I found this razor in an architectural salvage yard. Being a New Orleanian and the maker having been in New Orleans, I couldn't pass it up. I tried looking up the company but haven't had any luck yet. The name is A. Vittur & Sons. Is anyone familiar?
Do you know this company?
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Does the other side of the tang say anything, @Davidkimberly?
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Made in Germany
Lilley-Blue
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So Vittur & Sons was likely a hardware or department store. Made in Germany on the back indicates that the razor was not made in New Orleans, so Vittur would not have been the manufacturer (likely Lilly-Blue was). Many US companies ordered razors in bulk that were stamped or etched with their name. For example I have a razor labeled Hibbard & Spencer, a Chicago department store.
Don’t know the brand, but seriously needs some heel correction and edge repair to repair the frown.
Weren't Hibbard & Spencer a hardware firm? They eventually became Hibbard, Spencer, and Bartlett. Eventually True Value hardware evolved from that lineage.
Correct on all counts. I am able to date my razor relatively precisely because it was only called Hibbard & Spencer from 1865-1882.
I have a few razors that have various hardware store markings. I haven't found a B&B thread on that topic though. The big guys, HSB, Shapleigh, Simmons etc sold a lot of SRs I'm sure.
My only 'HSB' cutlery item is a hatchet just marked Hibbard.
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