Thread: Sanssouci Razor Arrived.. anyone seen these markings before?

Awesome! Now you have two very nice straights. Very nice of the seller.

Originally Posted by ItalianJoe

Awesome! Now you have two very nice straights. Very nice of the seller.

Indeed Joe, indeed. I have to say I'm pretty pleased with the seller and how it all turned out. I'll buy another off him someday just because of how he handled it.

Razor count = 3 Movin on up!

I will repeat what I said on the other Sanssouci thread. Mine is a 13/16 with the white scales, and I love it. Could be my best shaver and worth the price. I'm still not sure of the real story behind these blades, and some other buyers may not be happy, but IMO the blade is top quality.

Great outcome. He must have a sizable number of them to let you keep the first one.

Agreed. It's too bad I can't offer a true review of the shave quality though.. as I have next to no experience to compare it to.

What is the name of this ebay seller? Mr. Magoo?!?!?!?!

Originally Posted by shuredgefan

Could have been an honest mistake, one time an ebay seller sent me some non-fire resistant ACU pants when I'd ordered the FR version and he insisted I keep the cotton ones while he sent the ones I had originally ordered free of charge. Some times ebay is a wonderful place.

There are good sellers on Ebay. I bought a large decal for my car. I botched a small part of it. I wrote the seller asking him if he could remake a small part of it, failing that, the single side.

I was expecting to pay for it. He not only remade the part, he mailed it to me, no charge! He didn't even bother telling me that he had done it for free. I will definitely buy something for my wife's car now.

Hello all, first post here but thought I would add my .02. I bought one of the same razors from the seller which arrived pretty quickly. Mine looked like the one shown in the auction posting. Prior to purchase I exchanged a few messages with the seller. He told me these were re ground blanks from Henckels, dating back to the 70's. He explained they were given to an old razorsmith in exchange for some work he did for them. From what I understood in the messages, this person operates a shop out of his home and this is where the razors came from.

I tend to believe these are German blanks. My razor has the "Sanssouci, Solingen Germany" etched on the back of the tang. It is very faint, but I can see the remnants of lettering which had been stamped, not etched, underneath. Much of the lettering is gone, but I can still make out the letters "rmany," which I can only assume was "Germany."

Either way, I really liked the razor. I ran a few laps on a pasted strop, and it shaved great (granted this was only my 6th straight razor shave......EVER).

Anyway, hope this was useful information, and a big thanks to all who contribute to this forum. It has certainly been a wealth of much needed information!!

His explanation seems very credible to me. The original Ebay listing said they Henckles blanks, then that description was later removed. Thanks for the update.

These are Manfred Stengels razors. His website (manyrazor - Home) has been up and running for years. The Sanssouci Solingens seem relatively new. I have had several dealings with Manfred. He is one of the good guys imo. I have one of his 6/8 Sanssouci Solingens and love how she shaves. I think he has quite a few razors on fleabay. I could not resist a couple more. Went back and got the blue and red scaled ones as well to good a price to pass up.
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