Thread: Svenskt stål/Swedish steel

Originally Posted by MichaelS

'South American model' (1957 catalogue, p. 13).

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I have an identical second one but it's stamped '13' (go figure, same grind) and 'E. Montignac Buenos Aires.'

"Casa Montagnac" was a very well renowned shop in Esmeralda st, downtown Buenos Aires (Argentina). They used to have lots of things for hairdressers (from hand tools to electric ones) and a nice sharpening workshop. They ended up closing down a few years ago.

They might have sold some things with their own brand, but they probably made just stropping/polishing compond bars (I still have one around there).

Rgds.

Originally Posted by MT4

"Casa Montagnac" was a very well renowned shop in Esmeralda st, downtown Buenos Aires (Argentina). They used to have lots of things for hairdressers (from hand tools to electric ones) and a nice sharpening workshop. They ended up closing down a few years ago.

They might have sold some things with their own brand, but they probably made just stropping/polishing compond bars (I still have one around there).

Rgds.

Thank you so much! Sad to hear about the closure though.

Originally Posted by Phrank

This one arrived today, a beautiful Mk.32 in Ivory, unlike my other Mk.32 in Tortoise scales, this one appears a different grind and is bigger, I'd say 6/8....has some light pitting on the blade face, but that will be carefully removed when I hand it off to Val at The Gentleman's Den for some TLC.

This Mk.32 will look great beside my Mk.33 also in Ivory.

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Interesting, here's some pics of this one all honed up and ready for a shave tonight.

I have an Mk.33 in ivory, and hadn't noticed, but this Mk.32 has something the Mk.33 doesn't have, and my other Mk.32 in tortoise doesn't have either, was surprised when Val emailed me and asked me about it and to look at the other razors.

If you look closely at the pin area of the tang, there is a very nice brass inlay just around the tang area to protect / reinforce the area. Interesting.....

I have a strong preference for Swedish steel and will start sharing here (I just found this forum).
This is my favorite 7-day rotation, MK*31's in Tortoise. The unique characteristic about these razors is their size. They are all 15mm not the typical 16.5mm.

A similar set is for sale at Kindal's at € 2.600.

Erik Anton Berg Rattler Grind (16mm)

The Radium French/Swedish Full Hollow (17mm)

The next two days

Originally Posted by doc47

The next two days

Three gorgeous razors, I assume the Mk 31's are in tortoise (edit: saw post above, yes)...I managed to find one a couple of years ago.

Any tips on getting the scales that clean and bright?

Originally Posted by Phrank

Three gorgeous razors, I assume the Mk 31's are in tortoise (edit: saw post above, yes)...I managed to find one a couple of years ago.

Any tips on getting the scales that clean and bright?

I had them restored by @karlj a member here. If you asked him, I'm sure he'd be happy to share what he did.