Bresnick "Original SUPREJ"

Picked this one up for a real steal IMO. Almost no hone wear. Maybe one honing. Bresnick Original SUPREJ. That is exactly what the tang says, on one side C.S. Bresnick, Solingen-Germany, and on the other Original (in cursive) SUPREJ (in block capitals). Anyone know anything? The tang is hammered, and I think blued, because there's no way it tarnished that much without the blade tarnishing. HOWEVER... the top of the tang is not blued at all so it makes me wonder... Votes on clean it off or leave it?
Once again, sorry but the only camera I have in the house is my laptop webcam, and scanning doesn't workout so well.

The pins SEEM original, but the wedge seems to protrude. I don't know if this was quality control, a poor repin, or intentional (it seems uniformly too large...)

I vote
Leave it!

Yeah, what he said.

I like the blueing...kindof like my Red Imp.

Mac

That's what I was thinking. But the top isn't blued so its kinda outta whack. Oh well. I really like this one- it was one that I set a high max for but no one else bid. So i got lucky.

The top of the tang isnt blued on the Red Imp either...probably normal.

Mac

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Originally Posted by McWolf1969

I like the blueing...kindof like my Red Imp.

Mac

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I love all tang stuff... bluing, gold, hammering, titanium, but in some cases I'd rather it be uniform. Goldwash is the exception, but bad bluing I will take off. This is not BAD bluing, just a little weird so I asked for opinions. The scales are warped loose and a bad wedge so.... I think I may want to rescale it. But because this is the oldest cousin/version/make of the Dubl Duck series I kinda wanna find a way to keep everything, including pins, original.

Great find!, chances are the wedge isn't poor quality or a repin if the wedge protudes uniformly the scales have most likely shrunk. Also I agree with the rest of the replies. I vote to leave the bluing alone.

I've got a Bresnick Twin Duck "Hand Forged" with a blued and hammered tang and the spine is not blued. Nice piece you have there. Should make an outstanding shaver once honed up.

So the bluing is definitely staying. Now... original scale fix up or rescale I have to decide. I'll try and get better pics of the situation. I'm really hoping that it will be an outstanding shaver. She'll take my hones' virginity. And at $10 I can't believe no one else bid...

What hones ya got? Inquiring HAD's want to know. :)

Mac

lol. Naniwa SS 1k 3k 5k on the way from SRD. Then I have a couple of Swaty 3-lines, which I can't justify and will probably sell one, I have a vintage Thury 5x1, and a J-nat (Nakayama) 10x2.5. Oh. And a Norton combo stone, I believe its grit ratings are 10 and 20. Yeah, my lawn mower blades are shave ready lol.

Yeah! The beginnings of a very nice collection. :medvl:

Mac

In order to prepare for this post, get a mental picture of Gollum from LOTR. Now imagine me with this razor. I looked it over more and there's only a touch of water staining. The bevel seems to have some tarnish, but *crossing fingers* it should hone out based on what happened with my french razor. It's not pitting. The bluing is a little dirty though, and for obvious reasons I can't maas it. Will water and soap be okay?

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Originally Posted by khaos

Will water and soap be okay?

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Yep. That's the best way to start. An old tooth brush would help. Go gently.

My guess is the wedge is just loose and you can move it back into position, but thats just a guess.

Bresnick made so many models of razors new ones keep popping up. each time I think I know them all another comes up like yours.

I also have blued razors with only the neck and tang blued, the entire blade just bare metal.

Does the say Germany or Solingen or have an marks on it like a rooster maybe?

Sorry I can't photo it properly. Laptop webcam doesn't have a focus change thing and the hammered/blued tang doesn't help. Display side (side that would say Special #1 or Goldedge etc) reads:
Original (in cursive, only C is capitalized)
SUPREJ (Block capitals, spelled exactly that way)

Obverse side (side that would say pearlduck with the arch) reads:
BRESNICK
SOLINGEN-GERMANY
(both lines all caps, hyphen is included on the razor)

Leave the remaining blueing. Maybe it rubbed of the spine? Nice catch. :tu