Thread: E.A. Berg, Esklistuna, Sweden, 7 day frameback set.

This week the 7-day frameback set, made in Eskilstuna, Sweden, by E.A. Berg arrived in the mail. The purchase whas a bit of a gamble, as the pictures in the offer were not very clear. Some of the scales seemed to have minor cracks. Anyway, I got the set, and it's in a much better condition than I hoped for. What looked like cracks are just deep scratches filled with dirt, and the blades are near shave ready, no chips or other problems. The set only needs secure cleaning, polishing and honing. More pics after the work is done.

Very nice. Bone or Ivory

Thanks Outback. I'm not sure if it's bone or ivory, probably bone. As far as I can remember I never had ivory in my hands, and none of the straights in my collection has bone scales. So I have to find a way to figure that out.

Oh there sooooooooo nice. Congrats bro you got a real wonderful set there. E.A. Bergs are great razors.

You have gotten yourself one beautiful set of straights.

That is not an insignificant set and it deserves to have the pivot pins removed and the shanks fully restored. IMHO.

I was thinking of having the pivot pins removed and repinned by an experienced collector / shaver in the Netherlands -watch and learn-, as I haven't done pinning-work before; I don't want to mess things up. The cleaning and honing I sure want to do myself.

Do the pins have collars..?
If so, probably bone..

Originally Posted by outback

Do the pins have collars..?
If so, probably bone..

Thanks! They are pinned without collars.