Thread: New Razors!!!

My Nordic beauties have arrived.

A J A Hellberg in celluloid (plastic??) scales, a Frameback Hellberg and a Jernbolaget.

The Hellberg in celluloid scales is a nice little 9/16, shoulderless, with a Spanish toe; bottom jimps. It has a smile. This is going to be a razor where one uses the belly of the razor; not the heel at all. The scales are in excellent condition; I gave them a little scrub with some toothpaste, and it's all the care it needs right now. I'll tell you how it goes shaving tomorrow on the SOTD thread.
The Hellberg Frameback is very interesting, pretty much a 6/8. It's in better shape than I hoped, I think. That's going to polish up really nicely. The frame seems to be brass, possibly. I'm going to polish it with wet and dry and see if it IS brass below the plating. If it is, it'll look really cool with the frame taken all the way back to the brass. I've seen some framebacks like this and they look cool. The scales on that one are really nice; maybe horn? They're in really nice condition. I think this one will polish up really nicely without needed to be unpinned (I've not unpinned a razor yet). It's got a stumpy little tail, which suggests to me some age? I note it has no country of manufacture, so based on my limited knowledge could be before 1891 (Madrid Agreement)??? I think maybe this razor will give my Klas Törnblom a run for its money. This is going to be a really interesting razor to use, the little stumpy tail makes it feel a little odd in my hand, one could easily loose control of this razor.

The Jernbolaget is VERY interesting too; 13/16 I'd say. Bit of a French sounding name, but I know it's Swedish?? I'm going to dispense with my 'Save the Patina' campaign on this one, for sure. In fact, if ANY of my razors needed to be unpinned this one does. But those scales certainly do look original, and I've not seen scales like that, and I don't want to wreck them. I reckon maybe I could punch out the pin with a nail? Has anyone any idea what those scales are? I WAS thinking wood, but now I'm thinking some sort of 'fiberboard'. I hope they're not asbestos; you never know. I'm not sure what to do with this one. The scales are interesting but very plain. It really needs unpinning to get to the rust in the pivot. Maybe this is the first of my buys that I send out for a full restore? Then again this would also look good in some nice vintage blue celluloid or plastic scales from the Revisor site...

That now makes seven razors for me. The Hellberg with cream scales goes into rotation tomorrow, but thereafter reserved for Sunday. The other two will see some polishing and honing first. I've got a nice new three razor case from Classic Shaving waiting to accommodate my Framebacks (I've also got a Klas Törnblom).

Any info on the razors would be greatly appreciated, esop the date of the Hellberg with black scales...