Thread: Which stainless to buy?

Originally Posted by joemonco

I ended up grabbing a square point Friodur 472 from japannippon: U431 RARE Straight Razor 472 J A Henckels Solingen Germany | eBay. It doesn't come shave-ready, though, but I asked if he could do it for me for extra payment.

Let's hope the Henckels delivers, thanks for helping me out, guys!

I don't think you will be disappointed. And at that price, I don't see you doing any better.

Heh, that's the same razor I bought from him but you got a better price!
Mine was wonderfully honed though. What made me decide on that one was the decorated spine, despite the point which bit me the first time I put it to my face.

You guys! The razor arrived today! It arrived from Japan to Helsinki in just 3 days! (But was sitting in Finnish customs for whole 6 days!)

Here's a picture. More info coming soon in separate thread. Thanks again!

Originally Posted by joemonco

You guys! The razor arrived today! It arrived from Japan to Helsinki in just 3 days! (But was sitting in Finnish customs for whole 6 days!)

Here's a picture. More info coming soon in separate thread. Thanks again!

Same thing happened to mine but was moved along without delay and I got it in four days total. Same wrap with text too. Anyone know what it says?

Originally Posted by Hart

Same thing happened to mine but was moved along without delay and I got it in four days total. Same wrap with text too. Anyone know what it says?

No idea. Having studied Japanese alphabet years ago, I am still unsure if it is actually upside down in our photos, or not...

Hi, do you happen to know what the ## stand for in Henkels? What does #50 stand for? I have 72 1/2 and I love it. Want to buy #50; the price us great, but have no clue what it means, and the pic doesn't say much

Numbers dont necessary mean anything. Sometimes the same numbers have different grinds and widths. But some numbers on certain brands pertain to certain razors.

Originally Posted by ibixon

Hi, do you happen to know what the ## stand for in Henkels? What does #50 stand for? I have 72 1/2 and I love it. Want to buy #50; the price us great, but have no clue what it means, and the pic doesn't say much

72 1/2 is round point and 72 is square point for example. 472 is the same as 72 but has spine work, while 72 should have gold wash.
As you can see from those examples styling has to do with the numbering as all of the above are, IIRC, 13/16 (or 6/8 depending where you measure from)