FW Engels 6/8 Shave Ready Straight Razor Fancy Ornate Scales Shave Ready

Vintage F.W. ENGELS Shave Ready Straight Razor ~Solingen Germany. Circa 1930.
Shave Ready.


History of F.W.Engels.

Between 1909 and 1943, Friedrich Wilhelm Engels’s company on Broome Street, New York City, would sell several models of excellent quality straight razors manufactured in Solingen, Germany – one of the hubs of stainless steel production and blade manufacture of the eighteenth through twentieth centuries. These razors, sold under the brand of F.W. Engels, were manufactured using Argo steel, some of the toughest and most durable steel ever used in the production of shaving blades.

Known for their ability to take and hold an edge for a considerable length of time, Engels razors were made by Engelswerk C.W. Engels, Foche, a company that also producedvarious other cutlery during its fifty-one years in operation. Founded by Carl-Wilhelm Engels in 1892, the company was later owned by the Engels family, comprising Carl-Wilhelm’s sons Emil and Villi, and his widow Matilda. Emil would actively encourage export of his family’s company’s goods, and increased the range produced to hundreds of catalogue items. He would partner with Friedrich Wilhelm Engels in New York to distribute their razors in America.

Unfortunately, Engelswerk CW Engels would be one of the many German companies to succumb to the ravages of World War II, and ceased operations in 1943. At the same time, F.W. Engels’s company would close its doors, as the supply of razors dried up.

Collectors looking for an F.W. Engels razor today can recognize them by the trademark, and the Hansel and Gretel logo, on the tang. The F.W.E. Special, Perfect Temper and Leader models were the most popular of the razors, which are frequently referred to as “Angels” in the wet shaving community. The company sold many beautiful, hard-wearing razors, known for their elegance and attractiveness, which included cracked ice or translucent celluloid scales, brass bolsters, gun blue tangs and tails, and the meticulous effort that went into each one to make it into a work of functional art.


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