Straight Razor Auction Ending 5/21

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Straight razor. J.S. Holler & Co, Germany, Adolph Blaich San Francisco hollow ground blade. Aluminum handle with a polished pattern of swans in a lake, the pile side is plain and flat.

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Straight razor. Frank Buster celebrated cutlery Solingen Germany, Fight'n Rooster, hollow ground blade marked "The United States Constitution 1787-1987 200 years and forever". With a mother of pearl handle, the front is engraved with a blue floral pattern, red fighting roosters, and gilt "Fight'n Rooster", the pile side is smooth and plain.

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Straight razor. Joseph Rogers & Sons, Cutlers to their majesty. With a wedge blade and a stag horn handle.

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Straight razor. Shumate Razor Co. Austin Texas U.S.A. hollow ground blade etched Shumate Barber. With an ornate raised pattern aluminum handle depicting the Roman god Jupiter on the front, the pile side reads "Jupiter" and "Theo A Kochs Chicago".

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Straight razor. Wade & Butcher wedge blade etched Celebrated Fine India Steel Set Ready For Use. With a black horn handle featuring a mother of pearl escutcheon plate, the pile side is plain.

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Straight razor. Sheffield wedge blade with a carved bone handle featuring an escutcheon plate.

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Straight razor. Illegible maker hollow ground blade with a pressed horn handle depicting a soldier, men on horses, and "Platoff", the pile side has a double headed eagle, a seated man, and "Alexander". Again, pressed horn handle patterns were typically designed to tell a story. I believe this is a battle scene involving the military leaders of "Alexander," Alexander I; Constantin, Grand Duke of Russia; and "Platoff," Count Platoff, Hetman of Cossacks.

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Straight razor. Illegible maker wedge blade with a clear horn handle featuring a silver escutcheon plate and round silver decoration. The pile side is semi-round and plain.

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Straight razor. Osborne hollow ground blade with a decorative mother of pearl handle featuring an escutcheon shield plate on the front, pile side is plain semi-round to flat. Note: One piece carved mother of pearl handles are very rare.

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Straight razor. W. Greaves & Sons wedge blade stamped "I am good and will shave well". With a black horn handle featuring copper inlay escutcheon plate, the number "1" and a leaf, the pile side is plain and flat.

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Straight razor. Rodgers wedge blade on a fancy mottled horn handle featuring a snake pattern on both the front and pile sides.

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Straight razor. Illegible maker hollow ground blade on an aluminum handle embossed with a bear having the words "Will" by the wedge pin, 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. "Henry T. Lummus" collection assembled before 1920. Henry, the youngest Supreme Court Judge in Massachusetts, lived in Lynn, Mass. He had the finest collection of 18th & 19thC straight razors known. Approximately 500 were donated to the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, VT where they can be viewed today. I purchased approximately 500 pieces including the Duke of Marlborough's folding pocket razor. This is the only example of this pattern with inlaid rifle that I have seen.

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Straight razor. Illegible maker Made in Germany hollow ground blade on a fancy sterling silver handle with rope and floral decoration on both sides.

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Straight razor. Wrigms wedge blade on a black horn handle with a monogrammed center escutcheon plate on the front, the pile side is round and plain.

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Straight razor. 18thC wedge blade stamped "P" on a wood handle. Wood handles are very rare on straight razors and are only found on 18thC examples.

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Straight razor. J. Elliot hollow ground blade on a clear pressed horn handle depicting a "Woodman" on the front, the pile side shows an illegibly named figure.

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Straight razor. 18th C razor on a metal hammer shaped handle.

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Straight razor. Wade & Butcher Sheffield wedge blade on a black horn handle with a center mother of pearl escutcheon plate on the front, the pile side is inscribed with numbers. Rare metal head end cap.

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Straight razor. J. Mayland Sheffield hollow ground blade on an bone handle featuring two scenes of a sailing ship, one on each side, near the wedge pin. Note: Scrimshaw decorated Straight Razor handles are very rare.