vintage

During the 1950s-60s (possibly 70s, too) Merkur made more slants than just the 37 and 39. One of those was this beautiful 38, a modelnumber that has since been reused for an ordinary DE. This however is the vintage slant, which resembles a 37 except the handle is much sleeker, the handle is...

Trumpf is a well-known brand from the DDR, probably even from pre-DDR-tims. The CP in the middle of their logo should be the producer, but so far it is unknown who that producer was. It is possible that the less often seen Pneumand razors came from the same manufacturer. Trumpf is best known for...

A razor I traded away is this remarkable folding razor Bigelow-Parkin. Barely larger than a blade, with two small extrusions to hold it, this thing shaved remarkably well. There's a patent of course

In France, Paris to be more exact, the Société General de Coutellerie & Orfèvrerie produced cutlery and razors under the Apollo brand. They did this since 1907, unknown how long. Most of these needed proprietary blades. Some were given away, branded with motormagazinelogo, or vineyardlogo, stuff...

The Chicago cutlerer Pomco was founded by Otto Pomper, an American of German descent. Like many others, he sold Solingen wares in his store, amngst which rebranded Merkur razors. Later, he/they designed their own models too, some of which were fitted with Merkur heads. The Pomco 37:

Coles apparently was a New York cutleryshop, that sold razors too. They, like Hoffritz and then some, sold rebranded Merkur razors. Heres My Coles 37:

Founded in New York by a mr Hoffritz, an American of German descent, Hoffritz sold Solingen Razors and cutlery under their own name. Where they got their cutlery from, I don't know, but their razors were rebranded Merkur. Here's my first Hoffritz, a 37:

The Rotary King Safety Razor Co produced this funny little thing. Known as King Rotary, Rotary King, King Oscillator, I tend to stick to the last name, as I have suspicions the "Rotary" name was for their SE razor. The oscilating mechanism an best be explaind by the patent, which @sɐǝɹpu∀ shows here

Rasoio Di Milano produced RaDiMi razors. Where Milano is the capital of fashion, and Italians are said to have good taste, this razor, circa 1938, does its best to prove that ain't so. Which is why I bought it, the damn thing is butt-ugly. Still needs cleaning, which is why it took a while for...

Best known for their straight razors, apparently they sold (rebranded) DE's as well. Here's the pushbuttonrazor Cowboy invented:

In Sweden, there was a variation on the Neo-Gam/etc: Sesam. Unknown producer, unknown whether they licensed from Zaiss. Did have their own patent though: 109997, but I haven't found it yet. Although the clamping-mechanism, the 45° tilt, and the baseplate are identical to the Zaiss-offerings, the...

Actually five blades, but only sharpened on one side. For years I've been yearning after a Mvltiplex razor. Saw a few pictures, and just knew I needed one. Preferably, one with a dome to store it in. Fascinating razor really, multiple blades in a complicated construction: blade-plate-blade-plate...

Kabrand used to be a French razormaker. A French forum shows an invoice from 1922, and they existed until after WW2. Apart from straights (very good ones I might add) they made DE's and blades. The DE's came as regular and (non-torqued) slants, all in gold, silver and chrome. Most DE's have a...

One of my first, possibly the first, wedge-type SE I acquired: the Rose Selbstrasirer. Basically a Kampfe-type lathercatcher with a two-piece handle and a stroppinghelp, packed in a tin can that no longer shows what it was for. As this is from around 1896 I found that not too surprising...

A brand whose DE's are not found too often. For a while there was someone in Germany selling a whole bunch of noS straights though. Made by Ernst Linhorst Rasiermesser- und Rasierklingen-Fabrik, Solingen-Wald. First an interesting Pushbutton Razor. This DE you don't twist or screw, you push a...

Swing is a Swedish razorbrand. As far as I've seen, they made DE's and blades, no straights or SE's. At some point they started catering the Dutch market as well, and I think I've seen somewhere they came in Dutch hands, although maybe I'm now confusing Matador with Swing. Here's a 3-piece I've...

A brand/producer still in existence is Lutz. These days, they make blades of all types, but they used to produce razors as well. The funny thing is, they are best known for a razor of which it is not known who actually produced it. I'll start this thread of with that one, and we can go to their...

A very nice travelset made by Merkur. It holds a non-adjustable Progress type of razor, a brush I think is non-original, a tube for a shaving stick, bladebanks and a mirror. Truly nice kit, that I bought because of two reasons. First, I have the same kit branded Busch & Sohn, that has the...

The IRO is a razor coming from Spanish Basque. It is often confused with Eibar, yet Eibar is the Basque city this razor is coming from. Head and handle have a Logo stating "Original" with an arrow through it, IRO, and the handle also has "Systema Oblicuo" which means slanted system which is...

More on Leresche history later. First I'd like to show some :-) A Leresche model 34. Needs some more cleaning. Thin handle, longscrew OC razor.