Thread: Heljestands 7 days razor!!!!!!

A little shopping In Eskilstuna?

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

A little shopping In Eskilstuna?

Well yes. Nothing fancy. A few hundred Heljestrand and SSA razors, a few dozen pairs of ivory scales. And that's it. Done and dusted. Goodbye NOS from Eskilstuna. Except those 4/8 toothpicks currently flooding the UK market.

Nice set (to the OP) If you're lucky the blades will be shave ready as is. If not, Robin provided necessary info on what you'll be best served by to maintain them.

Impressive Robin. You really scored.

Originally Posted by RobinK

Now you may say, "but where is the strop?" Well, there are two ways to maintain these blades. Using the strop. Or using the Swiss made Allegro Model E with K11 extension. I'm not making this up. The thing has two hones, and a strop, built in. They just don't make stuff that cool any more these days.

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Thank you for jogging my memory, forgot I had one. Rooted around in the pile of junk in the basement and found it. May give it a whirl sometime. Originally bought it because it was a cool looking unique piece of shaving gear that looked well built.

Bob

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Impressive Robin. You really scored.

Thanks, Jimmy. Most of the kit was sold on at cost. For example, five or so of the boxes with Heljestrand wedges went to the moderator of a well known single edge shaving forum for something like €30. A nasty profit could have been made with that stuff, be it would have felt wrong. After all, it was the liquidation of one of Europe's few and finest razor making outfits.

We also got a bit of background information about the actual production process. All I can say is, there are more interesting brands than Heljestrand.

Originally Posted by RobinK

We also got a bit of background information about the actual production process. All I can say is, there are more interesting brands than Heljestrand.

Well I wouldn't know about the manufacturing process, but I do know about what Heljestrands I've had the pure pleasure of owning and using. So far, out of a half dozen, or a bit more, I haven't had one that wasn't 'as good as it gets' where straight razors are concerned.

Gorgeous, never have that type of luck. Congrats

Just a note on the Kindal-Heljestrand connection: in the early 1900's Berte Kindal (widow to Magnus Kindal) bought the Heljestrand operation: La coutellerie Kindal

It does not mention a specific year, though.

And regarding the markings on the blades (razors), apparently they are indeed initials:

Originally Posted by eskilstunaknivar.se/kindahl

Good to know about Kindals stamps:
MK Magnus Kindal
BK Berte Kindal
RC Rickard Kindal

Although I do not know where the person behind the eskilstuna.se website got that information from.

Fantastic buy jemmo. Beautiful, interesting set.

Originally Posted by RobinK

Well yes. Nothing fancy. A few hundred Heljestrand and SSA razors, a few dozen pairs of ivory scales. And that's it. Done and dusted. Goodbye NOS from Eskilstuna. Except those 4/8 toothpicks currently flooding the UK market.

HOLY CRAP.........