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WOW just WOW.Like this.
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If it is that deadly, I may have to send it packing..........or not!
WOW just WOW.Like this.
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If it is that deadly, I may have to send it packing..........or not!
I hope you don't suffer too much!Thank you all for the warnings. I guess that'll just stick to my very inferior Swedish steel razors. I'm indebted to all of you.
Don't buy them on the bay, don't buy them at antique stores. Particularly stay away from the Henry's X and XX and Expert models. They're um..horrible. The metal is terrible, won't take an edge and will shred your face like you dragged broken glass across it. Of greatest danger are those that don't have corrosion near the edge and little hone wear. Horrible investments. You should stay with fine British and German steels.
As a public service, I'm attempting to take as many off the market as I can so as to protect the unsuspecting buyer.
The majority of mine are either plain Jane black or white but these 5 from the wood grain with bolsters candy stripe and the next 3 down are neat. Unfortunately it appears as though the last one with the greenish /gray ribs is gassing. Gotta go.Another beautiful example. I didn't realise there were this many Genco "fanciers". I've noticed that some of the same models were made in both a plain and a much more decorated scales. I've seen Easy Aces dressed both ways. That "Magnetic" is the nicest Genco I've seen so far.
I guess I need to use <humor></humor> tags. I'm in search of Genco's and was jokingly trying to discourage others from bidding them up. I just recently bought my first (Genco, not first straight) and am loving the shaves I'm getting. Actually the razor division was bought by Case in 1935 and moved production down to Bradford PA.Purchasing a razor from somebody that doesn't know anything about it is not a good idea unless you can supply the expertise. Auctions and antique stores are often handled by such people.
I have had a couple of very good Genco razors. Geneva Cutlery started in 1902 as a straight razor company and sold to Ekco in 1934. Peak production was 3600 razors a day, but it had trouble competing with the new Gillette safety razor. The Geneva Historical Society puts out a .pdf outlining the history.
The problem with this make of razor is that the newest one is now 81 years old.
I have no doubt the ones you found are in the condition you described. But to be in business 32 years some people were buying them.
It's a dirty job but someone has to sacrifice himself.I hope you don't suffer too much!