A nice 13/16" Sprock

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I saw this and thought it might make a good first or second razor for someone.
Nothing fancy, not outrageously expensive, just needs a bit of a clean and sent to one of our honemeisters.
I'm not affiliated with this vendor in any way, I just think it's a nice blade :)

LINK: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/straight-...item43da59b584

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Sprocks were ground by ERN if I recall so the geometry should be fastidious to an ocd level

Boy that thing is clean. I love very simple razors.

That would be a great razor for anyone no matter how many you got! If I had the money I would snag it up. One of my first was a sprock and it was easy to hone and was very sharp. Sold it because I didn't know any better.

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Originally Posted by kcb5150

Sprocks were ground by ERN if I recall so the geometry should be fastidious to an ocd level

By an Ern, Friedrich Ern & Co. (my highlight):

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Originally Posted by archivingindustry.com/cutlers&toolmakers/razormakers.htm

Friedrich Ern & Co. Solingen-Weyer: Weyerstrasse 196 in 1939. Brand names: 'Commodus' (1911), 'Damokles' (1911), 'Doppeladler', 'Ern & Cie' (1908/9), 'Ern & Co.' (1908), 'Friedrich Ern & Co. Weyer-Solingen' (1924), 'Kobold' (1918), 'Newton' (1910), 'Ost' (1907), 'Sprock' (1895), 'The Sir Isaac Newton' (1911), 'Vim' (1907), 'Weltbrand' (1916).

Not to be confused with:

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Originally Posted by archivingindustry.com/cutlers&toolmakers/razormakers.htm

C. Friedrich Ern. Solingen-Wald: Kanalstrasse 43 in 1939. Brand names: 'America Del Sur' (1913), 'Army and Navy' (1899), 'Ator' (1903), 'A.V. Humboldt' (1920s?), 'Balance Perfecto' (1921), 'Bank' (1917), 'Bar' (1908), 'Barbersone' (1928?), 'Barbers Pet'(1898), 'Barden' (1909), 'Bessimar', 'Borden' (1912), 'Bur' (1910), 'Crown and Sword' (1920), 'Cuba' (1913), 'Electro Taban Magnetic' (1907), 'Enwer' (1908), 'Ern' (1896, 1917 and 1923), 'Ern 1166' (1922), 'Ern A-Z' (1910), 'Ern-Blaauwappen', 'Ernette' (1932?), 'Ern-Goldwappen', 'Ern-Grünwappen', 'Ern Junior' (1913), 'Ernovo', 'Ern-Silberwappen', 'Es-Ex Razor' (1912), 'Farwood' (1914), 'Flaggen' (1913), 'Generale Ameglio' (1913), 'Gong Razor' Extra Hollow Ground' (1912), 'Janissaire' (1914), 'Junk', 'Justrite' (1907), 'Ka Ci Be' (1914), 'King George' (1910), 'Knight Commander of the Bath' (1914), 'Kuroki' (1905), 'Laborista', 'Le Mondain' (1907), 'Lerne, Leiste...' (1921), 'Liliput' (1914), 'Little Dorrit' (1907), 'Master of Arts' (1914), 'Master of Science' (1914), 'Mickiewicz' (1912), 'Moustafa Kemal Pascha' (1923), 'Niazi' (1908), 'Nodzu' (1905), 'Oyama' (1905), 'Palmerston' (1908), 'Peer', 'Persian' (1923), 'Platypus' (1899), 'Primus' (1903), 'Protector' (1897), 'Püt' (1913), 'Raccoon', 'Roosevelt' (1907), 'Roosevelt Razor' (1914), 'Sim-Mart', 'Ski' (1910), 'Strandbad' (1916), 'Suneo', 'The Boss Reg.' (1925), 'The Crown and Sword Razor' (1908), 'The Kid', 'The Michaelin' (1914), 'The Mussel Razor' (1913), 'Turban' (1923), 'Waldern' (1911), 'Waldoo' (1908), 'Wee Macgreggor', 'Zeibek' (1914), 'Zepp.' (1910).

Or any of the other Erns. There were quite a few (August Ern, C.R. Ern Sohn, W.C. Ern & Co, Ern & Wills, Ern & Ern are the ones listed here ).

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I noticed an older post by Neil Miller where he argues that these were made by G. Sprock rather than Friedrich Ern.