Thread: Clan of the Dancing Twins

Very interesting example Bob.
Indeed the Deutsches Reich Patent was only used until 1945. Since Henckels developed the ice hardening, which they patented under the name Friodur in 1939, we coulkd believe that the razor should date somewhere between 1939 and 1945. Other sources say, that Henckels began 1943 with the production of Friodur razors. Anyhow it is hard to believe that they produced razors during time of WW2. Henckels themself stated in older sources that they began to produce razors under the name Friodur from 1951 on.
At this time the German Patent office was reopened under the name Deutsches Bundespatent (1949 with the abreviation DBP). Anyhow older patents still have been named Reichspatent for a certain time (simply because they have been registered during that time).
In my opinion your razor should be somewhere from the late 1950’s or early 1960‘s.
One question though: the file marks (jimps) on the lower part of the tang - are they black or clean silver ?