Thread: Help needed identifying very old 9/8 monster

The advice I'd give a person with a 9/8 razor is that life is worth living.

Yes. The razor was made by Abraham Knyn, Solingen.
The Knyn family was in business since 1683.
Abraham Knyn was born on 2 Jun, 1831.

Originally Posted by monkeypuzzlebeefeater

Its possible he was making long before '22? or its possible Im way off the mark and he has nothing to do with it. I did have a quick look on Google image for Knyn and it does show some of his razors but I couldnt see any with AK logo

Just found this photo.
Not exactly the same but the AK seems to be joined:-
Gebrauchsmesser

Well I think that combined with Manah's input solves that little mystery

Originally Posted by manah

Yes. The razor was made by Abraham Knyn, Solingen.
The Knyn family in business since 1683.
Abraham Knyn was born in 2 Jun, 1831.

Way to Go Manah!!
Thanks for the confirmation to MpB´s guestamation.
I love the SRP resorces available to us members!
Manah maybe one day you could share a photo of your razor library with us....maybe you will need more than a few photos to do it

Here some of them:

Oh my, oh my. I want the razor on the cover of Rasoi e Lame, Barbe e Baffi!

I really don't care how well it shaves. I just want it!

(I may have a thing for really old razors.)

Manah, you are totally on my list of people to visit when I travel the world in search of razors.

Originally Posted by manah

Here some of them:

Thanks so much for sharing this with us Manah.
Will add these to my list :
Would you be able give your opinion as to the age of this razor?
Judging from AK´s birthday circa 1860s perhaps?

Nice razor, wish I had one just like it

Originally Posted by bloodhoundman

Nice razor, wish I had one just like it

I have been wanting to find a BIG razor for a long time.
I didn´t expect to find one here in Spain.
Still waiting for a W&B 9/8.
There is always something on the shopping list right?