Thread: a "tiny" knife from France, what i thought would be a 6/8........

Ok, first post here and im going to make a big bang of a post.

Short intro: Im a guy from Sweden, got hooked on straightrazor shaving when i was 24~, thats 6 years ago.
And in my newfound hobby i "accidently" triggered a slight obsession with my dad to.
It's a slight struggle on who will bid on the newly put to auction knives but hey, can't be to greedy when it's family.

So, we saw this nice "Lüer A Paris" straight for a measly 13 bucks and a day left on the auction.
I asked him "are you going to bid on it?" he said No. It was a pretty french point and those are my #1 points.
Heck im gonna bid on it, and i did, 5 min before the auction i found a simmilar one here, a 6/8. with a comment of "Very nice shaver"

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...er-razors.html

I made a max bid of 70~usd and got it for 65~ or so. abit expensive for a unknown brand and 6/8. It had a funky box with it though.

Here goes, THIS is what came in the mailbox a few days later.

The box in this picture is in very good condition, it needs a slight touchup with some glue, but else its A++.



The mark in the circle is a reflection, not an actual mark on the blade.

One side is closer to a wedge, the other side is i guess 1/4th hollow.




Thinking it would be a fairly expensive 6/8th, its more of a 9/8 sporting a wooping 27mm width with a edged area of 93mm AND comes with a hefty weight in at 88grams.

Both me and my dad are stumped on how big of a meat cleaver this thing is. His collection seems very tiny right about now, AND he is even sporting a 8/8 Filarmonica that is smaller then this Lüer.

All in all the condition is excellent, it needs a bit of a hone and a smash on the pins to make it go straight, and this thing is so big the wedge is actually getting in the way when closing the blade.
Abit of polish to get a few scratches out, some filing on the wedge and a hone and its usable.
There are abit of rust around the pin/scale area but its hardly an issue.


My question is this, what the heck is it? Does anyone know anything about it? age period? It has bakelite scales so it has to be fairly old.
My search comes up empty, except for that 6/8 one in here already.
My estimate on the value is 200+ easy.

Thanks. To say the least, im VERY happy with this purchase. Will be hard to top this.

Originally Posted by MrTT

One side is closer to a wedge, the other side is i guess 1/4th hollow.

Sounds like a microtome.

Sounds like no matter what it is, you're pretty darn happy with it. Sure is one mammoth blade tho!

Originally Posted by MrTT

I forgot to add, top one with white scales are a C.V. Heljestrand MK 42 6/8th (could be a 5/8 to, but it seems bigger.) i believe it is, the other one is a 5/8.

This is a microtome as Baxxer said. I am quite sure you can shave with it.

Welcome to SRP. I too think that is a microtome. Nice Heljestrand. One of the best brands ever was. Here is an old thread about honing and shaving with a microtome if you end up going that way ;

http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...microtome.html

Yep, lovely microtome blade. Never tried one before. It sure is big.

Thanks all.

I got a microtone blade since before, this has a grind on both sides where's my other one is flat.

Either way ill take your word for it, and thanks for the link ill check it out before it's honed to shave ready.
And yes, this one needs to be put to the test.

Does anyone know what age it is? Any info would be quite interesting.

+1 on Microtome. That's one helluva specimen slicer!!!! Those were used for medical purposes. I wonder if that one was for amputating.................