Thread: My Prague score - Wusthof 4/8

While visiting Prague, I decided to pop into one antique shop and after looking at a few over honed straights, the guy pulled out a little black box... which read Ed. Wusthof - Solingen. I really liked the inset trident in the scales, so we made a deal... I offered him 400 krowns (about $20).

There are a few rust spots, and needs to be touched up with some polish, but it seems like it has never been honed past the factory. It says 42 4/8 Paris on one side of the tang, with just the trident on the other. I generally like bigger blades, but I figured I would give a 4/8 a shot.

It seems like smaller blades dominated in Central Europe, because that is the majority that I find here.

I am looking forward to getting it honed and trying it out when I get back to Canada. What do you guys think? Not a bad find?

Good looking razor, congratulations! You will find out why wusthof is one of my favorite razors when you get it honed up.

Heh, I used to live in Prague!

I think you got a pretty good deal, considering you bought it in one of the tourist traps. Looking forward hearing how it shaves!

great condition in deed, congrats.

Thanks guys! Am excited to get this thing polished and shave ready. It's my first antique store find, and will a be a great souvenir from this trip.

Hey Olbez... It was bought not far from the Staropramen brewery and Andel shopping center... It might bring back some memories of Prague. I was born in Prague, but lived here only a short time when I was a kid. What a beautiful city. I love coming here.

Also, I found that a company with a long tradition of knife making, named Mikov, that also made surgical SRs much like the Wapienica, so am hoping to get my hands on one. I want an SR made in the same country as me...