Thanks for the excellent pics and story!
Some pictures from my recent trip to Eskilstuna
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Thanks! My first Swedish razor, a Berg, is on its way so this is timely for me.
Thanks for posting this.
By the way - that red color is called "swedish red" in Denmark
By the way - that red color is called "swedish red" in Denmark
Very cool post. Ty.
*yawn*
Wake me up when you get to Ningbo, China. Where the forges are busy cranking out razors, not acting as broom closets!
Wake me up when you get to Ningbo, China. Where the forges are busy cranking out razors, not acting as broom closets!
^---lol @this
Great post Jens!
I wonder what it would take to resurrect that forge and start pumping out modern Swedish razors?
I wonder what it would take to resurrect that forge and start pumping out modern Swedish razors?
Thanks!!!!
Excellent pictorial! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
I did wonder why all the houses were red. Figured it was so you can see them in the snow and in the stupidly long nights in the winter.
I have a couple of C V Heljestrands, nice to see where they were born.
I have a couple of C V Heljestrands, nice to see where they were born.
Probably the same reason why barns are red: red was the cheapest color paint available.
great photos and info...looks like a great place to raise a FAMILY..
Beautiful! Thanks very much!
All of us would then post how terrible the quality of the modern blades are and how much the quality has slipped.
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A whole lot I guess.... Not much of the equipment is around & most guys able to do the work are long dead & gone....
However, the tradition & heritage is very strong.
Many of the relatives to the old Masters are still living in Eskilstuna, for example both Berg, Heljestrand & Neiström & Törnblom families live in or around Eskilstuna.
However, for them it was just someting their ancestors used to do for a living.
There really is no "pride" in it. AFAIK none, except the gentleman running a shop in the Berg forge has kept the knowledge alive & he has no interest in razors, only knives & scissors.
And to be honest back in the day the cutlery industry wasn't to glamorous.
Most guys started out in their early teens & died in their early 40's due to damaged lungs.
There is even a house inside the Rademacher that was specifically built as a home for "cutlery widows"
Doing razors they "old industrial way" is probably near impossible.
But opening up a shop in there & start doign custom razors. My gawd, how cool would that be.
If anyone is willing to risk some $$$ let me know & I'll make it happen
As for the beauty of the area, I completely agree, it's a great place.
However, the rest of Eskilstuna looks nothing like it.
It's a very typical old European heavy industrial type of town.
