Thread: Swedish red devil

Had no idea they were that old.
Tom your's is a beast! And hopefully there's still a hone or two left in the OP's.
Must have made a number of iterations of the brand. Your's has a real nice swoop to it's spine, mine seems more like the OP's, more straight-ish.
John's is right sexy and should not be stashed in a box!!

It's just not in the rotation right now,,, it stayed in the rotation the first year I had it.
I have to touch up a Puma this week, so I guess I can bring it out & put it on a Coticule,,, put it back in the rotation for a few months.

I am pretty sure the Ran-Tan-Karus Joh. Engströms were made in Eskilstuna for export to the USA, I have not seen the stamp on any Engströms in/from Sweden. I am not aware of any relation to John Engstrom Jr of Little Valley, New York. I thought there might be, but it appears unlikely.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

I just pulled the photos of mine, it has ivory scales on it , not like the ones on your razor; so I cannot tell you if they are original,,,sorry.


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I wish mine came out that nice

Originally Posted by aaron1234

I believe that's the year it was made.

I believe that "Made in Sweden" would date the razor after 1911 (Madrid Agreement, 1911 Washington update)

The use of trademark guidelines would have some "slack" due to production cycles and ratification.
The very general guideline would be:

City only ("Sheffield") - Pre 1892 +/-
City and country ("Sheffield England") 1892 -1911 +/-
Made in Country or City and Country ("Made in Sheffield England") Post 1911 +/-

Not every country was signatory to the Madrid Protocol and the acceptance and adherence was "problematic" to say the least.

And after WWI many German manufactures used only trade names or the names of the retailer or distributor.
So just because a razor has the name of some long forgotten Hardware Wholesale Company does not mean that it was not one of Germany (or some other country) finest work.

My guess would be your razor came from the early 1900's

And it now begins another life...

Smooth Shaving and thanks for sharing.