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Sure enough, bakelite. Slight formaldehyde smell when heated up. So that effectively mark the earliest possible production date, right. Just looked it up, bakelite invented 1907. So much for 1892!

Thanks for all the advice and encouragement. I'll give another go this weekend when I can sit down nice and refreshed without interruption.

I believe the scales are Celluloid (owner specifically...

So I shaved with it Monday morning and wasn't pleased. Totally due to my honing trials I'm sure. Had to finish across the grain with a properly sharp razor. I've since read more and will be giving...

Now that is something that I wasn't expecting anyone to say. Would be pretty amazing to see a box that matched up w this razor. Here are the pics! I haven't done anything but polish, not sure if I...

Thanks Sharptonn! Nothing on the spine except some stubbon black marks. I've only used polish so far, but everything looks muuuchhhh better. I'm about to see if I can put a proper edge on it. More to...

Thanks RezDog. When I was looking up Henckels info in general after receiving this this one (and two others also, images below from previous owner), I read several of your responses to other/new...

Received several new razors in the mail recently, haven't cleaned this one up yet, but curious if anyone has seen one like this previously. Previous owner guessed that it might have been a souvenir...