Straight Razor Auction Ending 11/28

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Straight razor. Collins De-Lux Sheffield, England. Hollow ground blade. Rare pearl handle having four carved panels of mother of pearl attached to shaped metal liners.

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Straight razor. Rheinische Cutlery Co. Germany. Awesome handle pattern with raised  parrot and cockatoo with floral pattern. This razor handle pattern is #44 in the book “Celluloid Handle Guide for Straight Razor Collectors Reflecting on Fifty Years of Handle Designs (1870-1920)” By Robert A. Doyle. “Extra Hollow Ground” on pile side of tang.

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Straight razor. Africa Cast Steel. Super rare 18thC  pressed Buffalo horn handled razor having a raised entwined serpent full length across both sides. Wedge blade. 4. 

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Straight razor. Peter Bros. Celebrated Razor. C1860’s picked bone handle pattern to resemble stag horn. Rare.

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Straight razor. J. Nowill & Sons Sheffield. Established A.D. 1764. Uniquely shaped blade. Very unusually shaped, pressed black horn handle embossed “Boston.” The only one I have ever seen.

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Straight razor. H. Boker & Co. The blade is full etched with a scene of the “WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, CHICAGO 1893.” Above the buildings are the dates 1492 and 1892 at the top corners. Black Buffalo horn handle. Pile side of tang is “Germany.”

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Straight razor. Manufactured by W. Greaves & Sons Sheaf Works. C-1840 wedge blade. Very rare genuine Stag handles. 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. They are now coming on the market for the first time in this Century.

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Straight razor. “Guaranteed.” One of a kind Sterling Silver handle having ornate floral pattern on both sides. Sterling silver was the top of the line handle material for Cutlery firms in the late 18thC. I have not seen this handle pattern before. Pile side of tang is “Germany.”

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Straight razor. Wheat Sheaf Cutlery Company. (The only Razor by this maker I have encountered in fifty years of collecting). C-1850’s. Clear horn handle appears to have been dyed with red coloring. I have only experienced this dyeing on a handful of straight razors.

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Straight razor. W.H. Morley & Sons Clover Brand Germany. The hollow ground blade is etched “Damascus.” The fancy celluloid handle is colorful. This razor handle pattern is #53 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. Very rare C-1830’s fully carved Mother of Pearl handled “Charles Pickslay & Co. Manufacturers to the King. Royal Works Sheffield.” The top of the blade is etched “Wednesday” indicating that it was once part of a 7-Day set. Wow, what a magnificent set that must have been at the time of manufacture! Carved six panel mother of pearl Handle attached to figural cut metal liners to match.  Note piece missing at tang end of pile side. Very rare.

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Straight razor. Hibbard * Spencer & Co. Chicago, Ills. Very rare, early American razor having massive blade etched “RATTLER.” C-1860 Black Buffalo horn handle.

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Straight razor. Joseph Rodgers & Sons Cutlers to Their Majesties Bo. 6 Norfolk Street Sheffield. Genuine one piece 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. They are now coming on the market for the first time in this Century.

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Straight razor. M. Biaks. The only razor I have seen by this maker. C-1815. Semi clear horn handle has iron pin covers.

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Straight razor. Yankee Cutlery Co. Germany. Hollow ground blade. Fancy celluloid handle with floral pattern. This razor handle pattern is #65 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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Roberts Warranted. Super Rare 18thC straight razor having a select horn handle with inlaid escutcheon plate and an etched blade. This is a one of a kind rarity. This Handle material is the rarest that you will find in an early Razor. I have witnessed four, including the folding straight razor carried by the Duke of Marlborough. All four that I have encountered over the past 50 years, I kept. You will search for many years and most likely will never find one. I do not know why this "select horn" is so rare. It must have been extremely hard to find this kind of grain on a single horn. It is very rare to find a straight razor that boasts both a fancy blade and fancy handle. Usually, the cutlery manufacturers provided one or the other. But, not both. The etching on the blade appears to make this a one of a kind personalized presentation razor. This is the finest select horn Revolutionary War Period full size straight razor I have ever seen.

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Straight razor. Manufactured by Frederick Reynolds Sheffield. The pressed black Buffalo Horn Handle was patterned to look like picked bone.

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Two early, crude Chinese shaving instruments. Very rare.

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Lund 57 Corn Hill. (Lund was a top of the line distributor of high end Cutlery located in London). Engraved silver handle. Do not see any silver marks.

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Two Corn razors and a folding pocket razor. Corn razors have pearl and leg and imitation ivory handle. The unmarked pocket folding razor has a pearl handle with laid gold colored shield shaped escutcheon plate.