Thread: FS: 4 Razors

Here are four more razors looking for a new home. All are shave ready. I finished on vintage escher, but if the buyer prefers something else I can do that too. And for those who aren't honing yet, I'm certainly happy to rehone the razor in the next few months.

1) Spike - SOLD

• 9/16, wedge, spike point (a tad rounded), jimps on bottom
• blade is clean - a speckle or two.
• green transparent scales (lucite?)
• Union Cutlery, Olean, NY
• Price $45

This is a rather fun razor - very light and maneurable, yet stiff edge.

2) Kropp

• 6/8, full hollow, round point, jimps on top and bottom
• some surface pitting
• black celluloid scales, broken and repaired at butt pin - very stable
• Sheffield, England
• Price $45

Not the best looking razor out there, but it won't break the bank. That's for those who want to try english steel in a larger size.

3) ERN

• 5/8, full hollow, spike point, jimps on bottom, no. 2753
• blade is fairly clean, few stains, etched "Electr. Magn. Gesundheits Stahl // GARANTIE B.&W. T.W. Solingen"
• black celluloid very flexible scales, warped, closing properly is not an issue
• Solingen, Germany
• Price $60

This is a fairly unusual ERN - small and light, mind the spike though. I have been rather ambivalent about listing this one, but here it is, let's see what happens.

4) Heljestrand

• 5/8, full hollow, spike point, jimps on bottom
• one spot of light pitting
• genuine ivory scales with quite of patina (many find this quite desirable), crack at butt pin, doesn't go through - and has been very stable.
• Eskilstuna, Sweden
• Price $75

As many of you know these are some of my favorite razors. This one is listed only because it is a duplicate.

pictures of the helje.

PM Sent, and thanks for the response on another post

how about a bump

Someone better buy that Heljestrand quick, otherwise SWMBO is gonna KILL me

Which model Helje is that, Gugi?

It doesn't have a model number, but I don't really have No.24 to which I think it may be similar. My duplicate of this razor is also numberless.
It looks like it may have started as a spike (meaning squared) point too, but you can see that now the edge curves up a bit at the tip. no wear on the spine though, which is a bit puzzling to me. somehow I don't think the edge came that shaped out of the factory, but whenever there's uneven honewear at the tip, I've seen a rather large hone wear at the spine...

Also, I'm usually trying to get a matte reflection in the blades so that none of the defects are hidden, but on all these pictures I see I got some of the reflector (aluminum foil ) The blade has the normal factory finish, which is as shiny as the grinding marks allow.

In any case I really liked the last shave of this one (from the day I posted it, after a touch up on my escher) - I think it's absolutely worth the asking price, even with the pitting spot and the crack in the ivory. Of course if you think my asking prices are too high, I'll be much obliged if you let me know.

And of course, any razor that I sell comes with full money back guarantee - if you don't like it in person, cosmetically, or the way it shaves, you can send it back and get full refund including the shipping and I'll pay your return shipping too. I should probably start putting it in the listings to make sure people know.

Gugi's prices have always seemed more than fair to me. And I just shaved this morning with a Heljestrand that he honed and couldn't be happier.

a bump


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The Kropp is calling me but I have to resist. I think what I like is the resemblance it bears to my Dovo, also a 6/8th, full-hollow, round-point.