T-I Jacob Holtzer melt of steel

[Fillifan]

I have a 1950s 6/8 half hollow grind T-I though not so marked, I got in Paris at a cutlery shop years ago.The guy who sold it to me said it was from a batch of steel cast by Jacob Holtzer of Chatellerault, a very famous steel worker, d 1900. I notice in a current T-I catalogue that one of their premier razors is supposed to be made of this same melt of steel. Anyone ever run onto such a thing before? This is a nicely made razor with a file worked spine and jimping, no markings at all. I have seen older identical razors with T-I markings. I thought maybe with the barber's nose it was intended to be sold to a barber supply shop and etched with their name.

 

[DrStrange]

I have a razor with Holtzer on the tang stamp.
The blade face has a very faded Double Evide Sonant
label identical to the ones on the Le Grelot 363.
The ends of the scales resemble TI scales with the tips ground flat.

P. Hospital & Co. anyone know anything about them?

How will this one shave? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Collectible-straight-razor-le-Grelot-Thiers-196-5-8-France-/184018462028?_ul=RU This is one of their iconic model. Back in the days when I restored LeGrelot to resale, this was the most sought after model. If I remember it is 1/4 hollow and...

www.badgerandblade.com

 

[Fillifan]

That sounds like it I think Holtzer was a sort of buzz word for fine steel in the early 1900s. I have seen several T-I identical to mine but with stampings. Is your razor fancily file worked on the spine? They seem to be an up-market sort of tool.

 

[DrStrange]

The spine is a little bit worked fancy.

https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/attachments/s-l1600-5-jpg.1066353/

 

[Fillifan]

That is the guy, but no markings of any kind and the scales have the typical T-I angles at each end.

 

[DrStrange]

That is the guy, but no markings of any kind and the scales have the typical T-I angles at each end.

This is the other side:

https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/attachments/s-l1600-6-jpg.1066352/

 

[Fillifan]

Wow, fascinating. That's my razor minus the marking Thanks much. So my Paris guy was a straight shooter

 

[Fillifan]

Here is a picture

 

[Fillifan]

Oops. Here is a picture. The first one did not go.