Thread: Box of goodies

Today my son in law brought me a box he was given when he cleared an apartment in Antwerp , Belgium. It contained two Solingen razors ( Fischer 107 / Gebruder Becker in a Tuckmar case) - an alum block with holder - a sharpening device for double edge razor blades - a wrapped up honing stone .

The stone (200 x 45 x 20 mm) still carries the original (German) sticker .
I presume it might be a greenish Thuringian ? Not sure though ...
What do you guys think ?

Thanks
Bart

Awesome find. Hard to see the label but it looks like a Thuri to me. I love a Thuringian. Although it may not be my absolute favorite edge it is probably close to if not my absolute favorite to hone on. The feedback with the slurry is so satisfying.

What a great score. I agree with you about the hone. Hopefully Peter will be along soon enough. He knows those hones better than anyone.

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)

It seems Belgian. I looked up Verband Deutscher. Some interesting stuff having nothing to do with hones.
It surely looks like something I want~!

No it is German. Dutch ( and Flemish which is spoken in the upper part of Belgium -where I live -) and German are both Germanic languages so there may be some confusion. The translation of 'Verband Deutscher Hohlschleiferei' should be something like 'Union of German Hollowgrinders'.

I cleaned the Fischer 11/16" razor . Removed the hardened oil using brake cleaner which worked very well . Took it trough a progression of 3M Trizact pads. (1000/3000/6000/8000) They did a wonderful job .Always amazed how good they work.
No sign of use , so maybe factory edge.
Will take the razor to the stones and finish on the VDH.

Pics show before and after

Looks like a Thuringer to me

The razor looks great! I need to check out those 3m pads.

Yes, Language searches often lead me astray. I landed on some verboten political party!

Yeah that really does look good. I love those Trizact pads. I've never used higher than 5k but you can get a literal mirror finish with it.

Finished the second razor today (Gebruder Becker Solingen 6/8) - same progression as the Fischer. Took more care because of the goldwash . Pics before and after.