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Necro-thread, I know but I saw this on tradera and was reminded of this thread.

Rakkniv CV Heljestrand Excellens på Tradera.com - Rakning - Samlarsaker

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It's already at...

You lend it to a beginner so that he can put some nicks in it.

Aaaand they're sold!

It's funny that nine of them(+ a bonus razor) sold for just a bit more than half of what they charge at gents.

Neil, I am in full agreement, my money is on that it was a short-lived gimmick that they tried out with this model.

I also got a response from the seller,



Nine razors are marked...

I just found something big, I sent a mesage to the seller asking which were marked 'Excellens', right now I have to go but I'll update when I come home.

RAKKNIVAR C.V. HELJESTRAND ESKILSTUNA på...

It is indeed from Blocket and a shame that the listing was gone.

On the Gents site there's one review from a woman who bought one for her stepson, so from that we can draw the conclusion that...

This thread has been dead for a while but I've managed to find another picture showing the enigmatic "heel notch" on the 'Heljestrand Excellens', the quality in this picture is a lot better than the...

Well, that's all I managed to get from them, sorry if it wasn't enough.

Regards,
Max

It read:



Apparently it's part of the design.

Neal, I've sent an email to Gents so we can hopefully get some more input on this.
I'll update when I get a response.

Regards,
Max

EVL, I think you are right about that.

I managed to find an "MK no 10", it should be pretty much the same design as your razor.
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Neal, I'd've been sceptical too if I were you.
When I first saw the one they sell on Gents a couple years ago I tried to dig up some info on the model but couldn't find anything until last fall when...

I'm sorry for the delay, I needed my beauty sleep.
I'm more sorry that I can't provide any document's but I've seen this model about three or four different times, both nos and used and all of them...

I can't speak for the OP's razor but I know for a fact that the "Heljestrand excellens" razors had intentional notches.

I think the notch could be intentional because the "Heljestrand excellens" has one.
Not sure about the purpose of it.
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