Results 1 to 10 of 71
43LikesThread: giesen & forsthoff
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks-
12-28-2010, 06:19 PM #1Senior Member
- Join Date
- Sep 2010
- Location
- baltimore md
- Posts
- 1,066
Thanked: 242
giesen & forsthoff
can anyone tell me does giesen & forsthoff make a reputable straight razor thanks
-
12-28-2010, 06:20 PM #2GUNG-HO FOR GENCOS
- Join Date
- Dec 2009
- Location
- Los Angeles,CA
- Posts
- 903
Thanked: 1390
Yep they are great shavers I have an "Adoration Axe/deluxe" by them and they are very smooth and sharp
Originally Posted by eleblu05
-
06-12-2011, 11:01 AM #3Senior Member
- Join Date
- Jun 2011
- Location
- Gold Coast - Australia
- Posts
- 158
Thanked: 24
Hey Matt is that a new Razor or a Vintage? Originally Posted by thewatermark
Yep they are great shavers I have an "Adoration Axe/deluxe" by them and they are very smooth and sharp
Sam
-
06-12-2011, 01:14 PM #4Master of insanity
- Join Date
- Jul 2009
- Location
- London
- Posts
- 1,663
Thanked: 504
The new ones aren't worth owning in my opinion, and should be avoided. The old ones are great from what I have heard.
ScottGoodman and sigit666 like this.
-
06-12-2011, 02:09 PM #5Senior Member
- Join Date
- Sep 2010
- Location
- baltimore md
- Posts
- 1,066
Thanked: 242
yeah the old one's a very nice i finally got one
IndependenceRazor1 likes this.
-
06-12-2011, 02:32 PM #6Master of insanity
- Join Date
- Jul 2009
- Location
- London
- Posts
- 1,663
Thanked: 504
That's a fine example, the nicest I have seen - love the hammered tang.
-
06-12-2011, 03:12 PM #7Senior Member
- Join Date
- Sep 2010
- Posts
- 2,169
Thanked: 220
My first straight was a Giesen & Forsthoff 6/8 round-tip, and it's served me well. It's held it's edge better than a lot of my other razors, and it's still in my weekly rotation.
IndependenceRazor1 likes this.
-
06-12-2011, 08:50 PM #8Predictably Unpredictiable
- Join Date
- Jan 2010
- Location
- Northern NJ
- Posts
- 3,588
Thanked: 1487
I have one also. Shaves very nicely.
IndependenceRazor1 likes this.“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
Albert Einstein
-
06-12-2011, 09:28 PM #9
The important question here, is the razor modern or vintage?
Giesen & Forsthoff, Solingen (today Giesen&Forsthoff Stahlwarenfabrik Gmbh &Co. KG) was founded in 1920 by Paul Giesen and Eugen Forsthoff. Located 36-38 Baumstrasse, Solingen. It was/is a solid company. And the company is still in business. I don't know about their quality of other products. But I honed some Timor razors, not good blades. And I heard many negative feedbacks about Timor blades.
Possible, another company make blades for G&F. IMO.
Old G&F razors, that I saw, were nice.Alex Ts.
-
06-13-2011, 06:55 AM #10Senior Member
- Join Date
- Aug 2010
- Location
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Posts
- 1,377
Thanked: 275
I also have a vintage G & F "Adoration Ax" -- it's very good.
Charles
Reply With Quote
