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A very special Werner Breidenbach. Made from an old blanket of Carl Friedrich Ern.

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Carl Friedrich Ern was a dazzling figure in the Solingen industrial landscape. He was the one who...

Yeah as said before it is simply amazing and inspiring to watch him at work. The eyes may not be the best anymore from time to time but the fingers do exactly the work like more than 70 years now...

Werner Breidenbach in 2022....
Still producing straight razors!

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Still creating masterpieces of fine handwork:

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Some very nice eye-candy for Christmas

The following razors are a special class of straights.
Ground by Werner Breidenbach.
A special limited edition – produced for the most famous of all...

Sorry for that David!
I personally never had any acquisition problems when it came to beautiful razors.
Only some funds problems sometimes :aargh::
or problems with my wife acceptance maybe :chop:

Some Special Adressos

We talked already that the Sistrum razors were mainly produced for the italian market. Very thin ground and mostly 6/8 – 13/16 inch wide.

The Dreifuss were generally sold...

Well active cooling with water is only done during grinding of edge, hollow and belly with the hollow grinding machine.
The work at spine and angle with the belt grinder don’t need cooling, there...

Someone asked me if the Video from Werner Breidenbach is still available...
Yes it is!
You can see a shortened version on youtube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p63sYVCLVUk

The Video...

As already mentioned in my first post here, smaller razor factories and homeworkers didn’t only fabricate razors under their own brandname but also worked for larger companies and wholesalers....

The Dreifuss Models

Under the name Dreifuss a lot more models have been made than for the Sistrum mark.

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A lot of them have also been produced for the italian market, but also for...

Sistrum Razors

The Paul Drees Sistrum model 1919 has been mainly produced for the italian market. Production years have been between 1950 and 1970.

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The razor is very thin ground.
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This is a thread to honor one of the best craftsman and master of his art that Solingen ever has seen. And - by the way - the oldest still working razor grinder in Solingen.

Werner Breidenbach...