STAR razors - my unusual ones

[Dave in KY]

@cpool222 Just now seeing this and hoping the razor is the correct one for the case I have coming in......
   
   
   

[GAW9576]

First, I'll apologize for starting a new thread here when it relates quite a bit to my recent thread in the Catch of the Day area.  I felt I needed to do this since it relates as much to the variety of STAR razors as to my post about my Star #5 razor in Catch of the Day.  Confused yet??  I think I am     Secondly I'd like to propose that we have a separate area for STAR razors under the SE category in our table of contents like we do for GEM and ER - I certainly mean no disrespect for our wonderful mods who have created this website... I love it, and thank y'all very much... just feel that the STARs need a home of their own    

So... all that to say that I wanted you guys and gals to see what you think about what I consider to be my more unusual STAR razors and to see which one(s) you think go with the STAR #5 military type pouch that I showed in the Catch of the Day area. So, I'll deal with the first four here (all four of these don't have a top cap) and the next three in the following post.

The razor on the left is very well used, and if anyone has any ideas about cleaning/polishing one this well-used, please let me know... on the head it says "Use Only Star Cru Steel Blades", and on the next picture you see that the back of it says "Kampfe Bros. New York, USA, Pat. Applied for"(unfortunately no date)  .

The two razors in the center are identical.  They say "STAR Safety Razor Corp., Brooklyn, New York... on the back of them it says  "Patented March 24-14, Made in USA.

The razor on the right says "STAR Super Six, Kampfe Bros. NY USA, Pat. 4-14-14" and on the back it is completely blank.
Go down to the next post for the next three as I don't know how many pics I can put per post.

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Now for the second group of my "unusual" STARs :
In the first picture, it appears that the two razors on the left are identical, which they are except for what is printed on the inside of the head as we'll see soon.  The one on the right(the true "lathercatcher") says " STAR SAFETY RAZOR, ASR Corp., NY USA, US Pat. Aug. 23, 1900, US & Eng. Nov. 5, 1901", and on top of the razor head just has the star insignia and the fold-down bar similar to the GEM razors that have the bar.
The two identical razors on the left... inside, you'll see that one says " STAR Super Six, Kampfe Bros. NY USA, Pat. 4-14-14", and the other says "STAR, Kampfe Bros., NY USA, Pat. 4-14-14".

NOW, please indulge me by looking at my thread about the STAR #5 pouch in the Catch of the Day area and see if you agree with my assessment that according to the old pictures that you folks helpfully provided in that thread, it looks like the two razors on the left in these pictures below are the ones that are shown in your pictures of the STAR No. 4 and STAR No. 5 .  These are obviously very similar to one of the razors in the post above with the four razors except it was made without the top cap.  
These razors are much less common than the 1912-types and I've heard it theorized that they may have been models that were produced for a short time between the lather-catchers and the ones we refer to as 1912s (although I think the 1912s weren't marketed until around 1919 from what I've heard".  

Anyway, sorry that these are so lengthy, but I've always found the STAR razors to be particularly interesting and I hope I haven't bored you terribly.  Any thoughts or comments are greatly appreciated.
Cleave

The 2 razors in the middle of the top photos look a lot like my star Test Outfit razor. 

           

[Cleavep222]

First, I'll apologize for starting a new thread here when it relates quite a bit to my recent thread in the Catch of the Day area.  I felt I needed to do this since it relates as much to the variety of STAR razors as to my post about my Star #5 razor in Catch of the Day.  Confused yet??  I think I am     Secondly I'd like to propose that we have a separate area for STAR razors under the SE category in our table of contents like we do for GEM and ER - I certainly mean no disrespect for our wonderful mods who have created this website... I love it, and thank y'all very much... just feel that the STARs need a home of their own    

So... all that to say that I wanted you guys and gals to see what you think about what I consider to be my more unusual STAR razors and to see which one(s) you think go with the STAR #5 military type pouch that I showed in the Catch of the Day area. So, I'll deal with the first four here (all four of these don't have a top cap) and the next three in the following post.

The razor on the left is very well used, and if anyone has any ideas about cleaning/polishing one this well-used, please let me know... on the head it says "Use Only Star Cru Steel Blades", and on the next picture you see that the back of it says "Kampfe Bros. New York, USA, Pat. Applied for"(unfortunately no date)  .

The two razors in the center are identical.  They say "STAR Safety Razor Corp., Brooklyn, New York... on the back of them it says  "Patented March 24-14, Made in USA.

The razor on the right says "STAR Super Six, Kampfe Bros. NY USA, Pat. 4-14-14" and on the back it is completely blank.
Go down to the next post for the next three as I don't know how many pics I can put per post.

---

Now for the second group of my "unusual" STARs :
In the first picture, it appears that the two razors on the left are identical, which they are except for what is printed on the inside of the head as we'll see soon.  The one on the right(the true "lathercatcher") says " STAR SAFETY RAZOR, ASR Corp., NY USA, US Pat. Aug. 23, 1900, US & Eng. Nov. 5, 1901", and on top of the razor head just has the star insignia and the fold-down bar similar to the GEM razors that have the bar.
The two identical razors on the left... inside, you'll see that one says " STAR Super Six, Kampfe Bros. NY USA, Pat. 4-14-14", and the other says "STAR, Kampfe Bros., NY USA, Pat. 4-14-14".

NOW, please indulge me by looking at my thread about the STAR #5 pouch in the Catch of the Day area and see if you agree with my assessment that according to the old pictures that you folks helpfully provided in that thread, it looks like the two razors on the left in these pictures below are the ones that are shown in your pictures of the STAR No. 4 and STAR No. 5 .  These are obviously very similar to one of the razors in the post above with the four razors except it was made without the top cap.  
These razors are much less common than the 1912-types and I've heard it theorized that they may have been models that were produced for a short time between the lather-catchers and the ones we refer to as 1912s (although I think the 1912s weren't marketed until around 1919 from what I've heard".  

Anyway, sorry that these are so lengthy, but I've always found the STAR razors to be particularly interesting and I hope I haven't bored you terribly.  Any thoughts or comments are greatly appreciated.
Cleave

The 2 razors in the middle of the top photos look a lot like my star Test Outfit razor. 

I believe that is the same razor.  Have you been able to find any printed information about that razor or any 
old ads or anything?  Thanks,
Cleave

[Cleavep222]

@cpool222 Just now seeing this and hoping the razor is the correct one for the case I have coming in......

I believe that is the correct one.  Congrats, I haven't been able to find that case yet.  I'll keep looking    
Cleave

[Dave in KY]

@cpool222 Just now seeing this and hoping the razor is the correct one for the case I have coming in......

I believe that is the correct one.  Congrats, I haven't been able to find that case yet.  I'll keep looking    
Cleave

None of the pics showed under the cap and I don't see the spring to hold the blade, so I'm hoping it's under the cap and not broke......

[GAW9576]

The 2 razors in the middle of the top photos look a lot like my star Test Outfit razor. 

I believe that is the same razor.  Have you been able to find any printed information about that razor or any 
old ads or anything?  Thanks,
Cleave

Nope. Just saw the listing and saw that this was a Test outfit. The price was pretty decent so I jumped on it. I don't dig for history much but I do appreciate the effort others put into the razor archeology.

[Dave in KY]

 
Wednesday August 11, 2021
Razor: 1887 Star Lather Catcher
Blade: Gem SS (3)
Brush: Fluffy Industries Copper Edition
Soap: Vintage Williams
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: CHH Tobacco
Fragrance: Paco Rabanne 1,000,000
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1008

Beautiful shave today with the 1887 Star Lather Catcher find Jeff jmudrick gave me the tip on. Was unsure how well it would work with the Modern Gem blade but got a great close shave. Should only improve when I get some wedges honed up. 3 Fluffy Industries shave gear items used today and VERY appreciative of Ken's thoughtful gifts that are revealed in the video. Have a Stupid Fun Day folks !!
   
 

[twhite]

 
Wednesday August 11, 2021
Razor: 1887 Star Lather Catcher
Blade: Gem SS (3)
Brush: Fluffy Industries Copper Edition
Soap: Vintage Williams
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: CHH Tobacco
Fragrance: Paco Rabanne 1,000,000
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1008

Beautiful shave today with the 1887 Star Lather Catcher find Jeff jmudrick gave me the tip on. Was unsure how well it would work with the Modern Gem blade but got a great close shave. Should only improve when I get some wedges honed up. 3 Fluffy Industries shave gear items used today and VERY appreciative of Ken's thoughtful gifts that are revealed in the video. Have a Stupid Fun Day folks !!

 

Dave happy to see that the adapter worked out for you. 
I will posting up my shave tonight with my Star packaged in "The Gem"

[Dave in KY]

 
Wednesday August 11, 2021
Razor: 1887 Star Lather Catcher
Blade: Gem SS (3)
Brush: Fluffy Industries Copper Edition
Soap: Vintage Williams
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: CHH Tobacco
Fragrance: Paco Rabanne 1,000,000
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1008

Beautiful shave today with the 1887 Star Lather Catcher find Jeff jmudrick gave me the tip on. Was unsure how well it would work with the Modern Gem blade but got a great close shave. Should only improve when I get some wedges honed up. 3 Fluffy Industries shave gear items used today and VERY appreciative of Ken's thoughtful gifts that are revealed in the video. Have a Stupid Fun Day folks !!

 

Dave happy to see that the adapter worked out for you. 
I will posting up my shave tonight with my Star packaged in "The Gem"

Looking forward to it Tom!

[twhite]

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Looking forward to it Tom!
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Me too. Honed up a blade and finished it on an Arkansas Stone. The Kampfe blades are really hard steel and they seem to like an Arkansas finish.