German WWII SS Medical Straight

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11-30-2010, 01:04 PM
NoseWarmer

German WWII SS Medical Straight

Well I just hooked this one off of the Bay this morning... $30.00. I had the privledge of looking and feeling one at the Iowa meet...

I was VERY impressed with the weight and feel of the razor... It feels like a tool in the hand.

I know that there is a Thread/Review here on them...

I guess my question is... Was it a good buy? And who want's to hone it for me???

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/a...WIISSRazor.jpg

DESCRIPTION: Offered to you is this original German WW2 antique surgical razor. It was used to shave off excess hair in an area where surgery had to be performed. The blade and the handle were made of stainless steel in order to last through numerous sterilizations. This razor was produced for and used by the German Army during WW2. Never used, in perfect condition. Length: 6" folded. Scarce and highly collectable item in great condition.
11-30-2010, 01:23 PM
hoglahoo

From the picture and your description, your new toy reminds me of the Polish Wapienica razors
11-30-2010, 01:25 PM
Slartibartfast

http://anhalter.blox.pl/resource/bushforgotpoland.jpg

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

From the picture and your description, your new toy reminds me of the Polish Wapienica razors
11-30-2010, 01:43 PM
NoseWarmer

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

From the picture and your description, your new toy reminds me of the Polish Wapienica razors

The eBay store that I bought this one from has several of them listed any where from $40.00-$160.00+/-:

WW2 GERMAN ANTIQUE MEDICAL SURGICAL RAZOR â€“ AESCULAP - eBay (item 290371998340 end time Dec-14-10 08:01:38 PST)

From what I can tell, my razor isn't stamped with anything...
11-30-2010, 01:57 PM
Sailor

That is a nice catch. Does it have any stamps or markings in the tang?
11-30-2010, 11:15 PM
NoseWarmer

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

From the picture and your description, your new toy reminds me of the Polish Wapienica razors

Is that agood thing or a bad thing?

Sailor, I don't know yet...
11-30-2010, 11:58 PM
Scipio

It is a Wapienica. These if I recall were made from Swedish surgical steel, in Poland. Wapienica is a town in Poland. Sometimes they have 'SFK' on the tang, sometimes not. I have both varieties. Excellent shavers. 1/4 hollow.

I remember 2 years ago when I first bought mine from The Invisible Edge, shave ready of course; and was weary of it due to its cheap price. I did some research and read that these were capable of outshaving razors 10 times their price. Now I fully appreciate that price and quality often have no correlation, but back then as a noob I felt fully insured! They certainly can.

I rescaled mine in Dovo bocote scales. Solves the balance problem nicely.
12-01-2010, 09:25 PM
wellboy

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Hi Just picked this one up on ebay france for 10.00 Euros (13.21 US dollars).
This is the original description and a translation by Google.
Les dames et messieurs je suis contente de mon collection ancien être militaire - le rasoir médical. Ce rasoir est fabriqué de médical sont devenus de la première qualité. Ce rasoir est fabriqué pour est militaire - les buts médicaux pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Le rasoir est fabriqué par la société "CHIRON" le Point s'est gardé dans l'état excellent. J'ai acheté ce rasoir sur récemment découvert est militaire-meditsnskom le stock. Le point se trouvait dans spécialement huile. Ce point complétera avec succès votre collection. Examinez attentivement mes photos sur eux moi a montré tous les détails du point.

Ladies and gentlemen I am happy with my old collection to be military - shaver medical. This razor is made of medical became the first quality. The appliance is manufactured for military - medical purposes during the Second World War. The razor is manufactured by the company "CHIRON" Item was kept in excellent condition. I bought this shaver on recently discovered is military-meditsnskom stock. The point was in particular oil. This point successfully complete your collection. Look carefully at my pictures they showed me all the details of the point.
12-02-2010, 05:33 AM
jcsixx

Did anyone else think the OP meant the actual german "SS" not stainless steel? Newb mistake I suppose...
12-02-2010, 06:14 AM
altshaver

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Originally Posted by jcsixx

Did anyone else think the OP meant the actual german "SS" not stainless steel? Newb mistake I suppose...

Ha! I'll admit it. I did. :rofl2:
12-02-2010, 06:39 AM
Radgost

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This is a throat razor for SS units:
12-02-2010, 09:06 AM
Shangas

This is my German stainless steel surgical/hospital razor made by Aesculap:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...aphs/Strop.jpg

Any idea how old it might be? It's a 4/8 hollow-ground and shaves very very well.
12-02-2010, 09:37 PM
manah

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This is a throat razor for SS units:

If I'll write SS on the handle. Is it become SS razor?
I never understood, why somebody write such things on the razor. Name or number ... I was in two armies, and never wrote and never saw such things on the razor or ...on toothbrush.
12-03-2010, 12:00 AM
pz93c

Me neither, Manah,
12-03-2010, 06:05 PM
Sailor

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radgost

This is a throat razor for SS units:

I have to say that i am very sceptic of this being real. Or the razor might have been used by SS, SA or Wehrmacht but i'd like to believe that someone has tuned the scales afterwards.
I've seen some of the old war stuff from Germany and Russia and our own of course and i find it hard to believe that any army would have made such markings on things of everyday use. Maybe something more simple stamp but not SS, Luftwaffe etc.
Of course i might be wrong. My late great uncle served in Wiking Division and the only item i saw marked with SS was a dagger that was carried only on parades, not on everyday service.
12-03-2010, 07:01 PM
jcsixx

The Nazis were crazy propagandists. I don't have any difficulty believing that they would put their logo's and other crap on their blades. Not saying it's real, I just don't think that it is that far out of the realm of possibilities for that regime.
12-17-2010, 08:09 AM
Radgost

For some time I was looking for the razor origin on the photo but probably it is really false just to get money from customers.
I have seen the razor from the Solingen original producer and it had an owner name manually engraved on scales together SS sign and date 1939. That means at least at that time SS troops did not get razors as equipment - if ever.
I have not found any historical notice about shaving utilities for German troops in WWII.

Sorry for confusion.
12-17-2010, 12:15 PM
Whiskers

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoseWarmer

Well I just hooked this one off of the Bay this morning... $30.00. I had the privledge of looking and feeling one at the Iowa meet...

I was VERY impressed with the weight and feel of the razor... It feels like a tool in the hand.

I know that there is a Thread/Review here on them...

I guess my question is... Was it a good buy? And who want's to hone it for me???

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/a...WIISSRazor.jpg

DESCRIPTION: Offered to you is this original German WW2 antique surgical razor. It was used to shave off excess hair in an area where surgery had to be performed. The blade and the handle were made of stainless steel in order to last through numerous sterilizations. This razor was produced for and used by the German Army during WW2. Never used, in perfect condition. Length: 6" folded. Scarce and highly collectable item in great condition.

Looks like an unstamped wapi to me; complete with a french point.
Wapi's are usually a good buy, due to some having warped blades... but the blade steel holds a good edge regardless.
Some examples can be trickier to hone than others, thats all.
I do remember some claims regarding the blade being swiss steel, but dont hold me to that.
Some folks complain about the scales being unbalanced due to the material of construction.
Personally, I never had an issue with the balance.
When these wapi's were abundant, I picked up a few for fun.
They shave very well but they are hardly a collector's item.

Use it in good health.
12-20-2010, 03:38 PM
lz6

Not too far off the subject of the Wapi I have an NOS honed and scaled by
Bill Ellis that is an outstanding shaver and takes a superb edge.
12-20-2010, 07:51 PM
NoseWarmer

It showed up...

Well it showed up this morning with the mail... NICE razor... Now what do I do with it? Hack on myself or send it out? :tameshigiri:
12-21-2010, 04:36 PM
scrapcan

If it were me I would use that Norton that you have on loan and hone that sucker up.

Of course that would be after I had the other hand full of practice razor honed.

You got the first shave out of the way, the hardest one. Now get the hardest razor hone out of the way, the first one is the hardest as you will be so worried about it.

Will it be the Wapi or another???:)
12-21-2010, 10:38 PM
NoseWarmer

Quote:

Originally Posted by scrapcan

If it were me I would use that Norton that you have on loan and hone that sucker up.

Of course that would be after I had the other hand full of practice razor honed.

You got the first shave out of the way, the hardest one. Now get the hardest razor hone out of the way, the first one is the hardest as you will be so worried about it.

Will it be the Wapi or another???:)

Ummmmmmmmm... I don't think I'm up to honing yet... I can't even make my strop work... :rant:
12-24-2010, 02:19 AM
sharpshavefun007

Hello gentlemen, I recently purchased one of theses all stainless razor's. Do any of you have any advice on polishing the scales on a stainless. There are a few scratches I would like to clean up. Thank you!
12-28-2010, 03:31 AM
Grizzley1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radgost

For some time I was looking for the razor origin on the photo but probably it is really false just to get money from customers.
I have seen the razor from the Solingen original producer and it had an owner name manually engraved on scales together SS sign and date 1939. That means at least at that time SS troops did not get razors as equipment - if ever.
I have not found any historical notice about shaving utilities for German troops in WWII.

Sorry for confusion.

At least its a Gotlieb & Hammersfar,one of the best shavers I own,and would never think
of getting rid of or trading for anything else. A new set of scales would not be out of order as I doubt those are really stamped by the ss,and if they were then all the more reason to restore them to something to be proud of,IMHO of course