Hey gaf, this thread reminded me of something : my great grandfather was a barber. He had a hairdresser salon before and after world war 2 in normandy, France. I think we have some pictures of him and my grandmother in front of the salon when it was destroyed by the US bombing normandy during june 1944. It was rebuilt after, and he worked there all his life.
Anyway I thought I could find some razors while going to my grandmother house. She passed away last july and almost all her appartment stayed as it was. I searched and found a lot of cool things like very old photos from the twenties, birth certificates from the XIX century. And I found one single razor.
It's a handmade french razor made in the center of France, a place well knowed for their blacksmiths. It's a model "Le Merle Blanc" (the white blackbird). The adress on the box is no longer used, it's a bakery now. I have no idea when it was done as there is no date on the box.
It's probably not one of the razors my great grandfather used. He was also selling razors in the salon, and I found a very old label on the razor indicating it was probably one he was selling.
When I asked my aunt about razors used back in the day, she told me everything was probably trashed more than 20 years ago when my grandfather and grandmother emptied the house of my great grandfather and mother after their death. There was a full box of razors, cisors, manual hair clipper, and it was trashed because well... It was the late eighties and all this had no value at all (and still has no value).
More photos :
http://imgur.com/a/jIcxY
End of the story. ^^
