Looks Japanese, with the sideways number stamp and scales.
Better close up photos of the tang stamps and the blade etch would help.
Nice find, the one you left behind also looks nice.
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Looks Japanese, with the sideways number stamp and scales.
Better close up photos of the tang stamps and the blade etch would help.
Nice find, the one you left behind also looks nice.
What? I have the rarest razor in the world? No one have ever heard of them before?
Beats the heck outta me. :gl:
BUT that etching looks similar to TI or a Revisor I have seen, can't find it now, could be a coincidence though. Maybe it is a private labelled blank, google-fu some 1072's on the site?
The etching looks like it says FEOX to me.
You may never find out. Close as I could see is a feon, has the e above the o like that. Japanese razor of high quality. Maybe this was from a smaller Japanese manufacturer trying to cash in on a well known brand.
Not a sure thing, but "For Barber's Use" was a common tang mark of NRK - Nirichi Razor and Knife - ie Tanifuji
Update. It cleaned up well over the weekend. How do I clean the gold etch? Any ideas?