5/8"Giesen & Forsthoff "Adoration" Hand Forged 295 Straight Razor

The Giesen & Forsthoff Timor Straight Razor with original silver inlay is manufactured by Giesen & Forsthoff in Solingen, Germany. This straight razor features a 5/8" carbon steel blade, hollow ground with square point. Hollow ground will be the best for beginners and the square point is great for creating smooth lines of your beard or goatee. For well over 100 years, the name Giesen & Forsthoff has been synonymous with quality steel cutlery, made in Solingen, Germany. In early 1923 Paul Giesen and his partner Eugen Forsthoff moved the production to their new factory in Baumstasse, which is in the heart of Solingen's steel district. Today Giesen & Forsthoff still manufactured there.  

Country of Manufacture: Solingen, Germany
Grind: Full Hollow Ground
Metal: Carbon Steel
Scales: Celluloid
Date: 1950's
Condition: Sharpened, Oiled, and Shave Ready
Grade: Excellent
Imperfections: blade is photographed with oil to protect from oxidization
Included: Razor only

Restoration: 

This razor came to us from a private collection and is lightly used and in excellent condition. This razor underwent our complete Straight Razor Restoration Service. It was first polished, removing any past oxidization revealing new metal and a spectacular mirror shine. Next, the scales were cleaned and polished.

"Honing starts out on a Chosera 1000 Wet stone were I begin to set the bevel. Once the bevel outline is finished I move onto the Chosera 3000 where the bevel is cleaned up and refined. Next its on to the polishing stage which starts out on the Aishyama 6000 and moves to the naniwa 12000. After the 12k, a perfectly good shave can occur. But we like to take it one step further and finish with a high polish on the Suehiro Gokumyo 20000." Eric, Razor Miester. After honing, the blade is stropped, oiled, and arrives shave ready! Please do not strop this razor before your first shave.