Thread: Hitler Razor

I'm a little surprised that there aren't more razors around with Nazi symbolism on them around. I guess that most of them would have been scrapped after the war. I don't find it creppy at all. It is a legitimate part of world history. An unpleasant one but still a real one.

Originally Posted by johnmrson

I'm a little surprised that there aren't more razors around with Nazi symbolism on them around. I guess that most of them would have been scrapped after the war. I don't find it creppy at all. It is a legitimate part of world history. An unpleasant one but still a real one.

It's likely to be a pre-war piece say between 1934-1942. I would imagine, and it's only a guess, that from '42-'45 the steel would have been used for the Nazi war machine. With the postwar criminal code outlawing the use or display of the Nazi symbol being criminally punishable, any of these razors would likely have been destroyed shortly after the war.

This leaves us with two options. The first option is a British or American tourist purchasing and shipping the razor sometime during the mid '30's. The second option is that it was claimed as a spoils of war and shipped to the states in the '40's.

Originally Posted by AxelH

My Jewish throat secretly craves the feel of cold, Hitler steel. Martensite, austenite, Hitlerite?

Actually, given the ultimate failure of Hitler's "Final Solution", I see this as a fitting statement (double-entendre, for the irony-challenged) -- just imagine, a Jew having the last laugh on Herr Schicklegruber, by living to shave with this razor!

Of course, I'm the guy who tried (but was denied) getting a license to open a club in Tel-Aviv -- I wanted to call it the "Alcoholocaust"...

Actually it's not surprising that there would have been many items with Hitler's mug on them. It seems that all of the totalitarian dictators (Lenin/Stalin, Kim Jong Il, Hussein et al, even the Pharoahs) form a "cult of personality" that has their faces on everything from wristwatches to murals to dinner-ware!

I remember that there was quite a sub-culture of Hitler memorabilia at gun shows back during the 80's (which at times seemed uncomfortably linked to National Socialists and the white supremacist movement); I don't know if that is still the case. Still, it would make quite the conversation piece, and I love the irony of a Jew wanting to shave with the dead Fuhrer's razor!

This reminds me of the video posted here not too long ago featuring a survivor dancing at Auschwitz. I truly admired the old guy for his tenacity and ultimate triumph, like dancing on ones own grave.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

They made all kinds of things with his picture on it. Razors, watches, dinnerware.

Hankies ? lol rrrrrrrrrrrrr they shoulda , prehap some toilet paper aswell