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The Ern Jr has manfully resisted my every attempt to find its origins. So far, it hasn't turned up in any literature, but the name isn't exactly the most searchable. It actually looks like, by that...

Oops. Major error in my post, I edited it.

And as an interesting footnote to that, the original VC investors (Harry P. Picking and Charles O. Geyer) ponied up the cash for a large number of other companies, into the 1930's. Looks like they...

I'm trolling through treasury department publications (oh, the things I do for fun!) and the picture that emerges is... Complicated.

January 1911, in Mill Supplies Volume One (a brand new trade...

I very strongly suspect that the Ern Junior came about from the process of tooling up the machines to produce the fancier scales on the Zepp. There's really not any other reason for the Ern Junior to...

That sure looks like an unequivocal proof that Ern made the Zepp razors, because that is absolutely the Zepp razor.

I'd bet good money the Zepps were manufactured by Ern, and Ern was a pioneer in fully automated grinding.

Maybe Martin can find the other pictures of the Ern Junior like he did the ad mentioning...

Yep. I've seen it too, and like that ad for this Zepp that says it's made from crucible steel, I can't find it now.

The rivet mine has looks original. I've never seen one like it anywhere else, at least.

I know the Ern originally had a little screw and locking nut too, but I think I've only seen one of those in...

Looks like yours has the same mounting screw instead that Manah's does, instead of the rivet on mine.

I'd bet that suggests the one I got is from earlier in the production.

Have you honed it up...

PICTURES!!!

There may well be a cache of Zepp razors lurking in someone's attic! That'd be cool to find! They made regular straights as well as DEs too.

Ah yes! That's the one!

I knew I'd seen it, but for whatever reason, I couldn't find the same ad again yesterday. Thank you!

I really can't stress enough what an amazing shaver the Zepp is. Not that I tried it with the silly GUARD in place.. SHEESH!

And you'll note... I kind of want a version of it with a fat wedge of a...

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I got both my Zepp and my Ern Junior in their original leather carrying cases. Both needed some fixing, but the Zepp's was...

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Since I first saw pictures of one of these, I've wanted to own one. There's something about the industrial design that appeals...