What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

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  1. lottenhem

    lottenhem Well-Known Member

    The same to you! But will you not shave tomorrow?


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    lottenhem, Dec 30, 2020
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  2. esvh

    esvh Well-Known Member

    Yes the dates are 1855, 1866, 1867.



    I also have a pair of Johan Engström (I believe the precursor of ssa eskilstuna). The are store in a big box. I still have to clean and hone them.

    Dates are 1876, 1878, 1881, 1889

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  3. lottenhem

    lottenhem Well-Known Member

    Jernbolaget Eskilstuna
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  4. lottenhem

    lottenhem Well-Known Member

    Those could be really nice razors! Where do you live? It seems that the razors from Eskilstuna Sweden where exported around the globe.


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  5. Karl G

    Karl G Well-Known Member

    Well, that is new information for me - thanks! :thanks:
     
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  6. lottenhem

    lottenhem Well-Known Member

    Here you can find a registration of knife manufacturers in Eskilstuna, all of them didn’t make razors of course. Sadly there is no information about SSA.

    http://eskilstunaknivar.se/register/register-over-knivsmeder/


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  7. lottenhem

    lottenhem Well-Known Member

    I found out right now that Jernbolaget didn’t make razors themselves! They bought in the razors from other manufacturers in Eskilstuna...


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  8. esvh

    esvh Well-Known Member

    I live in the Netherlands. But I got this pair from France. I also have a likewise box with two talisman (peroux-cognet) framebacks. I also have to clean and hone them.

    I didn't do a big study on Engström. Just browsed and spent too much time on the internet.
    I found information here http://www.strazors.com/index.php?id=11&doc=johan_engstrom_eskilstuna_

    On the archive section a lot of nice restored razors can be found with history links to the makers.
     
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  9. lottenhem

    lottenhem Well-Known Member

    Thanks! I will for sure read a lot on this page. Fun that CEJ was mentioned, my mother worked at that Company. And my Grandfather worked at C.V. Heljestrand


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  10. Keithmax

    Keithmax Breeds Pet Rocks

    New Year Eve morning shave: Wishing everyone a healthy 2021 and may prosperity shine upon you in the coming year.

    Herr & Razor

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  11. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    I do love that SMILE! :)
     
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  12. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    Wade & Butcher
    Suds: Declaration Grooming Sellout
    Splash: Fine Platinum
    Finish: Mancera Cedrat Boise

    A little change of pace from the normal W&B chopper... fun shape and shave. :)
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    Enjoy your shave.
    Tom
     
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  13. esvh

    esvh Well-Known Member

    Swedish duo

    Heljestrand mk7 (first pass)

    Matador for the touch up

    Cella shaving soap

    Epsilon scottish spirit as



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  14. Steve56

    Steve56 Hone Hoarder

    Yesterday, Filly 14, cream was the Egyptian Tamara and a splash of SMN lavender finished up. Curious story, I was on Amazon buying some unrelated stuff and saw that they had one Tamara shaving cream left, a 2-pack for $12.99 delivered, and it is supposed to be decent, so why not? TL;DR, it is decent, but maybe not worth the price, Ach Brito Lavanda and La Toja as examples gives you more for about the same. Of course in Egypt it’s about a dollar a tube.

    The packaging was curious. It states that it ‘expires’ 3 years after production, and a stick-on label on the box says that it expires on 04-05-23. Hoever, if you carefully peel this sticker back, the box is stamped 4/20/96, as is the crimp on the tube. But hey, it’s really only 21 years past the expiration date, what could go wrong? Well, not much really. It looked fine, the scent was just generic soap, and not ‘off’ or foul. Consistency was a little stiff, but sometimes the first bit up near the (unsealed) cap can be on many tube creams. And as others have noted, the menthol was not there at all. Performance was excellent. The straight razor has enough slickness and the lather built and held up well. Post shave was what you’d expect from a low end cream, decent but nothing to write home about.

    New Year’s eve, a CVH MK 32, soap was La Toja stick pressed into a tub, and the AS was also La Toja, this one a typical patchouli and powder barbershop scent.

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  15. lottenhem

    lottenhem Well-Known Member

    New Year’s Eve, First pass J. A. Hellberg, second with C. V. Heljestrand No. 24 3/8”
    Wish you all a happy new year!
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  16. lottenhem

    lottenhem Well-Known Member

    Very beautiful CVH! Congratulations


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  17. Steve56

    Steve56 Hone Hoarder

    Thank you sir!
     
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  18. Karl G

    Karl G Well-Known Member

    So long 2020 - I shaved this afternoon so I could enter the New Year with a little less of the year we’re leaving behind :happy093:

    Simply fabulous shave with the Rigarazor - effortless and smooth. Wonderful result :happy036:

    Hot water preparation
    Argan Oil PSO
    Romera Wengue Chubby Manchurian Badger
    Castle Forbes Lavender Shaving Cream
    Rigarazor 8/8
    Castle Forbes Lavender After Shave Balm

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    Happy shaving - Karl
     
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  19. brit

    brit in a box

    now that's a blade..very cool Karl..happy new year..:cool:
     
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  20. Karl G

    Karl G Well-Known Member

    Thanks Gary :thanks:
     
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