ShavingUniverse.com

Register a free account now!

If you are registered, you get access to the members only section, can participate in the buy & sell second hand forum and last but not least you can reserve your preferred username before someone else takes it.

Ern, Carl Friedrich (ERN, GONG, Crown & Sword, Turban, SKI, BUR, Zepp and others)

Hellas

Blade Whisperer
This very importand Name must not be missed here, as it was Ern who introduced the double wheel grinding mashine ("Hexe")

The company was founded in 1873, registrated December, 4 1874 and first located in Solingen-Wald from 1922 and at Kanalstrasse 43 in 1939. The Ern family were razor-grinders and Carl Friedrich took over his fathers company. As many of Solingen grinders, thes honed razors for other companies to. E.g. In 1860 Nathaniel Ern only ground and honed razors for Henckels, but soon began to make their own razors. Nathaniel taught his son Carl to do the job - at that time there were 20 workers and seven masters. Singing and talking during work were forbidden, drinking never allowed. The company moved to Wald (to Wittekulle), an outlying district of Solingen, in 1876.

In 1893 they introduced the 'Hexe' machine (double wheel hollow grinder) to hollow-grind razors, said to be a benefit to all razor makers.

This is my ERN 1166 "The Crown and Sword Razor" with a bit ober 13/16". Realy great razor.


24326949lr.jpg

24326933es.jpg

24326938mh.jpg

24326946jt.jpg
 
Crown & Sword. No longer have that one, which is a pity as I removed a m chip with a 2k Naniwa. That was a lot of work.
DSC00081.JPG
DSC00082.JPG
DSC00083.JPG
DSC00084.JPG
DSC00104.JPG
DSC00488.JPG
DSC00489.JPG
DSC00490.JPG
DSC00491.JPG
 
A shape not too often seen with straight razors. I own one myself, different brand, and at one point ordered two more from Tony Holmes (whose webstore I am no longer able to find). These two razors got lost in the mail.
 
Back
Top