H.Eicke & sohne - heartring
Hi everyone.
I'm new to this forum so please bare with me.
I've bought my first straightrazor kit a couple of weeks ago, and it all works fine. First I went home to my parents looking for my dad's old razor, which I knew he had in a drawer somewhere. I couldn't find it, so I bought a knew one, which I don't regret.
Now I found that old razor, dull as a... whatever. It's a H.Eicke & sohne "heartring" from Solingen. I have no doubts that this is a great razor, that's not what my question is about. My question is about a number on the tang, right between the shoulder and the modelname "heartring". On my razor, the number is 149 and I have seen some heartring models where it says 151, 152 etc.
Can anyone tell me about this number? I've tried to use the searchengine on this site, but no luck.