Straight Razor Auction Ending 6/24

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Straight razor. "F&B." Ornate Sterling Silver handle. Sterling silver was the top of the line handle material for Cutlery firms in the late 19thC. Foster & Bailey was a small quality American silversmith Company that operated in Providence, Rhode Island from 1878-1898. Very ornate and rare shaving tool.

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Straight razor. Wade & Butcher Sheffield. Massive wedge blade and matching black horn handle with fancy brass pin covers. C-1850.

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Straight razor. Montgomery Ward Chicago. "Lakeside" on blade. Ear of corn figural celluloid handle. This razor handle pattern is #83 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. M. Fagan Sheffield. Genuine Stag handle. Stag is very rarely found on straight razor handles. If you have been buying straight razors in the first couple of sessions from my collection, you have had an opportunity to purchase a few already. In the fifty plus years of collecting, I kept all the stag I could find.

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Straight razor. Manufactured by Frederick Reynolds Sheffield. The pressed black Buffalo horn handle is embossed "THE GREAT EXHIBITON OF 1862, EASTERN VIEW. Each wedge blade. The International of 1862, or Great London Exposition, was a world's fair. It was held from 1 May to 1 November 1862, beside the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, London, England, on a site that now houses museums including the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum (London).

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Straight razor. THE KING on the tang and blade. Fancy celluloid handle having horse motif. This razor handle pattern is #51 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. The Thomas Mfg. Co. Dayton. Ohio. Blade: THE MAGNETIC RAZOR. The fancy cast, figural aluminum handle is very ornate with raised woman, scroll and WILL BEAR INSPECTION. figural cast aluminum handled straight razors are quite rare as aluminum was a new and expensive alloy at the time these Art Nouveau razors were popular. This would have been the top of their line for this maker.

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Straight razor. WXYZ SILVER STEEL. C-1830's. Pressed Buffalo horn handle having raised figures on both sides. Rare.

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Straight razor. Manufactured by Frederick Reynolds Sheffield. Rare picked bone handle to look like real "Stag." It has an inlaid escutcheon plate.

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Straight razor. Henry Sears & Sons Rockford, Illinois. Very rare, early American razor having a black horn handle with inlaid mother of Pearl escutcheon plate.

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Straight razor. WARBURTON. C-1815. Extremely rare and early pressed Buffalo horn handled razor depicting the full length figures of PLATOFF & BLUCHER, one on each side in detail surrounded by scroll. "From June 6th to the 27th 1814 the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia with many dignitaries were in London." It created much historical excitement. This razor commemorates this historic visit. Here is a great article that covers the event and speaks of these Cossack hero's: https://georgianera.wordpress.com/tag/hetman-platoff/.

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Straight razor. Van Camp Hardware & Iron Indianapolis, Indiana. Rare American maker and celluloid handle pattern of Ben Hur Chariot Race. Fancy celluloid handle having horse motif. This razor handle pattern is #20 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. SPECIAL. Wade & Butcher Sheffield. A very nice Sterling Silver handled shaving tool having a fancy Art Nouveau handle pattern that is different than any I have encountered before. Sterling silver was the top of the line handle material for Cutlery firms in the late 19thC..

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Straight razor. Rhodean Champion. C-1840. Natural handle material with inlaid German Silver escutcheon plate.

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Straight razor. Imperial Razor Warranted. The blade is fully etched with a scene of the "U.S. Battleship Oregon." History here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oregon_(BB-3). Rare.

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Straight razor. Keen Kutter - Simmons Hardware Co. Fancy figural cast aluminum handle embossed with a beautiful woman, scroll and "Keen Kutter." figural cast aluminum handled straight razors are quite rare as aluminum was a new and expensive alloy at the time these Art Nouveau razors were popular. This would have been the top of their line for this maker.

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Safety razor. Very rare fountain pen shaped razor. Made by Arnold Fountain Safety Razor Reading, PA. Patented 1906. Complete.

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Straight razor. SILVER STEEL. C-1830's. Crude whalebone handle with inlaid pique work. Note: Pique work was the art of inlaying tiny silver pins, by hand, into the predrilled holes of the pattern. It was a cottage industry done in homes around the manufacturing city of Sheffield. This artistry was popular from about 1820-1840's. Pique work was performed on horn, pearl, tortoiseshell, ivory and bone. You will not find two identical pieces. Even the pins are set by hand so they are not even in height.

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Straight razor. Theo Koch Chicago. Very rare figural, cast aluminum handle with raised figure of JUPITER. figural cast aluminum handled straight razors are quite rare as aluminum was a new and expensive alloy at the time these Art Nouveau razors were popular. This would have been the top of their line for this maker.

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Folding silver plated "SLAYTON RAZOR." Very rare. Complete & unique.