Thread: Silver and Gold Emperors

After my last foray into a pair of Henckels, http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...henks-box.html, My good razor buddy Darl (Tarkus) informed me he had an identical custom-made box!
Much pleading and promises later, He sent it to me! Thanks, Darl!!
This set in motion a project of two Henckels Emperors, One with silver in the front reliefs, and one in gold, done with Rub-N-Buff from Hobby Lobby. The box had to be modified for two razors with a divider and padding adjusted in thickness to the thickness of the scales. Turned out pretty good, I think. Great shavers, too!




The man who made these boxes of maple is quite the craftsman! Getting to know him, he is the epitome of a gentleman!




The razors are both numbered 81, but one (from Graef and Schmidt) is obviously a round point,11/16+, which I have always seen in these, yet the other(From Duncan and Goodell Co of Worcester, Mass) Is a 6/8+ square point. I had done up the gold round point a few years ago, So here goes on the silver one! The rear scale was broken and I had a 5/8 with a broken front scale in my pile. Mix and match scale time?



Nope! Did not take long to figure out that 5/8 and 6/8 Emperors had different lengths/widths of scales.


Could not sacrifice the detail on the front 6/8 scale to match the 5/8 rear, so on to the Bakelite pile (don't laugh!) and found a donor with proper pin spacing, yet larger.


Proceeded to match up the larger rear scale with the original front one.


I got a good match and pinned the silver one collarless in silver, as they were originally done, after doing the silver RubnBuff on the front and cleaning up the blade a bit.

Then I looked at the gold one, decided to unpin and clean up that blade a bit and repin collarless in brass to match the front. Seems to fit, to me anyway!

Some more pics!



I like the outcome. Hope you guys do as well. Thanks for looking!

Thank you for the detailed photos & a nice box,,,,,,

My Friend,

I really don't know whether to admire you or despise you I'd love to head to your place just to see your 'stash'!

As always Very Nice Work!

Great looking set you have there. Thanks for sharing.

I'm jealous Tom. Beautiful razors!

Thanks for sharing your work on the set of razors. There could not be nicer home for them than that amazing box.

I had heard you had a nice pair....
And now for the parade of Emperor razors on Ebay with insane prices as everybody tries to be as find blades as awesome as Sharptons!

That is a real nice set !

He needs something he just goes out to the storage shed it gets it :<0)


The storage shed ..............

Originally Posted by cudarunner

My Friend,

I really don't know whether to admire you or despise you I'd love to head to your place just to see your 'stash'!

As always Very Nice Work!

Thanks, Man! Lots of hard work!

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Great looking set you have there. Thanks for sharing.

I really appreciate that! Thanks!

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

I'm jealous Tom. Beautiful razors!

Many Thanks! No worrries! I am jealous of your abilities as well!

Originally Posted by Magpie

I had heard you had a nice pair....
And now for the parade of Emperor razors on Ebay with insane prices as everybody tries to be as find blades as awesome as Sharptons!

HA! Anyone Performing perfect grinds could do as well as Henckels did with the 81 grind, Steve! Just giving a few some love!

Originally Posted by lz6

Thanks for sharing your work on the set of razors. There could not be nicer home for them than that amazing box.

Thanks! I could not have done it without a great razor buddy!