Thread: Well, I Did It!

Originally Posted by Stubear

Nice! Hope you enjoy her...!

Building a 7 day set eh? I started out wanting two blades, then I thought I wanted to get a 7 day set together and I'm currently on the way to a 365 day set at the moment...!

Feel the RAD!

Wow! 365 razors. That must be quite a collection. I would love to see an inventory of what you have.

I am up to 25 razors. The new Revisors will be 26 & 27. I have American, English, German, Swedish, and French razors of differing sizes and grinds. I enjoy the variety. Next, I will probably get a new 5/8 Boker King Cutter to complete my 28-day set. After that, I plan to keep it at that level and sell one anytime I want a new one. I like to shave with all my razors and once a month rotation is spread out pretty far for me.

I have built a seven-day set of American and a seven-day set of French. These last purchases are to get new razors and to complete a seven-day set of German. The English and Swedish razors will make the fourth seven-day set. Thus far, I have purchased the following new razors:
Thiers-Issard Le Grelot
Dovo "en vogue 105"
Hart Steel

The only razor to elude me is a good Filarmonica. I am not willing to spend the current market price, so Spain will have to remain an empty spot in my collection for the time being. Of course, the hunt is certainly part of the thrill, isn't it?

I've wondered about Swedish and German. My 2 DOVO "Best Quality" say Swedish Steel on the box, yet they came from Solingen Germany. I have a vintage razor that I believe says CM on the one side of the tang and Made in Sweden on the other side. That is a made in Sweden razor, but the Dovo is is Swedish or German? And I have German razors that use Kayser Ellison Best Sheffield Silver Steel, which came from Sheffield England. *S* Please pass the plate..... I'll have a second helping.

Originally Posted by Gibbs

I've wondered about Swedish and German. My 2 DOVO "Best Quality" say Swedish Steel on the box, yet they came from Solingen Germany. I have a vintage razor that I believe says CM on the one side of the tang and Made in Sweden on the other side. That is a made in Sweden razor, but the Dovo is is Swedish or German? And I have German razors that use Kayser Ellison Best Sheffield Silver Steel, which came from Sheffield England. *S* Please pass the plate..... I'll have a second helping.

I had a discussion about this in another post regarding dubl ducks. The consensus was that the attribution should be where the razor was actually ground and finished. The Dovo would be German. German ground Swedish steel would be German. French ground Sheffield steel would be French. German ground with American name (dubl duck Bresnick) would be German. Apparently, many companies used Swedish and Sheffield steel for some of their razors. Interesting, no?

Then there is another can of worms: Is Sheffield steel (or Swedish steel) from a place or is it a formulation? "Sheffield" is apparently a carefully guarded trademark. Do a search here on SRP to read a lot of discussion. Always a lot to learn.

Happy Shaving!