Wow John, what a fantastic looking razor. That is as good a find as you can come across. As you said, the only thing that would have made it better would have been the original instructions and outer wrapper/shipper were included.
That is as nice an example of a President as I've ever seen. Congrats on such a great find and a really neat story about how it got on the top shelf of that closet. It tells a lot about the thought process and values of that generation vs those of us today. The gentleman who received that razor thought it too fancy for him and too nice to get dirty using. He was too modest to use something of that quality. Today, very few of us would ever have that thought and would be thrilled to have such a nice razor to use every day. In fact, I would dare say that well more than half the people asked would actually shave with that razor today, given the chance.
I must confess, not being a collector, that I would want such a fine instrument to be used for the purpose intended. I would treat it with great respect, storing it in it's case between uses after a thorough cleaning and drying. But, I would load up my favorite blade and take that beauty for a drive. I guess I'm one of the heathens of this generation.
Jeff
That is as nice an example of a President as I've ever seen. Congrats on such a great find and a really neat story about how it got on the top shelf of that closet. It tells a lot about the thought process and values of that generation vs those of us today. The gentleman who received that razor thought it too fancy for him and too nice to get dirty using. He was too modest to use something of that quality. Today, very few of us would ever have that thought and would be thrilled to have such a nice razor to use every day. In fact, I would dare say that well more than half the people asked would actually shave with that razor today, given the chance.
I must confess, not being a collector, that I would want such a fine instrument to be used for the purpose intended. I would treat it with great respect, storing it in it's case between uses after a thorough cleaning and drying. But, I would load up my favorite blade and take that beauty for a drive. I guess I'm one of the heathens of this generation.
Jeff