Thread: Just back from Hungary and a visit with Master Flaschner

Hello All,

I am new to this forum and a newbie with straight razor shaving. I know Carazor very well and he is the one who turned me onto straight razor shaving. I love it.

I was in Hungary on business for the last 12 days and found a wonderful razor shop just right down the street from my hotel in Budapest. I was looking for any European straight razor and I got two beauties on the first day not knowing what they were.

I contacted Carazor and he told me he contact a member here who told him the only shop in town was Kalvin Flaschner's aand he was the finest razor maker in Hungary and Eastern Europe, and I should go there. I map quested it and was shocked to see it was very close to my hotel as well.

I was even more shocked when I went to the address and it was the same shop I had been at the day before! But this time Master Flaschner was there as well!

We went over everything and he showed me a giant straight razor, made in 1850 that was decoration purposes and was perfect in every regard right down to the edge )

I picked up one for Cazor( he posted the pics) and got a beauty with Master Flaschners family tree on it that was extremely rare. He showed me a poster of his family tree that was the same as on the razor. I'm not sure what the scales are made of but he seemed to suggest it was bone or tusk. Sorry ,I am a total newbie at this and I was out of my gourd happy just to find the place.

I was in razor heaven and coudn't stop myself from going back again the next day and picking up the oldest razor he had for sale which he said was over 100 years old and in the first production out for his family's blade. He doesn't speak English and I don't speak Hungarian and his shop manager spoke a bit so we pieced things out.

I finished up with another Flaschner 5/8" with beautiful wooden scales that was very clean.

here's the pics:[/IMG]

my first two buys


close up


a big surprise




the makers mark


More pics in the next post

he loved this blade


me too


my vintage vintage flaschner bladevwith his family tree on it

So that store is in Budapest ???

Great pics !!

So that store is in Budapest ???

Great pics !![/QUOTE]

thanks

it's here:

Pretty cool. What's the 'Dovo Antique' on the last picture of post #3?

Originally Posted by gugi

Pretty cool. What's the 'Dovo Antique' on the last picture of post #3?

thanks, that's for the 7th pic up from the bottom. It's a 100 year old first production Dovo in the original box

I walked right past that store about 10 months ago. I didn't go in though, cuz I had a train to catch and I knew if I went in I'd miss the train.

Originally Posted by 96firephoenix

I walked right past that store about 10 months ago. I didn't go in though, cuz I had a train to catch and I knew if I went in I'd miss the train.

I was in there the first day and had no idea what it actually was.

RogueRazor was kind enough to bring me back this incredible razor, which may be one of my smoothest shavers now.....I posted the pics earlier, but I like it so much I'm posting them again! You may see it on the SOTD soon!