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    Default New Boker razors

    This may be old news, but I was looking at the German Boker website and it looks like they're serious about getting back into straights. They have 3 new razors becoming available this month and July. Here's a link.

    Böker Solingen - Taschenmesser, Fahrtenmesser und Küchenmesser made in Solingen :: Rasiermesser

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    Though I think this is great news, I doubt I'll be able to afford even the least expensive, priced at 99 Euros. Guess I'll continue to shop the classifieds and the bay for original, antique blades.

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    Yes, there are some old brand names popping up again.
    Puma did, Revisor did, too.
    The new stuff is not comparable to the vintage blades though.
    Currently there are only five or six workshops for hollow grounds left.
    So most of these blades come from the same source.

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    Did you notice in their description:

    "A guarantor for the highest quality is the successful "finger nail test". Only the edge of a perfectly ground blade can be visibly bent on your thumbnail and returns immediately to its original shape when released. Cheap blades are too thick to do this, and for that reason they are refered to as "axes" by the experts."

    * Interesting! I've never seen the TNT referred to in this way, ..."can be visibly bent on your thumbnail and return to it's original shape..." then, of course, the comment about cheap blades and axes, etc., etc. Hummmm, I actually prefer some of those axes, i.e., "Wedges", 1/4 Hollow, ...

    These statements in their description seem odd to me - What do you think?

    Steve

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    I think this happens when someone buys, resurrects or inherits an old brand name and pretends to manufacture blades.

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    I hadn't heard about this. It's good news. It's really cool that this method of shaving seems to be continually popular. It really is the best way to do it, and because you can theoretically own just one razor for your whole life, it's certainly the cheapest way to go about it.

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    Since the beginning of the Boker manufacturing plant in 1869, high quality straight razors were produced in Solingen, Germany. At that time, we were already focused on the usage of nothing less than the best in materials, and it was of the utmost importance to maintain the highest production standards available. With that background, the success came quickly, and this gave Boker straight razors an impeccable international reputation. After World War II, the manufacturing of straight razors gradually came to a stop. Today, an original Boker catalog from 1906 is the oldest document in our archives about the razor blade product line of that time. More than 100 years later, a new lineup is being manufactured in Solingen, reviving the old tradition. Through 170 individual production steps, the new and exclusive Boker straight razors are created. A guarantor for the highest quality is the successful "finger nail test". Only the edge of a perfectly ground blade can be visibly bent on your thumbnail and returns immediately to its original shape when released. Cheap blades are too thick to do this, and for that reason they are refered to as "axes" by the experts.
    Here it is. They don't say they are making these razors by themselves.
    Just that they are made in Solingen.
    So you might get the same stuff as from Dovo, Puma, Revisor, Messer-Outlet.de - just for a much different price.
    Jumping on a bandwagon.

    There's a link to a video where the offer for the damascus blade is.
    You must klick on the orange Logo.
    Nice to look at. You also see Mr. Wacker at work.

    Regarding Böker they say that young Mrs Böker found a stash of scales in the basement and that her damaskus comes from the forge of Markus Balbach.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zepplin View Post
    Did you notice in their description:

    "A guarantor for the highest quality is the successful "finger nail test". Only the edge of a perfectly ground blade can be visibly bent on your thumbnail and returns immediately to its original shape when released. Cheap blades are too thick to do this, and for that reason they are refered to as "axes" by the experts."

    * Interesting! I've never seen the TNT referred to in this way, ..."can be visibly bent on your thumbnail and return to it's original shape..." then, of course, the comment about cheap blades and axes, etc., etc. Hummmm, I actually prefer some of those axes, i.e., "Wedges", 1/4 Hollow, ...

    These statements in their description seem odd to me - What do you think?

    Steve
    If that is true, then we are not experts.

    Pure marketing ploy and clearly erroneous.

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    ROTFL! One razor for your whole life! That's rich! Sorry, maybe I'm the only one (not) but there just seems to be something about straights that once it's in your blood, well... I guess I'm preaching to the choir here. Really funny joke though, thanks for the laugh. Regarding the post though, I'm not sure the new stuff is better or even as good as the old stuff. Maybe I'm nuts but my new DOVO Bismark almost seems... warped. It's been a pain to hone and I'm still not sure it's shave ready to my liking. Is that sacrilege to say something bad about DOVO?



    Quote Originally Posted by Blade Wielder View Post
    I hadn't heard about this. It's good news. It's really cool that this method of shaving seems to be continually popular. It really is the best way to do it, and because you can theoretically own just one razor for your whole life, it's certainly the cheapest way to go about it.
    Last edited by straightcrazy; 04-22-2009 at 08:03 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by straightcrazy View Post
    Maybe I'm nuts but my new DOVO Bismark almost seems... warped. It's been a pain to hone and I'm still not sure it's shave ready to my liking. Is that sacrilege to say something bad about DOVO?
    A number of people have complained recently about warped DOVOs. The consensus seems to be to send them back to the seller.

    Back to the original topic, I really like the look of that Edelweiss razor!

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