FANTASTIC BATCH OF SAFETY RAZORS AND OTHER #36

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T THE STAR SAFETY RAZOR WAS PATENTED IN 1880 BY THE THE KAMPFE BROTHERS. THE THREE BROTHERS OTTO, RICHARD AND FREDERICK KAMPFE WERE YOUNG MEN FROM GERMANY , WHO HAD BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY ONLY A FEW YEARS WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE PATENT FOR THE STAR SAFETY RAZOR. THEY WERE THE FIRST ONES TO BUILD A GOOD HOE TYPE SAFETY RAZOR THAT USED A WEDGE TYPE BLADE THAT COULD BE RESHARPENED, AND IT CAUGHT ON LIKE WILDFIRE. FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 25 YEARS, MOST ALL SAFETY RAZORS WERE COPIES OF WHAT THE KAMPFE BROTHERS HAD PATENTED. THEN KING GILLETTE MADE A GOOD THIN RAZOR BLADE THAT WAS CHEAP ENOUGH TO BE THROWN AWAY WHEN IT GOT DULL, AND THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. THE KAMPFE BROTHERS DIDN’T CUT ANY COST WHEN IT CAME TO PACKAGING AND ADVERTISING, THEY PUT THEIR FIRST RAZORS IN SMALL ROUND LITHOGRAPHED TIN CANS THAT WERE BEAUTIFUL, THEY PUT TOGETHER SETS WITH 7 BLADES, ONE FOR EVER DAY OF THE WEEK, AND OTHER SETS WITH ONE TO 4 BLADES, THESE SETS WERE PUT IN NICE CASES, SOME SETS HAD MOTHER OF PEARL OR IVORY HANDLES. THE STAR HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE SAFETY RAZOR FROM THE BEGINING, I THINK THEY HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TIN CONTAINERS THAN ANY OTHER SAFETY RAZOR MAKER. IT TOOK SOME GREAT PAINTING AND INK TO MAKE A TIN THAT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THESE I HAVE THAT ARE OVER 125 YEARS OLD. THIS BATCH OF SAFETY RAZORS I AM SELLING IS TOO BIG TO DESCRIBE AND MAKE PICTURES OF EVERY SINGLE RAZOR, SO I AM MAKING PICTURES OF SOME OF THE BEST ONES AND PICTURES OF THE PILES OF OTHERS, I DON’T HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE RAZORS I AM SELLING, AND THEY WILL HAVE TO BE PICKED UP, NO SHIPPING, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME AND LOOK AT ALL THE RAZORS AND ADVERTISING ITEMS, I AM SELLING ALL THE SAFETY RAZORS AND RELATED ITEMS THAT I HAVE. JUST TO LIST A FEW, IN STARS I HAVE A CARDBOARD BOX FOR A ROUND TIN AND BLADE BOX, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE OF THESE BEFORE, I HAVE A TIN MADE BY THE HINE AND CO. NY, THIS TIN MAKER WENT OUT OF BUSINESS ABOUT 1879, SO THIS CO. WAS THE FIRST CO. THAT THE KAMPFE BROS. HAD MAKE TINS FOR THEM, I HAVE NEVER SEN ANOTHER ONE OF THESE, I ALSO HAVE A BLADE TIN WITH A PICTURE OF THE LITTLE WOOD HANDLE RAZOR ON THE BACK OF THE TIN, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER ONE OF THESE. ALSO HAVE SEVERAL OF THE ORNANTE HEAD RAZOR WITH THE PATENT DATE ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD, THESE ARE QUITE SCARCE, A CONVEX THAT IS ALSO SCARCE, A STROP TIN THAT IS IN THE BEST CONDITION THAT I’VE EVER SEEN, WITH ORIGINAL FANCY STROP, HAVE THE TRANSITION RAZOR IN A SET WITH THE LONG WEDGE BLADES, THIS IS ANOTHER SCARCE ONE, LOTS OF NICE ROUND TINS WITH A VARIETY OF RAZOR HANDLES, WOOD ETC., HAVE SOME CATALOGS AND POST CARDS SHOWING KAMPFE LAKE IN N.J. WHERE FREDERICK KAMPFE’S MANISON WAS, AND STAR LAKE THAT BELONGED TO RICHARD KAMPFE. THERE IS A SMALL GLASS AND TIN STAR DISPLAY WITH ABOUT 48 BLADE TIN I IT, A GLASS DOME STAR STORE DISPLAY I HAVE A FEW GILLETTES, A SUPER DELUXE DEEP ENGRAVED SET THAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GILLETTE SET I HAVE EVER SEEN, A DOUBLE RING, A FLARE ARISTOCRAT IN IMITATION IVORY CASE AND A FEW OTHERS. A TERRY WEDGE BLADE SAETY RAZOR THAT IS SUPER HARD TO FIND, A GEM SET WITH STERLING SILVER HEAD AND IVORY HANDLE, A NICE A.S.R. WITH GREAT GRAPHICS ON THE BOX, A NICE DISPLAY CASE WITH 25 ASSORTED BLADE TINS AND OTHER ITEMS IN IT, HAVE SAFETY RAZOR SIGNS AND SAFETY RAZOR DISPLAYS, THERE ARE SOME RAZORS IN THE BASEMENT AND SOME MORE ITEMS I DIDN'T MAKE PICTURES OF, THERE’S WAY TOO MUCH TO MENTION, YOU WILL HAVE TO COME AND SEE IT. ANY ITEM OTHER THAN SOMETHING SAFETY RAZOR RELATED THAT SHOWS IN A PICTURE DOESN'T GO WITH THE AUCTION PLEA ASK ALL QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING, AS ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. P> read more

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