Thread: antique/thrift finds good, not sure, but education requested

As you see I have two of them, if I wasnt split down the seam on the handle and the head so badly corroded id shoot it your way. Ill be on the lookout, if I find one Ill pick it up for you. The one I found has everything including the case and original razors in the small steel box with no rust on the blades.
respectfully,
Christian

Originally Posted by sinnfein

thats pretty cool army de, I gotta get my hands on one of those

Very cool Gillette khaki set, 1918 Gillette advertisement.

Pretty certain thats WW1 issue,do's the serial # on the head start with a J? cracked handles are common.I may have one around.
Will look after I get my maters planted.

Yes it has a J.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Pretty certain thats WW1 issue,do's the serial # on the head start with a J? cracked handles are common.I may have one around.
Will look after I get my maters planted.

Here some information about your Johan Engstrom Eskiltuna Sweden razor. Born in 1846 trained in Germany and England as a cutler. Open a factory in 1874 in Eskiltuna Sweden, highly regarded for quality items in the cutlery business, like the mention of medals on your razor in different exposition worldwide.Johan died in 1915 and his company cease operation.

Originally Posted by EAGLESKADU

Yes it has a J.

Pixelfixed was correct all J series are WW1 production. Great find!

I know the rules about money so I'm not asking if I got a good deal etc etc just saying for the sake of comparison. I paid under $60 for everything the Army DE the two adjustable Gilettes and the 3 SR's think the straights were $7 each I was lucky as I just liked that I found a SR with the tree in tact didn't realize it was actually a Boker my other one the tree is not fully intact anyway, numbers for giggles
Respectfully,
Christian
P.s. thank's a ton for the continued education. As long as they are out there and I don't have one ill keep buying them till I do. And when I find doubles ill pay them forward so someone else can begin the journey/addiction

This is after just a very light touch up. If anyone could advise me how to clean up the Swedish blade without removing the arrow id appreciate it. It seems to have some sort of rust/crud whatever right in the middle of it, I want it removed but dont want to remove the color on the blade or the etching of the arrow. Thanks in advance.
Respectfully,
Christian

You could try very few, very light strokes with high MicroMesh, but personally I wouldn't mess with it. Icings like this are easily lost, they are quite superficial.

A very nice razor by the way, these things take wonderful edges without too much trouble and make for great shavers.