[Olav Vittfarne]

With the other clans and brotherhoods I thought we could have a display of some Swedish Steel, too.
I'll start with my old trustworthy Jernbolaget, Eskilstuna Sweden.

Mats

[crichton]

And yet another cool razor thread!!

I have 3 to add here.....my C.W. Dahlgren, followed by two (dirty) John Engstroms...

[crichton]

Love the scales on your Jernbolaget, Olav!

[Olav Vittfarne]

Thank you.
My first (and soofar) only attempt at scale making. Have to get some more of that Baltic curly birch.

Mats

[Joe Chandler]

Originally Posted by Olav Vittfarne

Thank you.
My first (and soofar) only attempt at scale making. Have to get some more of that Baltic curly birch.

Mats

I'd like to get some of that Baltic curly birch myself, for a custom or two. Really nice wood.

[The Topher]

OK so I have 5. First is my helj. This is before i worked my polishing mojo and now it is MINT. Second is a 4 razor set I bought and am waiting on. I will have to let you know but my fingers are crossed.

[syslight]

i only have two so far this is the first:
J A Helberg
Eskiltuna
+Sweden+

on top of the"spine" it says "Nollhatte Diamant-Stal Garenti"

on the blade it is etched "Inregistreadt Skyddsmarke No. 6660" with an eagle emblem.

[Bruce]

Anyone ever wonder why all the other razor makers bought their steel from the Swedes?

[syslight]

Originally Posted by Bruce

Anyone ever wonder why all the other razor makers bought their steel from the Swedes?

Simple rule of business... buy the best materials at the lowest price... lots of people made great steel you just took the lowest price.

[2Sharp]

How about a Heljestrand. I got this from Minstrel. Thanks Nicholas.

[minstrel]

Looks like it found a classy home.

/Nicholas

[gugi]

Originally Posted by 2Sharp

How about a Heljestrand. I got this from Minstrel. Thanks Nicholas.

Ah, look there's a razor in there too...
I was wondering for a while how did he send that much liquid over the pond.

[bjorn]

This is my swede, a Heljestrand No4, haven't shaved with it yet, but I'll guess it'll be nice!

Sorry about the bad pic, I have to learn to take pictures soon!

[Olav Vittfarne]

Originally Posted by syslight

i only have two so far this is the first:
J A Helberg
Eskiltuna
+Sweden+

on the blade it is etched "Inregistreadt Skyddsmarke No. 6660" with an eagle emblem.

In translation it is "Reg. trademark".
Inregistreradt is spelt in the way that was used before the spelling reform in 1906.

Mats

[Olav Vittfarne]

Originally Posted by bjorn

This is my swede, a Heljestrand No4, haven't shaved with it yet, but I'll guess it'll be nice!

That is a nice one. Did you do the rescaling? What are the pins made of?

Mats

[Olav Vittfarne]

Here comes two Heljestrand.
The top one is No. 7
Bottom no number.
Now we have Heljestrand No. 4, 7 and 31.
I wonder how many different there are...

[bjorn]

Originally Posted by Olav Vittfarne

That is a nice one. Did you do the rescaling? What are the pins made of?

Mats

Thanks, the pins are brass screws and nuts as described here: As requested... Adjustable Pins!
this was my first attempt at making scales, I've got this razor as part of a seven day set, but it had a broken scale, so I decide to try to rescale it. It turned out rather nice, and I learned a lot during the process.

BTW it shaves very nice too!

[bjrn]

Two of my Heljestrands, a MK No. 2 and No.31, and an Erik Anton Berg. As for the Heljestrand numbers, it wouldn't surprise me if they went from 1 (or 2) up to at least 32. I have 2, 31 and 32 myself.

[Jimbo]

Here's a couple of mine: 2 Heljes. No. 31 and No. 32.

Someone mentioned bad photos before? Look and learn my friend, look and learn...



James.

[97camaroguy]

This is the Johan Engstrom I bought from Philadelph around 2 weeks ago. This is the 6th or 7th razor I have ever bought, so I don't have a ton of experience with different razors, but this one is by far my favorite. I am going to be buying more of these if I can find them!