ID Needed - Old Gold ??

[AceByTerror]

Hey All,

Scooped this off the bay about a week ago and arrived today. Damn if this thing didn't shine up like the sun!! It is a beautiful and solid/heavy piece. It looked interesting and for $25 bucks I took a chance. Glad I did - it is really stunning.

But anyone know what it is?

First pic is from the ebay listing. Second is after my first round of clean/polish tonight. Any ID or dating help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[huck1680]

No stamps or markings? I'd say a Gillette clone of some sort but other than that I really don't know. What I do know is you did a fine job cleaning and polishing...great looking set.

 

[AceByTerror]

Nothing on her anywhere - just the "OSJ" on the inside of the case, but I think that's a custom monogram.

Clone would be my one of my guesses as well, but this seems real high quality. The handle is solid, and not hollow and the plating is some of the nicest I've seen yet. Another mystery razor I suppose. I have a few of those

 

[alex2363]

never seen one like this.

 

[AceByTerror]

Did I stump this group? Nobody else have any guesses? Educated or otherwise?

 

[kingfisher]

Where's MacDaddy when you really need him?

 

[MacDaddy]

I don't really have a ton to add here on this one... I've seen that OSJ mark before, but I can't find anything definitive about it -- even whether it refers to a maker, or was a custom imprint for the customer. There's this old thread from 2008 whose links are mostly dead now, but that has this thumbnail image that's still good (pulling it in here for posterity) that shows what looks to be a Single Ring clone with the same rounded cylindrical cap studs as this razor in a metal case with the same OSJ imprint in the headliner:



Does your handle have a casting seam on it, or is that just a funny reflection?

 

[AceByTerror]

Just a reflection - no seam. A really nice finish actually.

Interesting on the OSJ - I had figured that for a monogram for sure. That now seems unlikely unless there was some old rich dude with RAD who had all his razors monogrammed back in the day

Possible I suppose....

 

[Krona Kruiser]

From a distance it looks like the older Milday's but it's pretty neat. Like a hybrid old-style with a more oval ball-end cap on the handle.

 

[kingfisher]

Well, if Porter doesn't know what it is, my guess is nobody will.

 

[jbradley]

Quoth the Pelican

"It's a Dinglehopper!"

 

[HoosierTrooper]

There was a company in Germany named OSI that made Gillette type razors, any chance it's a fancy "I" and not a "J"?

 

[jbradley]

There was a company in Germany named OSI that made Gillette type razors, any chance it's a fancy "I" and not a "J"?

I looked at it Tom, I think you're on to something. Looks like a script I

 

[AceByTerror]

hmnnn that is a good possibilty. A brief google search isnt giving me any luck on any such company. Anything you can provide Tom?

thanks

rob

 

[AceByTerror]

interesting - I did find this: http://www.collectorsencyclopedia.com/dettaglio.asp?IdProd=2903

 

[dreadpirate]

Looks like gold plate

 

[ShavinBacon]

interesting - I did find this: http://www.collectorsencyclopedia.com/dettaglio.asp?IdProd=2903

The razor case had a built in water heater! How cool is that! They sure don't make them like they used to!

 

[AceByTerror]

The razor case had a built in water heater! How cool is that! They sure don't make them like they used to!

I KNOW!!

It's no wonder the Germans damn near conquered Europe, and less than 60 years later are the most powerful European economy....

 

[AceByTerror]

O.S.I. it is!

I found another OSI razor listed on eBay archives - the blade holder design is identical. Still not much else, but hey it's something - thanks for the tip Tom!:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...&viewitem=&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_704wt_1163

 

[MacDaddy]

Yeah, that's definitely it. The ends of the tins have the same "OSI" script stamped in them.