Straight Razor Auction Ending 5/21

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Straight razor. Milns 18thC wedge blade on a black pressed horn handle featuring portraits of Alexander and an illegible man, the pile side has the King of Prussia and an illegible man.

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Straight razor. Wade & Butcher special hollow ground blade on a fancy sterling silver handle with a mirrored pattern on both sides. 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. A. Davis & Co 10 Strand hollow ground blade on a figural bone handle with a matching figural pile side. This is a one of a kind, carved, figural bone handled "Egyptian" pattern razor.

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Straight razor. W. M. R. Barlow Sheffield hollow ground blade on a stag horn handle.

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Straight razor. D. Peres Solingen hollow ground blade on a multi-panel mother of pearl handle with each panel separated by a silver band.

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Straight razor. 18thC wedge blade stamped simply with makers stamped symbols on a mottled horn handle with inlaid metal decoration on both sides and fancy pin shrouds.

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Straight razor. Joseph Elliot best silver steel hollow ground blade on a stag horn handle. Note: Genuine one piece Stag scales are very rare on straight razors as a handle material.

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Straight razor. Austin Bros. Stockton Cal Yosemite hollow ground blade on a fancy aluminum handle. California made cutlery is extremely rare and desirable. YOSEMITE is commemorating the opening on Oct. 1, 1890, by an act of Congress, of the California Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees. Environmental trailblazer John Muir (1838-1914) and his colleagues campaigned for the congressional action, which was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison. This is truly the only known example of this California maker's "Yosemite" with a rare figural aluminum handle.

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Straight razor. Tillotson Sheffield wedge blade on a black horn handle with inlaid mother of pearl decoration, the pile side is plain and smooth.

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Straight razor. W. Greaves & Sons hollow ground blade on a checkered bone handle with a center rope pattern on both sides.

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Straight razor. Wade wedge blade etched Magnum Bonum on a black pressed horn handle, the pile side depicts a woman in a long dress surrounded by cattle. Note: "Wilson" was a quality maker of pressed horn handles for the cutlery manufacturing industry in Sheffield, England for the American market. Further, these early full length pressed horn scenes, when combining both sides, tend to tell a story. This particular razor is depicting a typical American scene of the early 19thC where a gentleman farmer with his dog have industriously cleared and cultivated the land, built a home and added livestock to his wealth. This was a time of "Manifest Destiny" and Americans were proudly expanding westward.

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Straight razor. I. Pearce wedge blade on a decorative mother of pearl handle with decorative end caps and a center escutcheon plate on the front, the pile side is a mirror of the front without the escutcheon plate. A rare C-1840 six carved panels pearl Handled Razor by a scarce maker of Bowie Knives.

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Straight razor. Wade & Butcher Extra Hollow Ground blade sterling handle featuring a rope border on the front and pile sides. The front has a center monogram.

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Straight razor. Rodgers & Sons wedge blade on a black horn handle with a shaped mother of pearl center escutcheon plate on the front and a smooth, plain pile side.

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Straight razor. J. Bingham wedge razor on a decorative bone handle with hand drilled and pinned piqué work on the front.

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Straight razor. Superior Temper wedge blade on a clear pressed horn handle with 13 stars over an eagle and a depiction Washington, the pile side features Benjamin Franklin over a cornucopia. Note: "Wilson" was a quality maker of pressed horn handles for the cutlery manufacturing industry in Sheffield, England for the American market.

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Straight razor. J. A. Henckels Graef & Schmidt hollow ground blade on a fancy aluminum handle the front is embossed with a bear having the words "Will" , the pile side features a woman in a flowing dress. The word "inspection" on either side equates to the statement "Will Bare Inspection."

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Straight razor. Illegible maker blade on a black pressed horn handle featuring birds and flowers on the pile side.

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Straight razor. Torrey hollow ground blade on a heavy fancy brass handle with a mirrored floral pattern on both sides. Note: This is the finest and earliest J. R. Torrey, American maker, razor that I have ever owned and the only one with this heavy, cast brass ornate handle. I have not seen this handle pattern on any other razor.

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Straight razor. Illegible hollow ground blade on a mother of pearl handle with hand drilled and pinned piqué work between a cross-hatched pattern on both sides, the wedge end has a decorative silver cap. Note: This is the only razor like this one I have ever seen. It has a unique, bendable tang mechanism and a gold inset on the top of the blade. It is smaller than usual, typical of the "traveling razor."