Bit of help please?
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Just oil, he stropped and oiled before delivery.
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If you have already bought it... accept that it is a good buy. No need to invite bitter disappointment.
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Its $40 bucks, nothing to me. Just trying to find out more about it.
Heljestrands are great razors and this one appears to have average wear. It should be a great daily shaver, not a show piece, but for $40 and it is shave ready. Good buy IMHO
nice pickup! enjoy it!
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All I will say is I would easily pay 40$ for a decent condition swedish shaver!
Should be 6/8, and 1/4 hollow. I’ve got one and they’re good blades. $40’s a steal.
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Nice razor - you are a very fortunate man!
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Maybe it's just me, maybe it's just oil, but that razor looks like it has been used to cut concrete. However that is a great brand, good steel, and you still got a lot of it there.
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Its just a bad photo. Ill add another tomorrow and wipe the oil off first.
Great razor, good condition with some wear but you will be very happy, if not I will take it off your hands gladly. Looks bigger than 5/8...
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jherm, the actual size is by measurement.
KW just was giving you a reference for OEM sizing. Razor looks good and some normal honewear for use.
In the early 1920's the Heljestrand company was close to bankruptcy. The competition was fierce and Heljestrand only had two competitive models; the 4/8 No.24 and the full hollow version of it sol as No.2.
At the time Heljestrand was contacted by the Swedish/French Paris based entrepreneur Magnus Kindal. He suggested a partnership where he would supply international contacts and new razor models. Heljestrand accepted. The new models where inspired by the French tradition and had royal sounding names like Le Duc (The Duke), Le Prince or Royal Kindal. The new models weren't a major success and Heljestrand came in a really critical situation that ended with Magnus Kindal buying the company in 1925. This coincided with that the large steel goods company Jernbolaget decided to stop producing straight razors. Magnus Kindal took over their craftsmen and their luxury razor models. The razor designs were slightly altered and got the names Heljestrand M.K. (stands for Magnus Kindal), three royal crowns (Sweden's three crown stands for the union of three Viking kingdoms in the early middle ages) and No.29, No.30, No.31, No.32 and later No.33. A Swedish export success was born.
Your very fine Le Duc is made during the 1920's as a result of the initial partnership between Kindal and the Heljestrand family.
I hope this was of some help.
At the time Heljestrand was contacted by the Swedish/French Paris based entrepreneur Magnus Kindal. He suggested a partnership where he would supply international contacts and new razor models. Heljestrand accepted. The new models where inspired by the French tradition and had royal sounding names like Le Duc (The Duke), Le Prince or Royal Kindal. The new models weren't a major success and Heljestrand came in a really critical situation that ended with Magnus Kindal buying the company in 1925. This coincided with that the large steel goods company Jernbolaget decided to stop producing straight razors. Magnus Kindal took over their craftsmen and their luxury razor models. The razor designs were slightly altered and got the names Heljestrand M.K. (stands for Magnus Kindal), three royal crowns (Sweden's three crown stands for the union of three Viking kingdoms in the early middle ages) and No.29, No.30, No.31, No.32 and later No.33. A Swedish export success was born.
Your very fine Le Duc is made during the 1920's as a result of the initial partnership between Kindal and the Heljestrand family.
I hope this was of some help.
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You're welcome
