Bonjour !

I've been straight shaving for two years now, and collecting for a little bit more. Here are my "shave-ready" razors !

HENNI Solingen 6/8, the on with which I started !


Gellé Frères "American Barber", Frameback :


Guyot, Paris, near wedge, horn scales :


Oury a Paris, near wedge, barber's notch and curved tang, horn scales :


CV Heljestrand MK 32, rescaled (too short, hem hem) :


Famex "Bagpiper" :


Leresche Frameback "Le Serre-File" :


Leresche Frameback "Le Lumineux" :


Leresche Frameback "Vrai Levier" :


L'Elan, l'As des Tranchants :


Feather 2601, original scales :


Charpentier St Malo "Qualité Incomparable", ebony scales :


Cast Steel, scale project of mine (unfinished yet) :


Bartmann 29 Manganese Steel, black tang :


R&W Bradford, 2 Patrick Street, CORK : wedge from a 7-day set (Saturday) :


Pensylvania Made in France, dragon insert on plastic scales :


A.Grissolange, Thiers "Pour Barbe Dure", inlayed scales :


Delafoulhouze 442, "Le Royal Tranchant", flat back :


FAURE à Thiers, "Triomphe de France" scalloped spine and decorated scales :


LERESCHE "Le Fin XIXème" frameback :


SCEPTRE, scalloped spine, rescaled and restored by Mycarver :


Joseph Rodgers, Sheffield, horn scales :


Leresche "MAGIC", hollow ground (maybe made by Grelot)


HAMON Fils Ainé, wedge, custom horn scales with ivory inlay :


Leresche "Presto", faux frameback, Rameau made ?


Leresche "Le Citadin", frameback :


Leresche "Le Radieux - Spécial Barbe Dure", half hollow ground :


Leresche "Culmen", hollow, maybe Solingen made ?


LOTUS, Fabricant d'Art, original horn scales :


Le Grelot "Perle d'Orient", extra hollow :


THINET, Nogent, the pair was found next to "as is" condition :


LERESCHE "Le Serre-File" frameback :


Filarmonica 14, repaired scales :


J.A. Henckels Zwillingswerk :


Wade Wingfield & Rowbothan, Sheffield, horn rescale :


32 Dumas Ainé Frameback, needs rescale :


Erik Anton Berg, ivory scales :


MORTON, 39 Cheapside, sculpted ivory scales :


Imperia, stamped back, the plastic scales don't do it justice :


Böker "Finest India Steel", moulded plastic scales :


Clean Clipper "Highland Chief", (Böker made) :


Leresche "Le Serre-File" frameback :


Leresche "Le Gendarme" frameback :


Leresche "Diabolo", hollow ground :


Leresche "Favor" 1, hollow ground :


Leresche "Favor" 2, hollow ground and scalloped spine :


Leresche "Sheffield Steel" hollow ground and scalloped spine (Grelot made) :


Leresche "Jupiter" hollow ground :


Leresche "Diabolo", hollow ground :


Pair of "Boots", Sheffield :




Radium :


Leresche "Le Souverain", tiny frameback :


Thiers Issard "Double Special Extra Steel" , scalloped spine, curved tang :


Thiers Issard "Spartacus" :


Morton - 39 Cheapside, ivory scales :


Morton - 39 Cheapside, ivory scales with scrimshaw :


Böker, wooden tang :


Leresche "Trempe Infernale" :


Voilà ! It needs some categorizing, but they are approximately shown by arrival date. Thank you for the visit ! ^^

I started salvitating really bad when I got to the Bartman. Then when I got to the Imperia I completely lost it. I am very jealous

Love that Sheffield Steel Leresche.

+ 1 on that one too

Nice collection!

Lovely collection. Thanks for posting!

You sure you couldn't share a few of those?!

Love those Highland scales in particular, but lots of drool around my computer...

Yep the Manganese Bartman


SWEET !!!!!!


You have other nice razors in there of course, but that one is "The One"

Thank you Gentlemen

I know nothing about straight razors, but I like the look of the Bartman. Very nice collection.

Nice collection. I tried straights. I guess I am just a safety man.

Thank you gents ! A little update, some razors are gone, but this one is new :



It was next-to NOS, just a dent near the tang, but it's repaired !

What is you rotation schedule, every couples months, then go back to 1st razor to rotate over again? LOL just kidding great bunch of great razors

Haha, I don't keep any schedule, and they are not stored in a way that would help to keep such a shedule. I just go with the feeling, open the box or the cupboard they are stored in, have a look and "hey ! Long time no see !". Sometimes I want to take an SOTD picture around a certain theme, and I choose a straight to go with it. ^^

That's pretty much how my selection goes also, un-regimented and carefree.

Hi gents, I've added 10 straights to my collection, now that they are shave-ready !

5 new additions :

Böker Arbolito :


Thiers Issard "Oak G", horn scales :


Burny - Bruxelles, original horn scales :


Leresche frameback "Pipe", circa 1870, original horn scales :


Le Coq :

I really like that TI Oak and the Le Coq. Beautiful razors you got there!

You have an amazing collection there, Cha-wing!!. So many beauties there. I really like the Leresche "Sheffield Steel," the SCEPTRE (it's beautiful, and I love the name!), the Clean Clipper "Highland Chief," and the Le Coq. But the Bartmann 29 Manganese Steel is my favorite. Is the Bartmann 29 a vintage razor? I tried searching for one, but I couldn't find it.

Thanks for sharing your collection with us.