Griffith Shaving Goods
EKS Gold Krone 5/8 Excellent Restored Full Hollow - Fancy Vintage Solingen Straight Razor - Shave Ready
Razor Specifics:
Age Range: 1920s-1960s
Manufacturer: EKS, Solingen Germany
Age Range: 1920s-1960s
Manufacturer: EKS, Solingen Germany
Restoration: Fully restored: The blade was fully and throughly abrasively cleaned, polished, replated with gold, and honed to shaving sharpness, scales ultrasonically cleaned, polished and waxed (all in-house by GSG founder Matt W.)
Blade
Material: Carbon Steel
Width: 5/8” wide from edge to top of spine at the widest point,
Grind: Full Hollow, very fancy spine work
Hone Wear: very light
Tip: Round
Finishes: Glazed (satin) finish on the blade faces, Crocus (mirror) finish on the tang and spine, nice blade face etch, gold plated spine and tang
Condition: Excellent, some minor blemishes (patina) remaining in the steel, nice etch
Material: Carbon Steel
Width: 5/8” wide from edge to top of spine at the widest point,
Grind: Full Hollow, very fancy spine work
Hone Wear: very light
Tip: Round
Finishes: Glazed (satin) finish on the blade faces, Crocus (mirror) finish on the tang and spine, nice blade face etch, gold plated spine and tang
Condition: Excellent, some minor blemishes (patina) remaining in the steel, nice etch
Shave ready: Yes, freshly honed with one layer of tape on the spine, stropped and sanitized, fully ready to shave
Scales
Material: bone
Pinning: Nickel silver pins and washers, the pivot pin and washers were replaced
Condition: Excellent & like new, the blade is held tightly and centers well between them
Condition: Excellent & like new, the blade is held tightly and centers well between them
About our restoration and honing process
Each one of our restored razors is brought back to life with a passion and attention to detail like it would be an addition to our own collection or user rotation. Many years of restoration experience and hundreds of restored razors sold around the world have refined our processes, but each razor is still given the time and individual attention it needs. Our vintage razors undergo dozens of steps involving blade unpinning (where necessarily) metal grinding/sanding with a range of different diameter and hardness wheels with various grits of abrasive and polishes. Scales are straightened and repaired when necessary, wet sanded and polishing. After the razor’s cosmetic and functional repairs are completed, a multistep honing process using a range of synthetic and natural sharpening stones is used to bring each razor back to keen and comfortable shaving sharpness. Finally stropping is performed on one of our cordovan leather strops and the blade is sanitized in Barbicide hospital-grade disinfectant. If for any reason you are not satisfied with our restored razors, please contact us to discuss return options. Your satisfaction is our ultimate goal.
Each one of our restored razors is brought back to life with a passion and attention to detail like it would be an addition to our own collection or user rotation. Many years of restoration experience and hundreds of restored razors sold around the world have refined our processes, but each razor is still given the time and individual attention it needs. Our vintage razors undergo dozens of steps involving blade unpinning (where necessarily) metal grinding/sanding with a range of different diameter and hardness wheels with various grits of abrasive and polishes. Scales are straightened and repaired when necessary, wet sanded and polishing. After the razor’s cosmetic and functional repairs are completed, a multistep honing process using a range of synthetic and natural sharpening stones is used to bring each razor back to keen and comfortable shaving sharpness. Finally stropping is performed on one of our cordovan leather strops and the blade is sanitized in Barbicide hospital-grade disinfectant. If for any reason you are not satisfied with our restored razors, please contact us to discuss return options. Your satisfaction is our ultimate goal.
