Thread: C V Heljestrand Kindal SE Razor

Originally Posted by UKRob

Steve that not a handle for using as a straight - it's the honing attachment. The handle and honing attachment are joined together to make a longer holder when honing. You might want to experiment with taping as with a normal straight if you are going to remove the chip. These are nice shavers - I have a seven day set.

This picture shows part of the handle still attached to the head - for honing it is moved to the other holder.

As always, thanks Rob. It does look like it really wouldn't be justifiable to use as a straight. To be honest I wasn't thinking about it when I saw it & I've said this before but I'm never afraid to admit when I'm wrong about something. I didn't even think I would win it rather I figured I would be outbid. I couldn't believe I won it for that price. I didn't have that much more on my bid.
Also I use tape on every straight I hone with the exception of one W&B wedge I have. When I won it, I needed some good scales & it was cheap because it appeared to be rusted but after some time, I decided to clean the blade up & it came out not so bad as it first looked to be & my straight razor friend who lives nearby asked if he could hone it & I handed it to him. A short while later he sent me a short video clip from his phone of it popping hairs. It has turned out to be one of my favorite shavers. After time I have acquired quite a few sets of scales & original collars so I put this one back together & you can hardly tell it has been taken apart.



Back to the C V Heljestrand SE razor, I would like to get maybe at least one extra blade. One poster here has written me a pm that he has a few blades so I may get a spare for it. I would rather have at least one that has not been chipped even though I hope this one can be honed out with a little luck but an extra for it would certainly be great!


The chip is approximately .62mm