Thread: Defining the age of the blade

Hi,
I'd appreciate all the help i could get with determining the age of my razors!

So for starters id like to try with this one: Empor Solingen 46 13/16" - Imgur

Its an Empor solingen made from Kayser Ellison & CO-s best sheffield silver steel and its made in germany!

The second one is Zwillingswerk razor which can be found in the album one this link: http://imgur.com/a/EO4tN

Only thing that razor has written on it is J.A.Henckels Solingen-Germany and on the tail written 70 1/2

Thanks for all the help!

Could not find kayser & Ellison. Did find C. F. Kayser 1879-1922. The Henckel is probably 1900-1969.

Forgot! Pictures would be a big help. I am only going by henckel logo.

baborg,

The Empor is a good razor; I used to own one. The Henckels is a great razor. Without looking up references, I think the Empor dates from the 1920s to the 1950s, about the same dates, give or take a few years, for the Hencels, or maybe a little later.

Originally Posted by Obie

baborg,

The Empor is a good razor; I used to own one. The Henckels is a great razor. Without looking up references, I think the Empor dates from the 1020s to the 1950s, about the same dates, give or take a few years, for the Hencels, or maybe a little later.

930 years is a big range obie

Originally Posted by edhewitt

930 years is a big range obie

Ed,
Thanks for nudging my senior moment. That should be the 1920s. I'll edit my post.

Henckels are great razors. The 70 1/2 date from early to late mid 20th century. Earlier models had the number on the opposite side shank rather than on the monkey tail.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

930 years is a big range obie

That was fricken hilarious!!! Thanks for the laugh at least we know it WASNT between 1950 and 2014.

I will add more pictures tonight! Ill get the full details and post it under the same album and will also say when i have done it!

Ive uploaded more Hi-Res pictures in the album on the folowing link: J.A. Henckels 70 1/2 5/8" - Imgur