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You're in luck Tristan, quarter hollow 4/8 razors are among the most common Eskilstuna razors. Hellberg, Berg, Heljestrand and Neiström made them by the boatload and they can be had for very...

As far as Eskilstuna razors are concerned, I have mostly seen them on J.A. Hellberg razors, but other manufacturers may very well have used them as well.

I used high grit micromesh on mine, finished with newspaper. After a good soak in pure neatsfoot oil, of course.

Tortoise behaves pretty much identical to horn.

Best regards,

Pieter

Don't beat yourself up about that. The brass frame razors (faux framebacks?) are among the more common Swedish razors. Pretty much every Eskilstuna manufacturer I know of made them in what I can only...

'Rare' is a term that gets thrown around too often to my liking when discussing specific razors or manufacturers, and I hesitate to use it myself. Having said that, I am pretty sure I chanced upon a...

Indeed they did, mine came with four blades. According to the reading I could still make out on the original box, for a small fee extra blades could be ordered seperately from the manufacturer.
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Can't believe this thread was dangling somewhere halfway page two, where's the love?!

Just came in the mail today, just polished off some staining, already had a decent bevel so after half an hour...

Three new acquisitions, all still to be honed:

Two restored:

#1 C.W. Dahlgren, 5/8 french point
and
#3 C.V. Heljestrand MK 31...

@Birnando: Saw that one on the Swedish bay a two weeks ago or so. Looks simple and gorgeous.

I have the exact same blade, but with ivory/bone scales. Seller said ivory, so I think I'll stick with that. I bought it (shave ready & criminally cheap) about a month ago, just yesterday noticed the...