Thread: Sanssouci

Howdy

So I found another one to restore.
Hopefully you can share some history on the blade.
I did some googling, but wasn't able to find anything solid.
Also decided to put the progress into a blog of sorts to keep it all in one place.
Hope its OK that I post this here.

https://toespade.wordpress.com/

Excuse the name

I just got my grandfathers old Sanssouci from my aunt for xmas. I love the inlay on the scales.
Dont know anything about them either but mine also has some writing on the blade as well, cant really tell in the pic I posted but its xmas and Im off to enjoy holiday cheer, so maybe tomorrow I'll post better ones
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1580621

Go to the Browser box and type in sanssouci razor. From what I have read so far they were made after WWII and were named after a palace built in Germany for Frederick the Great around 1750.

I had one and can tell you they are great shavers. Also if they have the tortoise shell celluloid scales they will have a good chance of developing cell rot, which is what happened to mine. Here is how I fixed the problem on mine, new acrylic scales with the inlay transferred to new scales.......

Originally Posted by DoughBoy68

Go to the Browser box and type in sanssouci razor. From what I have read so far they were made after WWII and were named after a palace built in Germany for Frederick the Great around 1750.

I had one and can tell you they are great shavers. Also if they have the tortoise shell celluloid scales they will have a good chance of developing cell rot, which is what happened to mine. Here is how I fixed the problem on mine, new acrylic scales with the inlay transferred to new scales.......

I am new to all this and dont really understand the celluloid rot stuff. Will oil preserve the blade while I figure out what to do with the scales on my grandfathers Sanssouci?

Originally Posted by DoughBoy68

Go to the Browser box and type in sanssouci razor.

Using English language search terms for German goods will typically get you nowhere. "Sanssouci +Rasiermesser", however, will. Made by Walter Kesemeyer, Hugo Müller or Hugo Koller. Or others. Cf. http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1035101.

Originally Posted by RobinK

Using English language search terms for German goods will typically get you nowhere. "Sanssouci +Rasiermesser", however, will. Made by Walter Kesemeyer, Hugo Müller or Hugo Koller. Or others. Cf. http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1035101.

Sanssouci is actually French

basically it means no worries
But I get your point.
BTW mine has Loreley on the blade

Originally Posted by AlanQ

Sanssouci is actually French [...] BTW mine has Loreley on the blade

Well, yes, that would be this castle in Potsdam. And this Loreley rock.

Bought a nos a few years ago, hate to say but it was about the worst made razor I have come across.

Originally Posted by AlanQ

I am new to all this and dont really understand the celluloid rot stuff. Will oil preserve the blade while I figure out what to do with the scales on my grandfathers Sanssouci?

No, once it starts nothing can stop it. Heat will exacerbate the breakdown and it will or can eat the entire blade and contaminate any other metal near it.

So heating the scales to straighten may make it worse. Some better photos will make it easier to diagnose, but you have some of the “tells”, showing. Blade discoloration matching the molten pattern of the scales, see the tang, warped scales, spacer larger than the scales where the scales have shrunk.

Some razors are more prone than others and if there is a history… it is just a matter of time. It can weaken the steel and make the razor un-able to hold an edge.

Do save the badges for installation on new scales.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

No, once it starts nothing can stop it. Heat will exacerbate the breakdown and it will or can eat the entire blade and contaminate any other metal near it.

So heating the scales to straighten may make it worse. Some better photos will make it easier to diagnose, but you have some of the “tells”, showing. Blade discoloration matching the molten pattern of the scales, see the tang, warped scales, spacer larger than the scales where the scales have shrunk.

Some razors are more prone than others and if there is a history… it is just a matter of time. It can weaken the steel and make the razor un-able to hold an edge.

Do save the badges for installation on new scales.

Should I remove the scales ASAP?

edit here some closer pics