Thread: Antique Store Finds

That swedish razor must be by ERIK ANTON BERG, ESKILSTUNA
The steel in that one should be quite good...

I'm rapidly turning to a total shade of green! Great haul!!!

Wow, you may as well have stolen them!
Someone (the shop) obviously doesn't know the market.

Wow, from all of the comments it looks like i got a great deal! I saw a few other blades but they were excessively priced. The only one i really wanted was a Red Imp #132. It was decent but they wanted $60 which i thought was to much for its condition.

Originally Posted by shuredgefan

Three of those razors look to have zero or almost zero hone wear, which in my world view equals ... NEW RAZORS!

Hopefully i'll be able to get all of these blades cleaned up and shave ready. I really like the Sterling and its in great shape. I also like the Swedish blade, but it looks like it'll take some time.

Originally Posted by sidneykidney

Can you open the box and show us inside please?

Originally Posted by heelerau

I to would like a look in the box, when I go antique hunting I might then have an idea as to what to look for.

In the attachment are some better pictures of the razors and some of the box. I have already taken the box apart and started sanding it. I have to finish removing some glue residue and final sand it. Not sure how i'm going to finish it. I'm not sure what kind of wood it is either. Any advice??? Also, can anyone tell me a better way to lap a swaty? I've been using a glass plate with 400grit 3M Imperial paper. I may be finished in about another decade.

Thanks for all of the comments so far.

chris

If you consider selling the box then PM me

Originally Posted by sidneykidney

If you consider selling the box then PM me

Thanks for the offer, but I plan on using the box to store my str8's after i refinish it. Right now my blades are all in a cheap pencil box.

Chris

Originally Posted by cel

Wow, from all of the comments it looks like i got a great deal! I saw a few other blades but they were excessively priced. The only one i really wanted was a Red Imp #132. It was decent but they wanted $60 which i thought was to much for its condition.



Hopefully i'll be able to get all of these blades cleaned up and shave ready. I really like the Sterling and its in great shape. I also like the Swedish blade, but it looks like it'll take some time.




In the attachment are some better pictures of the razors and some of the box. I have already taken the box apart and started sanding it. I have to finish removing some glue residue and final sand it. Not sure how i'm going to finish it. I'm not sure what kind of wood it is either. Any advice??? Also, can anyone tell me a better way to lap a swaty? I've been using a glass plate with 400grit 3M Imperial paper. I may be finished in about another decade.

Thanks for all of the comments so far.

chris

Thanks for the look, box will come up ver well by the look of it. Interesting collection of old blades.



Cheers

Gordon

Great find hope I can find a deal like that again. The best I did was get a a 7 day set of Wilkinson of Pall Mall , bone handled, and in the orignal case, great shape hardley used for $40.00 What a steal
But there was alot of time spent searching for somthing like this.
Any more great finds?