Two of the Vegas pickins cleaned up and a question to deconflict my thoughts
Gem Junior cleaned ok. Tough to get to the nook and crannies of this one

Now for the question on what this really is.
Handle says Nov 5 04 but the serial number on the head doesn't jive. Looks like P 70778. She cleaned up well though







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The date on handle is a patent date. The serial number gives you the production year.

It's a 1921 Old Type like this one.
http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierer/Old Type/1920 Standard Set No460.JPG
Nice find.

That's closer to what I was thinking but figured production was closer to 1926. Either way for a price tag of $29.95 I figured the box was worth almost that and I couldn't pass it up. The Gem Junior was $10

I hauled another straight razor. It is marked
Gun Metal it's a 5/8 full hollow spike
Marketed by Buckeye Barbers supply Dayton O
It was made in Germany I also hauled a Hoffritz pure badger brush (looks never used)

NIB from a local antiques shop. I'm liking my leather scents. It's not the original MEM formula, but instead the New Dana.
For $1.25/ounce I can splash it on with abandon.
The wooden cap looks like it will take a 24mm brush knot...

I got a rolls eyes, that isnt that funny look.

That is a really good price for a cased single ring George!

I Got My Escher Thuri Stone Today in the Post..A Gent PM Me & Informed Me that I Indeed have an Escher in My Hands..He Has a Few of these & it has the Hallmarks of a Yellow/Green Escher..I Also Got this Lovely Piccadilly Solingen 5/8th Silver Steel SR that is Factory Fresh & Never Been Honed..I Lapped the Stone from 320 Grit through to 1000 Grit with Wet n Dry..Bugger of a Job..

The Stone is in Good Condition & Took Me around 60 Min at Most..I Also Chamfered the Edges of the Stone..Its a Belter & Very Fine & Smooth..My Next Hone Job on a Naniwa Super Stone Progression through to 12 K then Onto the Escher for a Finisher..Looking Forward to Feeling the Edge Off this Famous Stone..

Billy..

Oh you pretty thing. Unfortunately no case so impossible to date precisely, but pre-1985*/post plastic safety bar. These look so much better in gold. Calibration and alignment spot on.

*Red numbers, no circle around logo, plain font, Made in Germany



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I second the pretty! Very nice.

This beautiful set arrived today:

Love it, if you decide to part with it, pm me.

Vintage Otto Fromm 'Red Head' 6/8" full-hollow, square tip. Mid-1950s in primo shape. Solingen-made carbon steel blade, Upper & lower jimps, three-pin celluloid scales with nickel silver bolsters; nickel-silver red logo badge.

Now that is pretty. Still wouldn't let it anywhere near my neck though.

Two items in the mail today. A Lady Eversharp for my GF to use when she doesn't want to use her Gillette Starbust, and not to use my injectors. And I also found a complete top unit for my Toshiba 18.4in laptop, which the screen went bye, bye some time ago, for about 1/2 of what other sellers want for just a used screen, $45.00 shipped.

Two packages today. The March Maddness pif, and four Maggard synthetic knots.

Nice haul Jim!

How did you find the dark synthetic knots at Maggards? I still can only see the other ones on the site.