Any info on this guy

[SavantStrike]

It's a 5/8 I would say 1/2 to 3/4 ground "Vulcan" Made by U.S. Cutlery in ST. Louis MO. Model number 102.

I've shaved with it twice since I restored it and would love any info anyone has on it, which is probably not a lot as a Google search didn't turn up much. It takes a wicked edge BTW!

 

[BigBubba]

It's not listed on uniclectica, and the only info in the "Standard Guide" is that they manufactured from "1870's to 1900?".

That doesn't help much, but it's all I've got.

There were a lot of really solid razor makers in the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Some unknown now, some very plain, but most are great shavers.

Now how about some pics?

 

[SavantStrike]

It's not listed on uniclectica, and the only info in the "Standard Guide" is that they manufactured from "1870's to 1900?".

That doesn't help much, but it's all I've got.

There were a lot of really solid razor makers in the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Some unknown now, some very plain, but most are great shavers.

Now how about some pics?

I'll get to it soon enough. I should have polished it before I honed it . Then again my camera won't take pictures of shiny things (AT ALL).

 

[FloppyShoes]

Here's another vulcan. This one is for a klingon.

http://www.straightrazorplace.com/forums/razors/24415-razor-klingon-would-love.html

 

[SavantStrike]

Here's another vulcan. This one is for a klingon.

http://www.straightrazorplace.com/forums/razors/24415-razor-klingon-would-love.html

Wow, I didn't see that coming. That's hot!

Now I wonder what the name Darcy has to do with it. I'll probably never know

 

[SavantStrike]

And now the plot thickens. There is a "Vulcan, MI" razor stamped "Germany" called a on the bay right now, and there is apparently a maker's mark which the seller was unable to decipher. I wish I had the 20 bucks they wanted for it as I'd buy it and put it under the Rat Shack pocket scope, but it's A: expensive and B: I'm tapped out.

I think the name Vulcan might have more to do with the ancient Roman god of fire/metal than anything else at this point.