Thread: Friedr. Herder Abr. Sohn

Originally Posted by Chinaski

Yes mainaman, like Filarmonica razors. May be company exported too much back in days. Another question came to my mind, does soaking the blade only in 1:16 diluted barbicide for 10 minutes cause any harm or discolor(blueing/darkening etc)?

Nothing will happen to the blade with a barbicide soak.

Thank you for your help guys, really appreciate it.

Got 3 Herders a 2 and 2 with no number I a round point full hollow, 1 spanish point hollow and 1 spanish point wedge
all 7/8 and they shave great escellent razors. Among my favorite to use.

You have good taste! I recently acquired an inox one myself, only from Sweden. I am certain the seller is disposing of a pile from Japan, however. As-mentioned, I am confident these were made for Japan in the 60's or so.
Mine is truly brand-new. As with most old-stock and unused quality razors, I simply stropped it well, right out of the box, just to see.
Super shave!

Kamp and sharptonn thank you very much guys. After reading these comments I can't wait to hone it this evening.

Congratulations on a great find!
Enjoy the shaving!

Pete <:-}

Originally Posted by Chinaski

Yes mainaman, like Filarmonica razors. May be company exported too much back in days. Another question came to my mind, does soaking the blade only in 1:16 diluted barbicide for 10 minutes cause any harm or discolor(blueing/darkening etc)?

No

i have not had any problems but have always followed the bottle instructions.

Just remember the stuff is only good for one day.

Last night I had cleaned it with dish soap and soft brush under really hot water, then let it soaked in diluted barbicide for 10 mins and rinsed it under hot water again. It is very clean and shiny now. I had set the bevel with my Naniwa 1k and moved to Naniwa 3k to ensure I hit max keenness and after that I moved to my La Grise Coticule with dilucot method. Somehow I didn't want to finish on my Naniwa 12k. The steel is very hard, I mean, get rid of a really small micro chip that I saw under 60x magnifier and setting the bevel took more than 1 hour on a synthetic 1k. Also my coticule is a slow one, it was a challenge to hone a inox steel on my coticule 2x laps on every dilution. Lastly, I stropped 90/120 on Canvas/Leather (After coticule honing I strop heavily). But I assure you it worth all the efforts, this morning shave was one of the best I have ever had, no doubt. Very very close, unbelievably smooth. Thanks for all the comments, good wishes and helps fellas.

Congrats to a great razor. The Friedrich Herder razors are indeed among the best that the Solingen companies produced. And Herder was one of oldest and a very traditional Solingen steelware company.

The company was founded 1727 by Peter Herder. Friedrich Herder joined the company 1839 and was their head from 1841 on. He died 1887 and Gustav Weyersberg took over the direction of the company.
To develop the south American and Asian markets the company founded a branch office in Buenos Aires in 1908. That might explain their widespread in Asia.
After WW1 they build up a company owned drop-forge in Solingen and produced their own blankets.
The trademark Constant which is shown on the scales of your razor was registered in the States in 1952. So most probably your razor was produced in the 1960’s or later.

I have a few Friedrich Herder razors and beside the famous no. 30 the 77 is one of the best.

Thank you very much for great information hatzicho. The steel is hard but take very keen edge, when you say they produced their own blanks, I must add they were very good at it