R.A. Herder – 6/8 – Full Hollow – Solingen

Does anybody know anything about this razor?
I bought it a few days ago and it arrived today.

The only thing I know is that it is a Solingen. But I know nothing regarding the smith (Herder) and the date of manufacture.
Does anybody here own a similar razor? Would you consider it a good shaver?

It is 6/8 full hollow. Engraved in the blade you can see:
“RICH.ABR. HERDER” a “star” and number “85”.

There is a lot of work to do in order to fix it. The edge must be completely renewed. However, it is challenging and I will try to correct it.

Every opinion is welcome.

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Very pretty razor.

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Richard Abraham Herder, another branch of the great Herder family was formed to manufacture cutlery and tools. Was in business sice 1884, registered 19th November 1884, Solingen, Rathausstrasse 20-22.
Since 1885 - R. Herder
Since 1916 - Richard Abr Herder
Since 1936 - Richard Abr Herder AG

Thank you jdto, thank you manah!

It just need a little bit of love and is ready to go.Nice pice,congrats.






RPR.

I cleaned it up the best I could.

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After deep honing, starting from 220 to get away micro chips seen with the loops, today I shave-tested and it was really deep and smooth.
I am very satisfied with this razor.

its very nice! Wish I had one like it

I think it's beautiful! You should be quite proud!

nice razor,shame you have not saved the ertsing on the blade
I have several Herder razors.(friedr and Richard)
are all good razors

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Originally Posted by kalerolf

shame you have not saved the ertsing on the blade

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If the ertsing was completely gone I would be so ashamed that I would not even dare to post it in SRP.
It can be seen when you look it with your eyes!
The pictures that I get with my nokia cell phone are very low quality and that’s why you can’t see the ertsing.

It is so evident in the first pics of the thread because these are the pictures of the seller obtained with much better photograph devices.

Ok thats a lucky. Enyoy this beaty.:)

Here's a bit of info from Maximilian's site:

'Richard Abr. Herder is an old line Solingen firm that has been around since 1727. They made quite a few bayonets, daggers and knives during WWI and WWII and are originally known as a manufacturer of tools and cutlery.'

What I know for sure is that they've manufactured a lot of SS daggers during WWII (came to me as a shock, since Abr. in the name stands for Abraham, and that wasn't one of the most popular surnames in Germany at the time) and a truckload of those daggers are copied right now and sold as originals. Your razor is genuine, that's for sure. And I believe you got if off japanippon on Ebay for a fair price. Congratulations and may it give you a long and pleasant series of shaves!

Thank you very much for these useful information and for your kind words as well.

I bought it on ebay, but from a different seller.

My bad on the seller part. I saw one exactly like yours that went away from him and I assumed it was the same. :)

Enjoy it!

PS. Tell me how does it shave, I'm eyeing a 7 day set form Abr Herder.

I shaved 5 times with it whiskeypete. I am very satisfied. It shaves really well. Smoothly and deep.