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Le Coq razors.

Le Coq is a French safety razor with one hard statement behind it and nothing else. No dating table, no serial range and no code were found; the only fixed point is the country mark, and the country mark is a lower bound rather than a date.

Country
France
Active since
Coverage
1891–1891 · 1 code systems
Dating tier
Codes only
In the archive
0 series · 1 code systems · 0 models
Years documented
1891–1891
no dates established

A French maker without a table

Le Coq belongs to the French safety-razor school, and the sources that were checked carry no stamp table, no code table and no list of model years for it. The one dated statement that survives is the marking requirement of 1891.

Watch out
  • A missing country mark does not prove the razor is pre-1891: the requirement applied to exports, and an item kept in the home market could carry no mark.
  • France on the tang is a place of origin and a lower bound, never a year.
Code systems in this archive
Country mark (lower bound, NOT a year)the requirement applies from 1 March 1891 (Tariff Act of 1890, also known as the McKinley Tariff) · 2 rows · High confidence
Frequently asked
Can a Le Coq razor be dated?

Only to a lower bound. There is no code and no serial table; the country mark France on the razor means it is no earlier than 1 March 1891, and nothing in the sources narrows it further.

Compiled from 50 published sources — the source library.