No idea what this is.

[Jayson74]

While cleaning out some nooks/crannies and odd spaces in my Grandparents house we came across a razor. We have no idea or knowledge about straight razors. Before we disposs of it I figured I would see what it was. I am NOT a photographer so if wanted I will have the Missus (who is) take more pictures.

Thanks for any info
Jay

 

[Herrenberg]

Looks like a nice German razor with a bit of scale damage, and a blade in quite good shape except for one suspicious black rust-looking streak at the toe on one side.

Should clean up nicely and shave well, without inordinate effort. It would be a tragedy to just toss it.

 

[CpnStumpy]

An F. Koeller magna, here's a little detail from strazors.com PDF catalog. Should be a good blade, the bevel apparent in your pictures indicates someone cared and honed it properly at some point. The toe point black rust is suspicious but I think it's just the picture.

Don't throw that away, many would be happy to clean it up for you as an heirloom if you pay them, or for themselves if you want rid of it.

 

[CpnStumpy]

On an aside, stasharp was apparently Kastor made for F. Koeller, distributed by Sears and Roebuck from 20s through 40s, and this blade appears very similar, so I'd bet it's a Kastor blade. Here's a stasharp for example, looks like identical etching on the face, and both are 3 pin scales

 

[Lightcs1776]

I would work on cleaning it up and at the very least holding onto it for a while. You might find out that you will appreciate having something your Granddad may have used, even if you never shave with it.

 

[Eastcoast30]

It's not junk, nor is it a valuable museum piece. However, it may be of great sentimental value to you or someone else in the family. I would be thrilled to shave with my dad's or grandfather's razor - but that is not in the cards for me.

 

[5whiskey]

It's not junk, nor is it a valuable museum piece. However, it may be of great sentimental value to you or someone else in the family. I would be thrilled to shave with my dad's or grandfather's razor - but that is not in the cards for me.

This. Generic German razors were of good quality, but still rather run of the mill. Even today. It does appear to be in good enough shape that it will restore without much effort. Definitely don't toss it. It's not particularly valuable, so selling it on ebay would net not a whole lot of money after shipping and fees. But... it is a razor your Grandfather used and it's in serviceable shape. Get someone to clean it up and learn the art of SR shaving. Or don't, but still keep it. Maybe on display somehow.

 

[Jayson74]

Thanks gents. Guess I need to read up on how to clean up a straight razor.