My first vintage razor.

[Recto]

Just received a Widerstrahl stright today, I bought on vintage blades llc. The etching caught my eye on the blade but after waking up "hate working night shift", went a head give the razor a try the weight felt very good compare to a dovo I have or can be the newbie inside me talking . Had a very good shave with it, other then that would like to know if any one knows history of Widerstrahl straight.

 

[Luc]

Nice!!

 

[johnmrson]

Wow. Excellent condition. Nice looking razor.

 

[Recto]

Thanks you two, yeah vintage blades llc did a very nice job on restoring this razor. I was at a debate of buying it at first, now have the bank pulling there hair out hehe...

 

[azmark]

Nice pick up and etching is very cool.

 

[grump]

A very good looking razor, congrats.

 

[taffy]

Nice looker

 

[honed]

Le Grelot made them, no wonder it shaves great, nice score

 

[Recto]

Oh sweet, thank you for the info. I've may failed history class in high school but I sure love looking it up.

 

[honed]

Oh sweet, thank you for the info. I've may failed history class in high school but I sure love looking it up.

Live&learn, that's the way to do it right

 

[uppercanada]

Nice score!

 

[Beau Lochs]

That's a beauty

 

[Defend Tacoma]

Beautiful razor, by a great manufacturer! Congrats!

 

[ferroburak]

Looks like silver steel

 

[Recto]

Looks like silver steel

I'm not really sure, but I do notice the sound of the metal is very different then my Dovo when I strop and shave with it.

 

[gugi]

There are claims on classicshaving and rasurpur that they were made by LeGrelot, but I haven't seen any paperwork to suport those.
I had one and it was stamped Solingen, and as far as I know LeGrelot was in Thiers, France. I know that these stamps were regulated and it's quite possible that LeGrelot or whoever made them had a legal way to put Solingen on the razors, but so far we haven't seen any evidence.
Mine was a nice shaver, that's for sure.
It's different grind than Dovo, hollower and doesn't have the double stabilizer, that's why it feels and sounds different.