Originally Posted by
Aerdvaark
Welcome aboard!! Lots of good people here willing to help out. A couple things though, The Kreiger I purchased also when I was new then found out it would never be honeable or even take a shaving edge. The gold dollar will take a shaving edge but not when you receive it out of the box. The shoulder needs to be ground down so it does not impede being put on a hone. There are a lot of threads on the subject here on SRP. Here are the names of a few razor companies that have made or are still making good reliable razors. There are many more but this will get you started.
Wade & Butcher
Dorko
Dovo
Boker
Solingen
Hart
Puma
Henckels
Torrey
Sheffield
Genco
Heljestrand
Wusthoff
Filarmonica
George Butler
George Wostenholm
H.M. Christensen
Thiers Issard
Wacker