Straight Razor Auction Ending 9/16

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Matched pair of early tortoiseshell handled French razors fitted in carved wood slide top case. Tangs stamped “Maire”. Very early having iron pin covers, pointed ends to handles. Note damage at head end of one Razor. Both have shield shaped inlaid escutcheon plates.

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Set of three imitation ivory handled straight razors fitted in leather covered wood upright presentation case.

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Two mottled horn handled razors with crude escutcheon plates fitted in early slide top wood case. Different makers. See images.

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Matched Pair of ivory handled “Frameback” razors fitted in flat leather covered wood, lined, presentation case with escutcheon plate. Nice engraving on front of frames of blades. “Bedford Sheffield” on pile side of tang.

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Two Straight Razors in wood slide top case with handle. 1. George Butler & Co. Trinity Works Sheffield England having etched blade with Shakespeare Quote and bust of Shakespeare. Handle is genuine ivory. 2. Manwood & Co. “ASI-STEEL.” 18thC mottled horn handle having a primitive engraved ornamental escutcheon plate.

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Two very ornate carved ivory handled straight razors with elaborate pique work patterns in a slide top strop top wood case. C-1825-35. 1. John Bingham with top of blade stamped “Old English.” 2. Illegible above “Cast Steel” with stamped “G. Crown R.” (G(crown)R stamped on tang dates to King George, 1760-1830). 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. Both beautiful patterns surround escutcheon plates. Note damage in photos.

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Matched pair of straight razors fitted in presentation case with advertising “John Heiffor 3 Paradise Square Sheffield.” Case and pile side of tangs “Patent Model.” The black Buffalo horn handles inlaid with oval pewter escutcheon plates. I have never seen another set like this in 50 years of collecting/dealing. Claude Rondeau had the only one.

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Double bladed straight razor stamped “Warranted Cast Steel.” Examples of this pattern are very rare. One of the blades has some etching remaining. This double bladed pattern always has a shaped whalebone handle. I believe that they were connected with the military, most likely “Navy” as the few examples that have encountered have themes of anchors & rope on the blades, military figures carved and sometimes colored into the bone handles. Claude Rondeau’s Collection has the most I have ever seen in one place. They are all offered in this session. I have had a few over the past 50 years in my own collection. Perhaps, they were made for the French market by the cutlers of Sheffield?

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Two extremely early 18thC French razors in wooden slide top strop case. Both have crude cut handles, one whalebone the other Buffalo horn. Note: Early French made straight razors often lack a tang extension as part of their design.

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Cased set of 4 “MACDANIEL OXFORD ST” straight razors having unique, reinforced tang supports that the jimped tangs fit into. The top of each blade is etched with numbers one through four. The handles are imitation ivory. All are nicely fitted in a red lined, leather covered wood box with clasp. I have never seen this pattern before. Maker is rare as well. Super nice.

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Awesome wood cased set having two 18thC tortoiseshell handled straight razors & strop fitted inside with key. Wood case has a large brass escutcheon plate inlaid in top to match the front lock plate and hinges. Both razors are unique and ornate. Tortoiseshell is one of the rarest handle materials found on straight razors. One is embellished with cast metal decorations in a pattern I have never scene before. Super rare.

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Double bladed straight razor stamped “Sheffield.” Examples of this pattern are very rare. This double bladed pattern always has a shaped whalebone handle. (I believe that they were connected with the military, most likely “Navy” as the few examples that have encountered have themes of anchors & rope on the blades, military figures carved and sometimes colored into the bone handles. Claude Rondeau’s Collection has the most I have ever seen in one place. They are all offered in this session. I have had a few over the past 50 years in my own collection. Perhaps, they were made for the French market by the cutlers of Sheffield?) Note damage in photo.

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7-Day Set of J.A. Henckels Twinworks Solingen, Germany straight razors fitted in a leather slotted slip case having the days of the week embossed in gold. Case is taped. Black celluloid handles.

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C-1825 pressed Buffalo horn Handled Razor from “Lummus” Collection stamped “Coll.” Very patriotic handle having a portrait of George Washington, Stars, Eagle, “Independence,” scroll, Lady “Liberty,” etc. The number “647” scratched into the handle identifies it as part of the Henry T. Lummus Collection. Note: The number is an inventory number from the Henry T. Lummus Collection assembled before 1920. Lummus wrote articles on straight Razor Collecting for "Antiques" magazine in the 1920's. I bought his 500 piece collection from his Estate over 40 years ago. Claude bought this razor from me over 35 years ago.

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Early Double bladed straight razor having ornately decorated whalebone handle with nautical motif. “Warranted Cast Steel.” Note: This double bladed pattern always has a shaped whalebone handle. I believe that they were connected with the military, most likely “Navy” as the few examples that I encountered have themes of anchors & rope on the blades, military figures carved and sometimes colored into the bone handles. Claude Rondeau’s Collection has the most I have ever seen in one place. They are all offered in this session. I have had a few over the past 50 years in my own collection. Perhaps, they were made for the French market by the cutlers of Sheffield?

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Two straight razors with same celluloid handle pattern in lined, flat, presentation wood case. This razor handle pattern is #149 in the book “Celluloid Handle Guide for Straight Razor Collectors Reflecting on Fifty Years of Handle Designs (1870-1920)” By Robert A. Doyle. One is black, the other imitation ivory.

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Two whalebone handled straight razors in carved wood, slide top, strop case. Both crude and ornate. One made in Solingen Germany. The other made in France.

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Early Double bladed straight razor having ornately decorated whalebone handles and etched blades. “Warranted Cast Steel.” Note: This double bladed pattern always has a shaped whalebone handle. I believe that they were connected with the military, most likely “Navy” as the few examples that I encountered have themes of anchors & rope on the blades, military figures carved and sometimes colored into the bone handles. Claude Rondeau’s Collection has the most I have ever seen in one place. They are all offered in this session. I have had a few over the past 50 years in my own collection. Perhaps, they were made for the French market.

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Two Curley’s IDEAL Safety Razors in a wooden slide top strop case. Both Framebacks. One imitation ivory handle, the other black celluloid. 

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Wostenholm Rockingham St. straight razor having fully etched Masonic symbol blade pattern connected to an ornate ivory handle with pique work of silver pins around a German Silver round inset in center. Rare to find and ornate handle and blade together. The manufacturers usually gave one or the other.