Thread: JGESS - J. G. Escher Sohn, Sonneberg?

J. G. Escher Sohn, Sonneberg?

Can't find anything with that label...
Glue marks on smaller side.
12.5cm * 2.5cm * 1.5cm

Wet:

"J. G. Escher Sohn, Sonneberg?"


Probably, “Escher” used quite a lot of labels and under the JGES branding used JGEscher and Sons, JGEscher Sonnenberg and JGES Sonnenberg labels. The variety of English labels is probable well over 100, if you add in German and other branding, probably over 200.

They also use JGES’ labels in a variety of colors, though not as common as the light blue labels. I have not seen the JGESS label though.

If you have glue marks or a stamp remnant on the end, it is probably an Escher stone. I have a dark blue with just a corner of a Blue end label with the distinctive boarder and glue, it is most probably an Escher. I don’t intend on selling it, so it does not matter. The problem with labels, is that so many of the labels and boxes did not survive.

There are molted black and green striped Escher stones that JEGS produced, late in production, that many Escher officianatos highly prize for razors. Yours looks very similar to those stones and may explain why your Blue label is uncommon, it was late production and not many were made.

Escher production ceased after WWII for a number of reasons, the least of which was synthetic production and the almost overnight move of the shaving public from Straight Razors to Double Edge or replaceable blade razors. Demand ceased almost overnight, production most probably ceased during the war, and did not restart.

Here is a nice link, by Hatzinco, (JG ESCHER) to the stones and labels, also a list of how they were marketed under the Escher and JGES brands, from the (Razor Loves Stone website).
Lots of good links on both sites, the RLS site has links to honing with Escher’s.

Jep, looks like one of the late Escher stones. I have posted some infos a while ago here:
https://sharprazorpalace.com/hones/1...er-stones.html
Regards Peter