Razor identity please

[lesed]

Hi Chaps,

Is anyone able to indentify this razor and give me some idea of the the value, a friend picked it up at a boot fair and asked me, but I have no idea what it is/worth. It has a logo which appears to be 2 matchstick men, doing an Egyptian pose!

Thanks

 

[Yellow Jim]

2 matchstick men, doing an Egyptian pose = Henckels

Didn't know they made DE razors though.

 

[hunnymonster]

2 matchstick men, doing an Egyptian pose = Henckels

Didn't know they made DE razors though.

They quite possibly didn't make them...

 

[lesed]

2 matchstick men, doing an Egyptian pose = Henckels

Didn't know they made DE razors though.

After looking a little more closely at the pic he sent me, it appears to be a single edge razor

 

[hunnymonster]

Looks very DE to me... and given the Henckel box, Solingen reference and other razors from around that area, I'd suggest Merkur are somewhere in the frame as OEM makers here.

 

[Yellow Jim]

They quite possibly didn't make them...

:icon_rolleyes: Okay. I didn't know there were any Henckels badged DE razors. Rebranded Merkur or Hoffritz?

After looking a little more closely at the pic he sent me, it appears to be a single edge razor

It certainly looks like a DE in that pic.

 

[lesed]

They quite possibly didn't make them...

:icon_rolleyes: Okay. I didn't know there were any Henckels badged DE razors. Rebranded Merkur or Hoffritz?

After looking a little more closely at the pic he sent me, it appears to be a single edge razor

It certainly looks like a DE in that pic.

Fair enough, anyway of dating it or valueing it? He says its in excellent condition no marks or cracks on the box

 

[missingskin]

They quite possibly didn't make them...

:icon_rolleyes: Okay. I didn't know there were any Henckels badged DE razors. Rebranded Merkur or Hoffritz?

After looking a little more closely at the pic he sent me, it appears to be a single edge razor

It certainly looks like a DE in that pic.

Fair enough, anyway of dating it or valueing it? He says its in excellent condition no marks or cracks on the box

As HM & Jim have said almost certainly a re-branded Merkur. A few outlets did this in the 50's and 60"s like Hoffritz and Pomco. Your is one made for J. A Henckels a well known German Cutler. As to its age a difficult one as these seem to be a bit un-common. One went on B&B for about $50.00, but it was in slightly worse condition and no case. So I guess like most razors if collector wants it bad enough it may make money depends how you advertise it......:icon_wink:

 

[Sunburyboy93]

Hi

yeah Henckels did make DE Razors, (well i say made, the head on mine is very similar to the vintage Merkurs, they perhaps had them made and just had the name on them...) i have a mint DE one myself, will provide some pics tomorrow, the handle is very similar to a Gillette Single Ring, and like i said the head is similar to a Merkur.

Here is some info from my new waits Compendium....

Steve

 

[Mikael]

I´ve seen SE Henckels, but never a SE Merkur ...

 

[dodgy]

Hiya,

A little off the topic maybe, but Dovo also made DE razors. Yep, there was a Chicago cutlery company named D. Corrado that sold those under their own name. I actually have one of those.....it's a slant that looks very similar to the Hoffritz.

Martin

 

[lesed]

[attachment=2919][attachment=2920]Here are a few more pics to look at:

 

[henkverhaar]

The two matchstick men are the Henckels twins (Zwilling in German, their brand is called Zwilling). Zwilling/Henckels are a semi-famous Solingen brand for better than average knives, primarily kitchen knives. Dunno about their razors, if any, though