The razors of Kirby Beard and Company

[mikemullin6]

Guy

That's fantastic history. Any chance your great-grandfather left any relevant paperwork around? The razors are hard enough to find but paper information is even harder.

Mike

 

[Guy Lachlan]

If there was any Mike, it's long gone. They left Paris in a rush when the Germans invaded France and lived the rest of their lives in Cambridge. My Great Uncle would have known a lot, but sadly he's no longer with us either.

 

[BigJ]

OUTSTANDING POST!! Terrific information on some outstanding razors!

 

[Chronarch]

The updated Kirby collection. Finally managed to snag the fluted Kirby in the scarce upright case. Just need Thomas to sell me the Trumpette.

 

[Cha-wing!!]

So gorgeous... Congrats Brent ! But you'll have to wait quite some time for that Trompette

 

[Hobgoblin]

Nice very nice !!!

Glenn

 

[alex2363]

The updated Kirby collection. Finally managed to snag the fluted Kirby in the scarce upright case. Just need Thomas to sell me the Trumpette.

Brent... yoh have the motherload, love it.

 

[mikemullin6]

Sorry, Brent, but the trumpette nows resides in Michigan along with a travel set.


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[Cha-wing!!]

Burn !

 

[lambretto]

The updated Kirby collection. Finally managed to snag the fluted Kirby in the scarce upright case. Just need Thomas to sell me the Trumpette.

Woooww !!!
Nice !

 

[Quaternion]

This site shows scans from a 1936 Kirby Beard catalog.

 

[efsk]

@Quaternion thanks for the link

 

[Cha-wing!!]

Tank you for sharing this

 

[andy71]

Moshulu wrote:

"It almost seems that KBC is taking credit for inventing the solid guard bar, a rather surprising claim to the modern collector. Conventional wisdom has it that the SGB was introduced by Gillette in its Tech models in 1938, and, yet, here we have that same advanced feature present a decade earlier! How could this be? After all, there were, arguably, only three true innovations in DE razor design: the SGB, the TTO loading system, and adjustability"

I would like to add another information on SGB: in the early '30s in Italy was sold this razor made by I.T.A.L.I.A. (Industria Torinese Articoli Laminati In Acciaio) with its brand MIRABILIA.

This is an advertising dating 1933

The razor is described like Mirabilia "last creation" but I'm quite sure I've seen older advs.

ciao,

andy

 

[Cha-wing!!]

Thank you Sir for this information on Mirabilia, another beautiful razor !

Regarding the SGB and "who was first", Darwin filed its patent in 1924, and the schematics clearly showed a SGB razor :

 

[andy71]

great information, thanks!

andy

 

[Domminigan]

I've got a great Kirby Beard and Co Razor!!!


It's so cool and...


Crud... Just another Gillette.

 

[Northstonehill]

RAD thus enabled

 

[Domminigan]

RAD thus enabled

I know, right? Now I want to start picking up a few of these...

 

[Taniwha]

Has anyone tried the PAA copy of a Kirby Beard Co razor? It’s called the Phoenix Prismatic razor