Thread: Globusmann Solingen 1960-s - NOS???

I have just honed one of these razors. It came from Thomas extremely well-packed (the box was larger than shoebox and wonderfully well padded), in a simple blue card box like you associate with wrist watches or similar with no makers mark on it. The blade was lightly greased, the pinning nice and firm and the scales - although used on other brands like Herder, Bartmann and Revisor - are well made.

I think that the blades must have been old stock (NOS) and had accumulated some marks or tarnish in storage, because it looks like this particular one has been lightly ground, more on the tang than the blade, and repolished, then fitted in these generic scales. It has a good finish to it. The writing on the face of the tang looks like it has been lightly machine-applied or screen-etched - under a loupe the edges look like the mesh of a fine silkscreen but that could be just the milling marks. The etching on the back looks machine-milled or lasered and is deeper.

The edge was not quite there - bevel not quite formed for most of the length and some remnants of a burr in places, but that was easy to sort out and it has taken a very respectable edge.

Regards,
Neil