Thread: Three Curiosities

Originally Posted by shooter74743

You might take that Morgan to the hardware sore with you sans the blade. Would be nice if you could find some tubing that would slip tightly over the worn down spine. Then all you would have to do is cut a straight line down it to put the blade back in. Sorry, just thinking outloud...

Pretty much exactly my plan... Except I was just going to write down measurements from a micrometer.

Here some history about your frameback "Au Diamant".
According to the Cutlery trademark registration office in France, the trademark "Au Diamant", was registered in 1889, by Vital Hygonnet from Thiers France.

Mr Hygonnet was allready a reputable cutler before the time of his "Au Diamant" registration.

As you can see on this receipt from 1890.
In 1896 the firm change name to Vital Hygonnet, Pere, Fils et Gendre, (father, sons, and son in law)

In 1900 a silver medal at the exposition.


(1893-1902) A short lived family business!

Wow, that's a really lovely trademark registration form!

(one of those things I never expected to type...)

If memory serves, the German Salamander Works was nearly as brief. I am especially fond of these kinds of ephemeral companies.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

Unfortunately, it looks like part of the spine got ground off this one. I haven't tried to put it on a hone yet, but the bevel it has is tiny and there's no obvious wear on the spine, but the shape is so odd, and there's so much corrosion, it's hard to tell. No one else even bid on this, probably because it looked home-made and kind of poor.

Okay, I'm a couple years late to this thread. But I've got one of those Morgan razors too (much more beat up than yours). The spine on mine is exactly the same , so it seems the Morgans were just made that way.

Originally Posted by Hanlon

Okay, I'm a couple years late to this thread. But I've got one of those Morgan razors too (much more beat up than yours). The spine on mine is exactly the same , so it seems the Morgans were just made that way.

pictures please

Originally Posted by gooser

pictures please

All right, since you asked. You can see a couple pics here. But I'm warning you, it's not nearly as pretty as Zak's.