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    Default Easternblock Britva

    This is the place for those few but good shavers: soviets, USSR, Russian, Hungarian and all the straight razors from beyond the old iron curtain.

    Trud Vacha model "Gravyura" 1956

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    alb1981 and tiddle like this.

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    What brands are good ones? I haved always avoided these old easternblock ones because I wasn't sure which brands were quality...

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    This is my Britva Uzkaya. I'm told that translates to "Narrow Razor". It's a 5/8 and I believe it's made of stainless steel. Good razor!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wintchase View Post
    What brands are good ones? I haved always avoided these old easternblock ones because I wasn't sure which brands were quality...
    There are many razors, but the most known are:

    Trud from Vacha
    Stiz

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    Trud - Straight Razor Place Wiki
    STIZ - Straight Razor Place Wiki

    P.S. I think, the name "Easternblock" is better for this thread.
    Last edited by manah; 10-21-2011 at 02:50 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by manah View Post
    P.S. I think, the name "Easternblock" is better for this thread.
    ok, Looks fine to me.

    what about "Easternblock Britva"

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    I have no idea what mine is other than it has Cryllic lettering.

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    I'll hone it up this weekend. It doesn't seem to have a bevel yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by manah View Post
    Trud - Straight Razor Place Wiki
    STIZ - Straight Razor Place Wiki

    P.S. I think, the name "Easternblock" is better for this thread.
    Sandra says the Trud page is "Short directions on how to behave with this knife".

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    she didn't understand the Vacha
    Vacha is a small town in Russia.
    Sandra says the Trud page is "Short directions on how to behave with this knife".
    Yes. It's a razor instruction.
    She said the first 3 letters on the top line mean Russian. The rest of the top line just means instrument.
    Росинструмент - RusInstrument - Russian Instrument, it was something like a state corporation.
    Last edited by manah; 03-09-2012 at 12:37 AM.
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