Fili love what makes it so good!

[SteVan]

Here’s a couple for the Filly people.

 

[SteVan]

Hey Ian, TY I am slowly getting there, but none are the same beyond one set of identical pairs.

Steve56, would you be willing to share the image you use with your user name, that beautiful Fili woman. I purchased a Jose Monserrat Pou, Medallon Taurino with crappy scales. I need a good image to try to recreate the image on some better blank scales.

 

[Steve56]

Shure!

 

[Matt O]

What makes a Filarmonica of the first generation so good?

Prefect steel, Perfect heat treat, Perfect grind…I love them!

2 of the three “JMP” editions below arrived this week! One can identify a JMP edition of the first generation, because it is a Doble Temple with the patriarch’s initials “JMP” in the middle of the gold wash, instead of the lyre.

Lore has it the JMP edition is the earliest, best, and most perfect in class for the Filarmonica brand straight razors…the only ones worthy of the initials in place of the little harp. Are they the best? I don’t know, but in my experience they are pretty darn good.


The three Amigos!

 

[life2short1971]

What makes a Filarmonica of the first generation so good?

Prefect steel, Perfect heat treat, Perfect grind…I love them!

2 of the three “JMP” editions below arrived this week! One can identify a JMP edition of the first generation, because it is a Doble Temple with the patriarch’s initials “JMP” in the middle of the gold wash, instead of the lyre.

Lore has it the JMP edition is the earliest, best, and most perfect in class for the Filarmonica brand straight razors…the only ones worthy of the initials in place of the little harp. Are they the best? I don’t know, but in my experience they are pretty darn good.


The three Amigos!

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Really nice Matt Blades as clean as those are hard enough to find but those JMP signature blades are are in a class of their own!
Very nice!!

Scott

 

[Matt O]

Really nice Matt Blades as clean as those are hard enough to find but those JMP signature blades are are in a class of their own!
Very nice!!

Scott

Thanks Scott! I looked for years to find a minty one in NOS condition, and then lightning hit a dime in the same spot twice!

 

[aussie]

They are typically half- to three-quarter hollow. Please correct me if you have full- or extra-hollow examples.



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I just got my Fili 14 "Especial" and it is definitely extra hollow. So is my 13 Novodur. I didn't think they did any other grinds?

 

[Steve56]

I just got my Fili 14 "Especial" and it is definitely extra hollow. So is my 13 Novodur. I didn't think they did any other grinds?

They made a heavy grind, about half hollow 13 for the Japanese market

 

[Cleanface]

I have several half hollow 13's. All Medallon Taurino. But I also have two full hollow 13 Medallon. No figuring

 

[Frank Shaves]

I have several half hollow 13's. All Medallon Taurino. But I also have two full hollow 13 Medallon. No figuring

Strange! I have two 13 Medallon Taurino (MT) quarter hollow razors, including one NOS. It was my understanding that they were made as quarter hollow. Do the thinner grind MT razors still have their gold plating?

BTW, the 14 MT razors were hollow ground.

 

[Matt O]

This was the grind on the MT 14 I once had…

Here is the grind on one of the JMP Signature Series I just acquired…for comparison purposes:

 

[Cleanface]

Strange! I have two 13 Medallon Taurino (MT) quarter hollow razors, including one NOS. It was my understanding that they were made as quarter hollow. Do the thinner grind MT razors still have their gold plating?

BTW, the 14 MT razors were hollow ground.

You’re probably right. I’m not the best at judging.

 

[cc21]

Very useful thread!
Thanks