Just came across a 7 day set of straight razors, anyone recognize the manufacture?

[Jacob.Fales]

So a friend of my inlaws was cleaning out someone's house (who passed away) and came across this box under their bed. It ended up in my hands and hopefully it will stay that way! :biggrin1:

But I'm having a hard time figuring out the manufacture... The only information that is stamped on it says "TATAM" and I think " 45 CERMYN ST(or I) S. M(maybe)

Google search hasn't come up w/ anything so I figured I would ask here... It just so happens, that I JUST started shaving w/ a Merkur safety razor and badger brush and I've been lurking on your site checking out the reviews and forum. (great site)

So if you have any information, that would be awesome!

Here are some pictures:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5732052642_e53d42a83d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatingzooyork/5732052642/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2082/5731507143_31a129f8fc_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatingzooyork/5731507143/)

Yes the set is missing Wednesday :(
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5732055282_517b6454eb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatingzooyork/5732055282/)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5732055634_72f534b4dd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatingzooyork/5732055634/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/5731510629_e86f8d3b6d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatingzooyork/5731510629/)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5067/5732059600_06c9ec6c9a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skatingzooyork/5732059600/)

[mdunn]

Very nice!

I don't know the manufacturer, but the address will be jermyn st.

That makes me think they may be made by manufacturer X, but branded for a shop (tatam isn't one im familiar with though) on jermyn st.

[California Cajun]

45 Cermyn St isn't on Google maps. More than likely Tatam is the vendor who had razors made by a manufacturer with the vendor's name on it.

There are several addresses of 45 Jermyn St:
45 Jermyn St, Dickson City, Lackawanna, PA 18519
45 Jermyn St, Whitby, Durham Regional Municipality, ON L1N 5K4, Canada
45 Jermyn Dr, Clarks Summit, Lackawanna, PA 18411
45 Jermyn Ln, Taylorsville, Alexander, NC 28681
45 Jermyn Ave, Penticton, Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, BC V2A 5E3, Canada
Jermyn St, Easton, Ionia, MI 48846
Jermyn St, Macomb, MI 48044

[Seraphim]

Ivory?


Nice score !

[mdunn]

45 Cermyn St isn't on Google maps. More than likely Tatam is the vendor who had razors made by a manufacturer with the vendor's name on it.

There are several addresses of 45 Jermyn St:
45 Jermyn St, Dickson City, Lackawanna, PA 18519
45 Jermyn St, Whitby, Durham Regional Municipality, ON L1N 5K4, Canada
45 Jermyn Dr, Clarks Summit, Lackawanna, PA 18411
45 Jermyn Ln, Taylorsville, Alexander, NC 28681
45 Jermyn Ave, Penticton, Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, BC V2A 5E3, Canada
Jermyn St, Easton, Ionia, MI 48846
Jermyn St, Macomb, MI 48044

I suspect it's the jermyn st in london where taylors and floris etc have shops

[Jacob.Fales]

Very nice!

I don't know the manufacturer, but the address will be jermyn st.

That makes me think they may be made by manufacturer X, but branded for a shop (tatam isn't one im familiar with though) on jermyn st.

I wasn't really sure how it worked w/ razor manufactures but that makes sense! Thanks!


45 Cermyn St isn't on Google maps. More than likely Tatam is the vendor who had razors made by a manufacturer with the vendor's name on it.

There are several addresses of 45 Jermyn St:
45 Jermyn St, Dickson City, Lackawanna, PA 18519
45 Jermyn St, Whitby, Durham Regional Municipality, ON L1N 5K4, Canada
45 Jermyn Dr, Clarks Summit, Lackawanna, PA 18411
45 Jermyn Ln, Taylorsville, Alexander, NC 28681
45 Jermyn Ave, Penticton, Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, BC V2A 5E3, Canada
Jermyn St, Easton, Ionia, MI 48846
Jermyn St, Macomb, MI 48044

Very interesting - I guess I will have to do a little more searching! Thanks for the extra information!


Ivory?


Nice score !

Thanks!
I'm somewhat guessing they are ivory; definitely not plastic and every other older razor I came across that looked the same as these were ivory so I'm pretty positive that's what the handle is made of.


I suspect it's the jermyn st in london where taylors and floris etc have shops

Very interesting! :thumbup1: I'm excited to find out more :biggrin1:

[rickboone1]

Probably made somewhere else for the place on Jermyn st.

[Jacob.Fales]

Probably made somewhere else for the place on Jermyn st.

So could it be a shop or retailer named Tatam that was on jermyn st? I'm still surprised that there is no manufacture stamp or logo on any of these...

[mdunn]

So could it be a shop or retailer named Tatam that was on jermyn st? I'm still surprised that there is no manufacture stamp or logo on any of these...

Correct. You sometimes see "made by X expressly for Y" or similar, but often you just get a shop name.