Thread: New guy with an old razor...

Maybe I can shed a little light about your razor. The King Bell brand was made by Gebr. Bell (Bell Brothers) of Solingen, Germany. They sold their razors under their own name (see photo) and likely wholesaled their wares to retailers in the U.S. market. Your razor was purchased by the Arnold Co. (possibly the Arnold barber supply co. of Little Rock, AR) for resale with their company name stamped on the tang. This was a common practice used by smaller businesses to have their own brand of razor, etc. The German manufacturers were offering this service at a very inexpensive price and undersold the American competition.

The one thing that puzzles me is that your razor was stamped M. I. (made in) Germany and the Gebr Bell were located in Solingen. There was a distinction between the two as razors being produced in the Solingen area were held to a higher production standard than razors made in other parts of the country. That's not to say that other German razors couldn't have been made to same high standard, but it was not required.

Regards - Walt

Originally Posted by Chevhead

You have been on here 4 years and have 8 posts?
That HAS to be some sort of record! LOL

GLAD you are still hanging around...

It's been four very busy years.

Walt, thanks for the new info.

I'm so glad that I left the option on to notify me of any responses by email, otherwise I may have missed all this. I'm lucky I can remember where I parked my car, let alone what I did four years ago.