Straight Razor Auction Ending 11/28

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Straight razor. Martin & Co. The only razor I have seen by this maker. Very uniquely shaped tang grip. Wedge blade. C-1830’s. Black Buffalo horn handle has inlaid escutcheon plate surrounding by silver pin 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. Very rare.

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Dame Stoddard & Co. Made in Germany. Very rare Sterling Silver Handled Razor with very unique silver floral pattern on both sides.

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Wow! Have you ever seen a porcelain handled straight razor before? Well, you will probably will never see another one again. Beautifully decorated Limoges style handle with floral pattern trimmed in gold leaf on both sides. Joseph Rodgers & Sons Cutlers to Their Majesties Bo. 6 Norfolk Street Sheffield England. It figures that Rodgers produced this piece. They operated from 1670 to 1970. They produced the finest Cutlery in Sheffield. Most likely the handle was made in France and imported by Rodgers for this presentation piece. C-1890. I do not know how it has survived in such great condition over the past 100+ years.

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Two mid 19thC clear horn handled Sheffield made straight razors with wedge blades. John Heiffor 3 Paradise Square And W. Greaves & Sons Sheaf Works.

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Very rare “Bicycle Race” raises pattern on Cast Aluminum handle. W.M. Henry & Company Forth Worth. 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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Hibbard Spencer & Bartlett & Co. Germany. Awesome and colorful patriotic celluloid Handled straight razor. The American Eagle pattern with talons around the head pin and the beak at the tan end is #18 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. J. Shaw. C-1810. Awesome pressed mottled horn handle with wedge blade.

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Another one of a kind handle pattern made by J. A. Henckels Solingen Zwillingswerk. The fabulously decorated “Cloisonné “ metal handle is intricately decorated with gold and blue plating. Super fine.

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Straight razor. Joseph Elliot. Rare one piece Stag handle. C-1840-50. 

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Top of the line early 19thC pearl handled straight razor manufactured by Joseph Rodgers & Sons Cutlers to Their Majesties Bo. 6 Norfolk Street Sheffield. Very rare six panel mother of pearl handle attached to metal liners having inlaid escutcheon plate and fancy cast metal end caps. The uniquely shaped blade is stamped “Improved Silver Steel.” C-1830’s.

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Very colorful celluloid Handled Razor having horse riding motif. The 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. F. A. Koch & Co. Germany. Very ornate aluminum Handled Razor with a raised pattern of a women on a winged wheel  with scroll and floral pattern on front. The Alligator trade Mark on the pile side to match the tang stamp.  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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Very rare 18thC French Razor with uniquely shaped tang to wedge blade. Simple iron pin covers on this Black Buffalo horn handle. “La Paris.”

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Two Wade & Butcher Sheffield mid 19thC Straight Razors having clear horn handles with inlaid escutcheon plates.

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Straight razor. Clauses Fremont, O. Colorful celluloid Handled Razor with Native American motif with Warrior with headdress and tomahawk on one end and entwined Pipe and tomahawk in scroll at other. The pattern is #28 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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Rare early American straight razor. C-1850. J. Ashmore Philadelphia. Massive wedge blade on Black Buffalo horn handle.

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Two straight razors. Both have etched blades including “Army Special” and advertising for a retailing firm in Boston, “Gardner & Chandler.” Celluloid handles.

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Awesome, elaborately carved top of the line early 19thC pearl handled straight razor manufactured by Joseph Rodgers & Sons Cutlers to Their Majesties Bo. 6 Norfolk Street Sheffield. Very rare six panel mother of pearl handle attached to metal liners. The wedge blade is stamped Improved Silver Steel. 

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Straight razor marked Atlantic Cutlery Co. having a raised Nude woman pattern. The pattern is #42 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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Two rare pressed Buffalo horn handled straight razors made by “Shepherd” and dating C-1810-15. Take a look at the details in images of the great graphics if both handles.