Straight Razor Auction Ending 3/5

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Straight razor. Wade & Butcher “For Barber’s Use.” Massive Blade with heavy black Buffalo horn handle. This pattern was popular with the Irish immigrants of the mid 1800’s.

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Straight razor. Simmons Hardware. Rare American maker who also produced straight razors for Winchester Arms. The rare handle material is picked bone to look like genuine stag. The blade is nicely etched “ARKANSAS RATTLER.” Note the inlaid German Silver escutcheon plate in handle.

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Straight razor. Simmons Hardware. Rare American maker who also produced straight razors for Winchester Arms. The blade is fully etched “The Celebrated Royal Keen Kutter Razor” surrounding an etched patriotic spread American Eagle. Note that the black celluloid handle is embossed “Royal.”

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Straight Razors. Two fancy figural celluloid handled “Goddess” pattern razors. Dubl Duck brand boasts the imitation ivory rarer pattern with the leg showing, while the rare American made George Korn Little Valley, NY example in black celluloid has the Goddess pattern without the leg showing. Both of these handles are illustrated in the book “Celluloid Handle Guide for Straight Razor Collectors Reflecting on Fifty Years of Handle Designs (1870-1920)” By Robert A. Doyle.

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Straight razor. Rodgers. C-1830’s carved ivory handle with inlaid escutcheon plate. Damaged, see images.

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Straight razor, Corn Razor. George Wostenholm I*XL imitation ivory handle embossed “THE I*XL CORN RAZOR.” The uniquely shaped blade is fully etched with advertising in script “R. H. Macy & Co. New York.”  Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy%. The only example I have ever seen.

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Very rare historical presentation Sterling Silver handled straight razor made by “J.A. Henckels.” Sterling Silver Handled Presentation straight razor imported from Germany by Graef & Schmidt of New York. Engraved “Thornton Jenkins” across the front of the floral handle. Note: Thornton A. Jenkins (11 December 1811 – 9 August 1893) was an officer in the United States Navy, who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. He later served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation and as President of the United States Naval Institute. Jenkins retired as a Rear Admiral. Here is a link to Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_A._Jenkins. 

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Straight razor. Made by Diamond Razor Co. Germany. Fancy imitation ivory handle has a unique raised Windmill design featured in the book “Celluloid Handle Guide for Straight Razor Collectors Reflecting on Fifty Years of Handle Designs (1870-1920)” By Robert A. Doyle.

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Straight razor. C-1850 whalebone Handled Razor having inlaid shield shaped escutcheon plate. Made in Leeds England.

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Straight razor. Joseph Rodgers & Sons C-1850 wedge blade fully etched with an early locomotive & train car. The clear horn handle is damaged, see images.

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Straight razor. Joseph Smith & Sons Sheffield, England. The blade is fully engraved with a scene of the Statue of Liberty and words “The Great Bartholdi Statue.” Link to Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty. Black horn handle.

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Straight razor. “Allen” Sheffield. C-1830’s. Wedge blade stamped across the top “THE CELEBRATED FINE INDIA STEEL.” The center of the blade stamped “DIAMOND EDGE RAZOR.” Carved and shaped one piece Folk Art wood handle has a copper pin cover at tang end. Note: Replacement Fold Art wood handles have been witnessed on 19thC straight razor blades as a testament to the frugality of shavers. Often it was the “wedge” blade itself that caused the breakage if the blade was closed too far or the handle material was too fragile for the blade (ivory, tortoiseshell, pearl or thin horn scales). These wood handles were very well crafted, sometimes utilizing the original spacer and,or pins. For the past fifty years of collecting, I have not sold any of my Folk Art Handled Razors. However, they will be coming on the market now with the auction sale of my collection.

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Straight razors. Very rare Civil War Motif pair. GEORGE WOSTENHOLM CELEBRATED I*XL RAZOR, WASHINGTON WORKS, SHEFFIELD. Black Buffalo horn handles. The wedge blades are both fully etched “THE UNION MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED.” Ironic that Straight Razors Manufactured in England would push for preservation of the “Union” of the United States of America. However, everything was about marketing to make sales. The only pair I have ever seen with this etching. These were illustrated in an article I did back in the 1980’s for American Blade magazine.

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Very rare, boxed & complete AMERICAN ELGIN SAFETY RAZOR. It was designed to look like a fountain pen. Complete with advertising/instructions.

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Matched pair of Presentation straight razors. SAM’L PARKER MAK’R SHEFFIELD (Rare maker). C-1840’s. Both matching wedge blades are etched with a full length figure of a man wearing a Mason’s apron (Masonic) with the words MADE EXPRESSLY FOR J. S. O’BRIEN AUCTIONEER. He was an Auctioneer in Ireland during the time of the potato famine when thousands of Irish were starving and immigrating to America. I quickly found this on an internet search: “1848 1st May (CJ). Ennistymon--- The Levelling System. Our Ennistymon correspondent writes as follows: - “On Easter Wednesday the Sub-Sheriff accompanied by J. S. O’Brien, agent to the property, and a large posse of Police, came to the lands of Lahensy, near Ennistymon. (Being the fifth or sixth visit since Christmas) to serve habere and throw down houses. So expert are they, from practice....that it requires but a short time to evict many families, and tumble down their dwellings......” Most of the Real Estate in Ireland & New Zealand sells at Auction. This newspaper clipping has O’Brien as the Agent handling the foreclosure sale for the Sheriff in 1848. He must have been very successful as an Auctioneer to end up with his own personalized pair of razors. Black horn handles.

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Straight razor. Wade & Butcher V crown R - Queen Victoria 1837-1901 . C-1840’s. Awesome etched wedge blade with early train. The locomotive & tender are pulling two passenger “coaches. Clear horn handle.

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Straight razor. Allen Sheffield. C-1825-30. Matched pair of one-piece mother of pearl handled razors with inlaid German Silver escutcheon plates. An early and rare pair. Note early pin repair on pile side of one handle.

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Straight razor. B.J. EYRE & CO. “CHALLENGE RAZOR” SHEFFIELD. C-1840’s. The wedge blade is fully etched and surrounded in scroll “I STAND A NO. 1.” Mottled horn handle. Note handle crack.

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Straight razor. GREAVES & SONS. Early, C-1815-25. Black horn handle.

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Straight razor. WARRANTED CAST STEEL. Mottled horn handle with inlaid brass spread American Eagle. C-1830-40’s.