Benz

Restored this Benz Solingen the other day. The scales (white plastic with logo) were bent so i dropped it into these horn scales i made.

Today i did some research (Google) and found that Benz was the engineer behind Mercedes . He tried and failed at a straight razor business ,making 1000 pieces only. Now i'm thinking i should fix up its original scales :hmmm:

I don't know how much of this story is true ,its a nice blade though.. 13/16ths ..Looks much nicer in hand.

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Regardless if the story is true or not. my preference is to try and save the original scales. With the possibility of that story being true that would be doubly so. Good looking blade all the same.

Bob

It's very cool to have a razor with lineage that connects it to Mercedes Benz.
Sounds pretty rare too.

I'd certainly give those original scales a go.

Pete <:-}

I think we'll need to see the evidence that this razor was made by Karl Benz or a company controlled by him. This surfaced on Badger & Blade in 2013 and 2016 but nothing really solid has been produced to prove the case beyond doubt. I'd like it to be true!

beautiful razor! at the very least, hang on the originals and keep them in a place that you or someone someday can put it all together again.

Nice Blade.

This is from a few years ago--

https://sharprazorpalace.com/razors/...ght-razor.html

The person seems to have joined multiple razor forums and other places. I found this pic of the razor--

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I will work on straightening the crooked scale. I'll try to find more info ..See if anyone sets us straight..
Cheers

Just found this:
Anton Benz. Solingen in 1922.// Razor Maker

Made the first car and then made a thousand razors ... Pull the other one :rofl2:

Interesting story - 1000 pieces ... never linked this razor to Merc Benz - this is mine , must be part of a '7 day set' as this one carries the tuesday stampAttachment 314161Attachment 314162 good shaver but nothing special...

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Interesting story - 1000 pieces ... never linked this razor to Merc Benz - this is mine , must be part of a '7 day set' as this one carries the tuesday stamp[ATTACH=CONFIG]314161 good shaver but nothing special...

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Nice. We can start a club ..I'll be the leader :)

Hmm I wonder if they ever made a Porsche razor, I bet it shaves quicker

I think that story may be urban myth. I first saw it on B&B 10 years ago buy a poster that said he heard it from a shop owner in California. I have seen Benz DE's, 7 day sets and pocket knives. I think there was a Solingen cutler A. Benz and then there was Machenbach & Benz. It would be nice to see some confirmation since Karl Benz died in 1929 and was always an locomotive engineer and never lived in Solingen that I am aware of.

I think it was a story made up by "Bullshit Bill from Notting Hill"

We are forever hoping for an interesting provenance .......