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The archive holds 34 razor makers, from the American safety-razor era and the Sheffield and Solingen schools of straight razors to the French and Swedish cutlers. Each has its own dating logic — a published code table, a maker’s mark, a country mark or the construction of the razor itself — or an honest admission that the number says nothing.

34 makers
AutoStrop / ValetUSA · 1906–1946 · Mixed coverage · 10 modelsBokerGermany · 1760–1984 · Codes only · 2 modelsC.V. HeljestrandSweden · 1874–1918 · Codes only · 1 modelsCaseUSA · 1760–1950 · Codes only · 1 modelsChristyUSA · 1891–1930 · Codes only · 1 modelsDovoGermany · 1760–1950 · Codes only · 1 modelsDurham DuplexUSA · 1908–1970 · Codes only · 1 modelsEver-ReadyUSA · 1904–1953 · Codes only · 4 modelsFontenilleFrance · 1891–1891 · Codes only · 0 modelsFrederick ReynoldsUK · 1760–1950 · Codes only · 1 modelsGemUSA · 1880–1963 · Codes only · 8 modelsGeorge Wostenholm (I*XL)UK · 1760–1991 · Codes only · 1 modelsGillette (US)USA · 1904–1930 · Codes only · 21 modelsGillette ArgentinaArgentina · No serial table · 0 modelsGillette BrazilBrazil · No serial table · 0 modelsGillette CanadaCanada · 1921–1929 · Mixed coverage · 0 modelsGillette EnglandUK · Codes only · 0 modelsHenckelsGermany · 1731–1950 · Codes only · 1 modelsJoseph Rodgers & SonsUK · 1724–1991 · Codes only · 1 modelsLe CoqFrance · 1891–1891 · Codes only · 0 modelsLe GrelotFrance · 1884–1985 · Codes only · 1 modelsMerkurGermany · 1891–1988 · Codes only · 1 modelsPumaGermany · 1760–1983 · Codes only · 1 modelsRobesonUSA · 1760–1991 · Codes only · 1 modelsRolls RazorUK · 1900–1963 · Mixed coverage · 4 modelsSchickUSA · 1926–2001 · Codes only · 15 modelsSegalUSA · Codes only · 0 modelsSoviet (Raketa/Saturn/Ideal)USSR · No serial table · 0 modelsThiers-IssardFrance · 1760–2007 · Codes only · 2 modelsThomas TurnerUK · 1760–1950 · Codes only · 1 modelsWade & ButcherUK · 1760–1950 · Codes only · 8 modelsWardoniaUK · 1929–1935 · Codes only · 2 modelsWilkinson SwordUK · 1898–1952 · Codes only · 3 modelsWusthofGermany · 1760–1950 · Codes only · 1 models
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