Thread: C.W. Dahlgren dropped through the door

Nice little C.W. Dahlgren came through the post this morning, my first frame back.

Rescaled and honed by the seller, still yet to take it for a test run though. It is a little thinner at the tang than my others (about half the width, third pic shows this) and that straight monkey tail might make for a bit of an interesting shave.

just need my whiskers to grow faster!

Cris,
I hope that the little frameback gets your heart and becomes a favorite.

I have one just like that and I simply love it.
Congratulations

I can see it coming quite a regular in my rotation, just had a test shave, completely different to what I'm used to since there's a distinct lack of weight. But 'tis a beautiful shaver.

Easily one of the best £12 I've spent in a long time

Ah, that's a doozey!
I have a secret little thing with framebacks.
They seem to be the best of both worlds really, singing hollow and a wedgy razor at the same time.
Love 'em.

That's a beauty!!!!!! Nice score.............

I had one like that I sold to a friend as he has wanted a dahlgren for awhile. The steel is GREAT on those.

Originally Posted by kcb5150

The steel is GREAT on those.

That's what I like to hear, never heard of Dahlgren before just took a punt with it being Swedish, by the sound of things I'm pleased I did

Originally Posted by kcb5150

I had one like that I sold to a friend as he has wanted a dahlgren for awhile. The steel is GREAT on those.

Just for awhile? Did he not want it anymore after that? I would get it back if he still has it!

Here you have some historic info about C W Dahlgren, hopefully you can get something out of Google translate
Grundades: Carl Walfrid Dahlgren (1848 – 1922) började redan som sjuåring att arbeta i faderns, Gustaf Wilhelm Dahlgrens, smedja och vid faderns död 1870 tog C W helt över verksamheten i sitt eget namn. 1870 började Dahlgren produktion i Granbergs gård på Kriebsensgatan, men efter några år köpte han tillsammans med sin bror ytterligare en gård på Bruksgatan 6.

Sedan utökades verksamheten och under åren 1906 – 1915 bedrevs verksamheten i en

stor fabriksbyggnad, som sträckte sig från Kungsgatan till Rademachergatan .

Anställda: 160 st (1895).

Originally Posted by engine46

Just for awhile? Did he not want it anymore after that? I would get it back if he still has it!

I think you'd have to wrestle him for it. As cool as it was, I have hands like frying pans and the tang wasn't working for me. Seriously, the steel on those is really great stuff. You can keep pushing it and pushing it and it doesn't chip or fight back at all. Plus the bevel is crazy small and neat. Just total quality. Given what Dahlgrens generally go for, I'd consider them one of the greatest deals going if you can deal with the thinness of a lot of them.