C-MON Blackie Peter J. Michel's inc. Brooklyn New York Made in Germany This blade is in rough shape, as well as the scales. The previous owner tightened the scales, and gouged the scales, doing it, driving one of the pivot pins, below the scale material. This means the blade needs to come out, and it needs repinning. It was a good idea to do this anyway, because of rust. Unknown how deep the rust is. These blades are ground super thin, so care has to be taken. Before any work I had to use a very very thin "Jewelers Saw Blade", to cut the pivot pin. Much easier, and less likely, to break the scales this way. It took all of 1 minute of light sawing. No damage to the blade or scales this way. It is late, and the sanding as well as polishing will come this weekend.
The blade is as finished as it will get. I sanded, and polished as much of the pitting and rust away, as I dared. The blade wasn't in danger of being too thin, but it possibly could have, If I wanted it to be perfect. I then decided a high polish wasnt where it was best, so I took it down to a low polish look. Unfortunately my limited photographic equipment reflects flash, too much. So, any little imperfections, not really noticeable, to the naked eye, are magnified. Also, all dark spots, on the blade, are shadows, caused by the lighting. except for the tiniest piece in the middle of the blade, at the very edge of the toe, on one side of the blade, very near the spine. On the bottom photo. Almost unnoticeable. The tang and tail end were sanded too, because of rust, and were re-blued. In person, it really looks dark, and almost factory. Sorry for the bad photos. next up will be the scales.
Almost done. I sanded the entire thing, trying to avoid the silver inlays/ends. Interesting finding. While sanding, I found the scale material was made of Celluloid. It had the unmistakable strong odor. After I sanded all the dull areas, inside and outside the scales, the smell went away. I also sanded much of the area that was damaged by a previous owner, at the pivot pin area. I then polished everything out, and it just awaits the re-pinning stage.
I have a few of these. The shave very nicely. Seem to hold an edge well. I have a cadilac, a blackie(hand made), and C-MON special. I also believe my beau brummel #35, and my perfecto to be close cousins to my c-mon family. Mine aren't show pieces, but all are great shavers.
OOOOOO C-MON Still one of those little known gems of the SR world I collected them for some time, still have 6-7 of them one of my most rare is a 7/8 Blackie, Their grinds are phenomenal Serious razors, There were the JPM imports and the later Carl Monkhouse versions Carl - MONkhouse ie C-MON @david of central florida Your Beau Brummel is a Dubl Duck cousin same company marketed and produced them, Myself I think they have a better overall fit and finish over the DD's Also note the name Deutsch in the as in the famed "Otto" BRESDUCK INC. 224 Canal Street, New York City Also used trademarks "DUBL-DUCK", "LIFETIME", "NAPOLEON", "BEAU BRUMMEL", "DEUTSCH", "SATINEDGE" ca. 1930 - 1952; the firm became known as Pearlduck in 1952
I too like the C-MON razors grind, a lot. I also have a Beau Brumel, that is just as good of grind. Both are some of the best out there, and better yet, not as well known. The bad thing is, the Celluloid scales took a lot out of commission, especially the Beau Brummels.
All finished, and now awaiting the stones. I had to re-pin it a second time. The blade wasn't centered, and there wasn't a way to correct it.
