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10-13-2019, 03:22 AM #1Senior Member
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Gieston & Forsthoff Adoration Solingen
Got this in the other day.
It's not as clean in person as it looked in the pictures on eBay but still not too bad really.
It had some rust on the spine and a fairly insignificant amount on the blade.
Dang it! I neglected to take before pictures but you can still kind of see where the pitting is In the after pictures. After looking at the box and the razor itself, I don't think this thing was ever used. I can see no signs of hone wear at all and It looks like the factory edge I guess. The bevel is very, very narrow. The box looks very crisp.
There is some chewing which looks like from silverfish but it appears to have hardly even been handled at all. The scales are not scratched, not even surface scratches. I used Mike's method and went after it with the polish and a scotch brite pad and then the rag with the polish for about half the intermission and one full period of the game which would have been probably about 40 minutes and it looks fabulous. I'll probably hone it up tonight and shave with it tomorrow.Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. PR 27:17
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10-13-2019, 04:00 AM #2Senior Member
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Is it a bellied hollow ground blade?
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10-13-2019, 04:36 AM #3Senior Member
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Yes. It is so thin at the edge it's a little hard to tell but yes it is.
Edit: this appears to be a vintage one. I've had trouble finding anything definitive about dating but my guess is it is at least 40-50 years old. My understanding is that the new ones are Chinese junk with at least a small amount of the work done in Germany which makes it legal to call it made in Solingen. I don't think this is one of those.Last edited by PaulFLUS; 10-13-2019 at 04:52 AM.
Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. PR 27:17
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10-13-2019, 07:11 AM #4Senior Member
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Thank you, I had a hunch it would be a bellied hollow. Yup, it appears to be vintage to me also and they are normally great shavers. Heard the same thing about the modern G&F straight razors but I think that is just guess work on most peoples part. Enjoy your new find.
BobLife is a terminal illness in the end
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10-13-2019, 09:11 AM #5Truth is weirder than any fiction..
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Definitely vintage, that is one sweet grind.
They are a pleasure to shave with, just take your time on the hones. Even with the belly, the edge is so fine it will flex. Less pressure, more strokes.Into this house we're born, into this world we're thrown ~ Jim Morrison
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10-13-2019, 10:06 AM #6Skeptical Member
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Nice find.
ScoutHikerDad and PaulFLUS like this.It's just Sharpening, right?
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