer covering them. I'd guess it was an instability in the plastic because of age. It all cleaned off with 0000 steel wool however and the scales are quite good underneath. The wedge is also having its color is leach out into the scales. That is the light purple tone at the end. The Electric one is the most interesting to me. I am thinking that once I am actually able to tackle making my own scales, steampunk themed ones would compliment it pretty nicely. That moment is some time down the road however.

Here is what I have -

W.H. Morley & Sons "Clover Brand"

Simmons Hardware "Barber's Pet No. 421"

Electric Cutlery Co. "Electric"

Burrell Cutlery "Top Flight" w/ blued shank

I don't have a light box so the pics are pretty poor. Hopefully you can get an idea of their general condition.

Tom

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they look quite nice to me. Don't appear to have any cracks or chips in them but you would be able to see better than me. I like the Electric and the Morely & Sons too.

Thanks, great screen name too!

Electric Cutlery is an interesting brand. I have several pocket knives of theirs. Some from Newark, NJ and one from New York. They made quality pocket knives back in the day. I've got a big old congress pattern pocket knife that has some beautifully jigged bone scales on it. Sad part is that the two main blades are way short.

Morly also made pocket knives under several brand names. "BATTLE AXE" is one that comes to mind.

Simmons made KEEN KUTTER stuff and if I recall their "Hornet" brand was from Germany.

Nice lookin bunch of razors.

That Top Flight was only made a few years before WWII. Burrell was part of the Case family. The purple on the end is supposed to be there! Not a stain. Top notch shavers! Nice Pile!

nice find.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

The purple on the end is supposed to be there! Not a stain.

Fascinating, can you elaborate on that point?

Originally Posted by Wullie

Electric Cutlery is an interesting brand. I have several pocket knives of theirs. Some from Newark, NJ and one from New York.

This razor is from NY.