Thread: Craftsman ERN

Originally Posted by ben.mid

It's nice, & should be a great shaver, but is that rust on the jimps? It may be a trick of the light & i hope it is, but if it is rust, you may lose a lot of the gold wash.

It's very hard to tell from the pics. I'm hoping that it is all gold wash. As soon as I get it I'll send it out to Ken. I'm personally not going to try to do ANYTHING to it for fear of loosing too much of the gold wash. I'll let Ken handle this one.

Tod

Lucky Ken!

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Ern was one of the many companies making cutlery in Solingen. Sears used Koeller for the Craftsman 'Sta Sharp series and they are also a fine razor and sought after by collectors and shavers alike. There was at least one other maker who Sears used and I think it was Empire ? I have seen a couple on ebay but didn't end up the high bidder.

I have a Craftsman Ern with a worked spine and a faux tortoise scales. I haven't gotten around to honing it up yet but I am sure it will be a hum dinger. I haven't gotten a bum Craftsman yet and I have a number of the Sta Sharps.

I had your Ern in my watched items but I have other fish to fry and although the spirit was willing the wallet was weak. You got a nice razor and a good price IMO.

Thanks for the info Jimmy Do you know the era of this razor, or when Craftsman was selling straights?

As far as when it was made I don't know. I am under the impression that it was before the Sta Sharps and they are old. Yours is the first I've seen with those translucent scales. I've seen a few of the Craftsman by Ern with the worked spine and tortoise scales. Most of the Craftsman razors I've seen have been the Sta Sharp and that is one reason I think the Ern is older but it could be the other way round.

Around 1900 probably.

Not cheap but a great razor for sure!

Originally Posted by todot62

Can anyone tell me anything about these razors? Who was ERN, about when was this made, were all Craftsman razors made by ERN, or were there different manufacturers, etc.? Any information would be nice, or if you can point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Tod

ERN made a very crummy razor comparable with the likes of Zeepk. I have two and can't get either to shave properly. Just send yours to me for proper disposal. I'll stick it in the dumpster with my ERNs.







Kidding. ERN is my favorite brand, but people are wising up to them, and I'm not getting very good prices anymore so I'm out. I'm off to find another diamond in the rough. ERN was established in the Wald suburbs of Solingen. So whenever Wald merged with Solingen is about when ERN was producing razors. They are relatively new, older than PUMA though. Not sure when they went out of business, but it was probably right before or at WWII. They also had several lines of razors. They produced the Crown & Sword line as well as a simple ERN line. There is also a Husgen & ERN brand.

They make excellent shavers.

Got this in the mail today and it is dead mint! No rust what-so-ever and it looks like it has never been honed. I'll try to get some pics up this weekend.

Tod