Just got this F.W.Engels Special 6/8 Full Hollow with original scales and box.
Bought it from Max and as always he performed a wonderful restoration on this razor. He luckily could retain the scales and these just ooze time and lineage. The bolsters are superb and the green varnish is still beautiful.
And then the blade itself, it’s just outstanding. Max did a sweet job in polishing and maintaining the originality of the finish. The stamps on the tang are simply a work of art. So nice to see how all the adornments were so well executed and for me those are reason alone to love these FWEs.
For a 6/8 blade, with these light-weight scales, the balance is great. Compared to my 5/8 FEW, this somewhat larger bulk doesn’t make it less nimble. The handling in action is super and the first shave just was one of the very best. Max put a soft-but- nonetheless-killersharp- edge on the blade. Needles to say the result was BBS+++. After these kind of shaves I always pity all men in the world who potter and hassle with the multiblade madness or the electric motor shave mutilations.
The other razor in the pics is my FWE 5/8 with faux ivory scales.
Thanks,
Paul
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