For Heljestrand fans like myself a neat capsule history of C.V. Heljestrand here. Picked up the link in an ebay auction.
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For Heljestrand fans like myself a neat capsule history of C.V. Heljestrand here. Picked up the link in an ebay auction.
What a great link. We should lift some of this e details for the Wiki.
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Hmm, maybe in the same line of thought as this from the date my twins thread:
My impression has been that the model # reflects the width of the blade. Maybe the style as in square point or round. Whatever the numbers signify they sure made a great razor as did all of the Swedes I have encountered.
Great Link! Lots of information!
Ronnie
Any have any idea what the numbering system correlates to? I'm guessing size, but what sizes? #31, #4, #6, u.s.w....
One recently sold on EBite for $216
C.V. HELJESTRAND - VINTAGE STRAIGHT EDGED RAZOR - eBay (item 120458563929 end time Aug-19-09 15:35:23 PDT)
When I've inquired of sellers the width of a MK 33 the response was 13/16ths. I've never owned one to measure myself.
The MK 6 seems to be 6/8ths + but not quite 13/16ths. I'll know more about the MK 6 next week when my most recent purchase arrives.
Being metric they're not exactly 6/8ths of course, but my Mk32s are all slightly over 6/8 size themselves (about 49-50/64ths). That's interesting that #33's would only be 1/32 larger than that... I may well have seen them and just not recognized them then, thinking they were #32s