Picked up a couple of straights today.

[AdductorMagnus]

So, I took a study break and went for a walk, swinged by Flaschner on Vaci street here in Budapest (Thread from across the street on that store here).
He didn't have any Flaschner straigths left, as some guy from Singapore was in there earlier this week and bought all he had. They would be out of my pricerange anyway, but would've been cool to see. Bought myself a Carl Melchior, since I won't get my WhippedDog unseen for a couple of weeks. The guy (not one of the Flaschners) suggested it was around 50 years old. I have nothing to measure the blade width, and the guy at the store spoke english about as good I speak hungarian. Far from fluent.

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Also swinged by an antiquestore on my street to see if they had any straights. Sure enough, found one for 3800 HUF (16 USD), I offered 1500 for it, got it for 2000 (8.50 USD). Scales seems to be plastic, there's no wedge, and what looks to be cyrillic writing on the shank. Might not be a shaver, rust spots pretty much on the edge. But at half the price of a beer back in Norway, I thought what the heck. I'll bring it by Flaschner next week and get their opinion.




"ZAKOVNAS" according to Google Translate. Whatever that means, probably a name, but google tells me nothing.



No idea if that is salvageable, I'm a total newbie.



If anyone has any info on these, that'd be cool.

 

[global_dev]

Zakovnaya means forged/ hollow ground

check http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/210192-Screaming-sharp-Straight-from-the-Motherland

 

[AdductorMagnus]

Waddaya know, that's the exact same markings as on this one. Different scales on mine though. So, according to that thread I have a 1966 soviet-made ugly SR that could potentially be a good shaver. Provided the edge isn't rusted through. Thanks for digging that up.

 

[life2short1971]

The Bohler steel is Austrian steel and should be a fine razor.

 

[Gordo007]

Actually I was that guy from Singapore and in Budapest last week for work. I only bought the one straight shown below but he also had a couple of black ones in that glass revolving stand without the Flaschner name on the handle and also the one I bought is apparently better for a beginner he suggested. I am new to wet shaving and loving it but with some AD problem already and I thought it would be nice to have a straight with a nice story and meaning behind it for a little later down the track. The stores in Budapest had a great variety of wet shaving gear and pretty good.

 

[AdductorMagnus]

Hah, I feel an obligatory "it's a small world" is in order. I'm also new to wet shaving. If cartridges and gunk in a can doesn't count that is. What other stores would that be? Since I got into this like only a week ago, I haven't the foggiest where to find shaving stuff in this city. And I've lived here for three years.

 

[AdductorMagnus]

Oh, and how much did the Flaschner cost? If you don't mind my asking.

 

[Gordo007]

Oh, and how much did the Flaschner cost? If you don't mind my asking.

Indeed it is indeed a small world and I am new also and only have an EJ and Slim other than that new straight but now a pretty good collection of software all purchased in my travels and no online purchase (except FleaBay for the Slim). You have a great city there for shaving. Rossman's of course for all the local Baron Figaro, DM and Douglas ( Vaci) for a large range of own brands and German, any little supermarket, that great perfume store in Europeum shopping centre near to the Boscolo Hotel which had a large range of german gear also ( I went crazy on the brushes by Muhle there the other brand HJM ), Neroli in Regi Posta which has EJ, Trumper, Kent http://www.parfumneroli.hu/, Madison on Andrassy near Opera has TOBS and some other Italian stuff, and honestly the list goes on. I literally had to buy a second cheap suitcase to fit the stuff in. For me it all cheap and in fact when I was checking prices it seemed to be all cheaper or the same as online stores and for me living in Singapore that's also a big shipping cost saving.

And the straight was 90 Euro's but it was my birthday week as well plus I worked out how much I was saving on wet shaving versus cartridges.....well that's the official story to the SWMBO.

Hope you didn't get flooded the Danube was pretty high when I left on Friday. Enjoy Budapest a lovely city.

 

[TimS]

I know this is a fairly old thread, but I stopped by this shop today and have a few comments.

First, thanks to the OP here and the thread on SRP making me aware if this place--I'm in Budapest on business, and it was exciting to find out that there was a straight razor shop of some repute here.

I stopped by right at closing, and the guy manning the shop was nice enough not to shoo me out. There was a limited display of razors (including shavettes), with most of the vintage razors at 4/8 or less. There were two 'Flaschners' on display; one with the 'family tree' (which you can see on the SRD thread), that was pretty disappointing--the scales were thin plastic, cracked at the pivot, and the family tree of Flaschner busts was nothing more than an off-center sticker. It was 120 euro. The other Flaschner had non-cracked cheap plastic scales, and it looked to be about 6/8. And 'only' 272 euro.

I understand that this is a family with a long history of razor-making and grinding. It's too bad that what they had to offer for sale today didn't represent what I was expecting.

 

[ynot151]

got your pm tim thanks.

i was going to send my parents to the Flaschner store in Budapest during a euro river cruise. the destination city is Budapest and they added a few days in the city as we are of 100% Hungarian stock. i had this romantic notion that my first straight would be a sweet 90-ish euro Flaschner. dang!

 

[TimS]

If you do send them, make sure you give them photos of what you want and what you'll pay--otherwise, you'll end up with a 90 euro shavette!