Thread: Box of goodies

You did well cleaning up the razors. Nice blades and great work.

Great find. Nice work on the razors

Trizact pads The restoration rabbit hole just got a bit deeper

Well I find them very easy to use (can be used with water or dry -I always finish dry-), and they last a very long time .That 8000 may be overkill though , 6000 is quite sufficient to finish. They are supposed to be attached to a rotating tool but I only use them by hand. I simply fold them around the blade + back and forward motion. They do work great on scales too...

What is the difference between Trizact and Micromesh?

Well I really can't tell you Dave. I think they are pretty much the same... Haven't used Micromesh yet , but all I find is that Micromesh is manufactured by Micro-Surface Inc and Trizact are made by 3M . Maybe Coke/Pepsi kinda thing ?

How did you clean it so well in between the etching?

Most of the hardened muck was easily removed by applying brake cleaner . Etching was cleaned by using Q-tips dipped in 3M Finesse and gently rubbed. Applied Innotec for final polishing.I guess the oil did a good job protecting the razor in the first place. Looked worse than it actually was.

Originally Posted by bartds

Thank you all , yes I hope Hatzicho will shed some light on this. Pity I don't have the rubbing stone (on the sticker it states there is a rubbing stone included) . Strange thing is that no manufacturer is mentioned on the sticker. Only VDH (Verband Deutscher Hochschleiferei)

Hi Bart,
very intersting find. Nice razors and the stone is a thuringian for sure. The interesting thing is indeed, that the distributor mentioned on the label is not a manufacutrer, nor a salescompany and no whetstone maker.
The Verband Deutscher Hohlschleifereibesitzer was an association of hollow grinders, mainly those who were located in Eastern Germany, so not Solingen Grinders.

Following is an extract of the grinders journal "Knife and Scissor" from 1930, with the management members of that time.



The registered office of that association was Berlin. Don't know exactly when they have been founded, they may have been emerged of the "Verein der deutschen Hohlschleifereibesitzer Berlin", which already existed before 1910. So I think your stone would have been sold somewhere 1930 +/- 10 years.
I didn't know that this associaton sold any sharpening stones or toools though. It surely will be of good quality if they recommended and sold that stone.

Regards Peter

Edit: Just looked again on the label and saw the expression: Verbandszeichen ges. geschützt
So that would mean afaik that the label was printed probably after 1936. In 1936 there was a new law in Germany so-called "Warenzeichengesetz" which allowed to protect brands, trademarks etc. by law and to add the characters "ges. geschützt" - protected by law - on the labels.

Thank you Peter , your knowledge about honing stones is incredible and your comments are always super high valued... Thanks again !!!