Let's gather up the C.V Heljestrand "MK"

[Basil]

Not my pics. But here’s a pair of mk32 and mk33 in tortoise shell.

 

[steveclarkus]

MK 10 in Abalone

 

[Ice-Man]

Here is my Lady's that I have managed to get over my time in straight shaving

Mk 32



Mk 31



Mk 30 in ivory



Mk 29



Mk 24 From Arne



Mk 12



And 2 extra not MK



Thank you Sir you know who you are



That's my collection of the beautiful MK razors....

 

[Polarbeard]

View attachment 990409 Not my pics. But here’s a pair of mk32 and mk33 in tortoise shell.

The only thing missing is a unicorn

 

[Basil]

Yeah I saw these online and contacted the seller. So if you have a spare 400 euros for each I’ll give you the link lol

 

[C FrankC]

View attachment 990409 Not my pics. But here’s a pair of mk32 and mk33 in tortoise shell.

STUNNING!!!!!!

 

[Polarbeard]

Yeah I saw these online and contacted the seller. So if you have a spare 400 euros for each I’ll give you the link lol

Would one of my kidneys suffice?

 

[Slash]

The elusive 8/8 MK12
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Here is my Lady's that I have managed to get over my time in straight shaving

Mk 32

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Mk 31

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Mk 30 in ivory

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Mk 29

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Mk 24 From Arne

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Mk 12

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And 2 extra not MK

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Thank you Sir you know who you are

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That's my collection of the beautiful MK razors....

very nice Thanks for sharing. That went well with the morning coffee

 

[Steve56]

View attachment 990409 Not my pics. But here’s a pair of mk32 and mk33 in tortoise shell.

That’s horn and an obvious rescale. Did the seller say that they were tortoise?

 

[Basil]

That’s horn and an obvious rescale. Did the seller say that they were tortoise?

Yes the seller said it was tortoise. I should add that the seller is kindal in France which I think has some history with the Heljestrand brand? That being said I’m no good at telling dyed horn apart from real shell so others trained eye is always helpful.

Just so I know in the future, how can you tell it’s horn?

 

[Polarbeard]

M.K. stands for Magnus Kindal the Swedish French entrepreneur that bought Heljestrand in 1925 and whose family run the company to 1979 when it closed down.

There's no difference between a Heljestrand razor with the M.K. making and one without except for the No.24 where the M.K. No.24 has a longer blade.

 

[Polarbeard]

That’s horn and an obvious rescale. Did the seller say that they were tortoise?

True but in the ten years I've been on the hunt for a 33 I've so far haven't found one so I wouldn't care if it had its original scales of not.

 

[Mr Bedlington]

View attachment 990409 Not my pics. But here’s a pair of mk32 and mk33 in tortoise shell.

Very nice, would love to add one of those to my stable.

 

[Basil]

User grade mk10 showed up today as part of a trade.

 

[Mr Bedlington]

Here's my mint MK32.

 

[Steve56]

MK 33 13/16+ in ivory, from an older SOTD image.

 

[Steve56]

Here’s a tip for photographing tortoise - put a small strip of aluminum foil, shiny side up, between the scales to reflect light back through the shell.These aren’t CVH, but they are tortoise, Touron-Parisot. If you look closely, you can see the aluminum foil edge on the left razor.

 

[Slash]

View attachment 991961 Here’s a tip for photographing tortoise - put a small strip of aluminum foil, shiny side up, between the scales to reflect light back through the shell.These aren’t CVH, but they are tortoise, Touron-Parisot. If you look closely, you can see the aluminum foil edge on the left razor.

Great idea, thank you I will try this

 

[Steve56]

These are rescales of post-war razors out of Japan, a ying-yang No 140 set. Black horn, 13/16+, ivory, 7/8+ NOS when I got it. As far as I can tell, these are the same blades as the MK 32/33 but with simpler straight tangs, which by the way are superb. They originally came in cheap plastic scales.

 

[Basil]

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These are rescales of post-war razors out of Japan, a ying-yang No 140 set. Black horn, 13/16+, ivory, 7/8+ NOS when I got it. As far as I can tell, these are the same blades as the MK 32/33 but with simpler straight tangs, which by the way are superb. They originally came in cheap plastic scales.

Wow that sounds stunning