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Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on August 6, 2013 at 17:58

My guess on the handle material is a type celluloid. Even some of the higher end knife makers used Celluloid when it first came out. Like today's fiber reinforced handles, there is good quality celluloid and bad quality celluloid.  Afterall, Celluloid by a different name is a phenolic resin!

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on August 6, 2013 at 20:44

I have some Razors to show off this weekend.  I brought home some very cool tang stamps

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Permalink Reply by Michael A Losicco on August 7, 2013 at 8:24

Thanks Jan for posting the swing guard I am hoping that someone will see it and tell me who the maker was! Mike

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Permalink Reply by Sue OldsWidow on August 10, 2013 at 9:55

looks like an end of day pattern, made occasionally by the workers, not a handle marketed?....looks like a linoleum flooring doesn't it ....

Jan Carter said:

Although a good number of us inspected this razor, no one recognized the handle material.  The one thing we all agreed upon is that it does not appear to have been re-handled.  It all appears to be original.  Any ideas?

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Permalink Reply by Clay Strong on October 8, 2013 at 20:54

More on Platts Bros,  from my friend Scott, publisher of Elephant Toenails and Cutlery News Journal.

Platts cutlery history 

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Tony Bose on October 11, 2013 at 18:33

Jan that's fossilized robot puke. Rare handle material.

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on October 11, 2013 at 19:09

LOL

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