Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
Another alternative is that a manufacturer allowed workers to make one to take home for their own use every now and then. I know of some companies, not razor companies, that allowed such perks. There is also the chance that it was smuggled out in a worker's lunch bucket, but in that case it probably would have been marked before it was tempered and ground. Looks like a well made razor. Hope it performs well for you.
Actually, if it is Solingen made, most of the workers around the turn of the century worked from home. Solingen was wired up for electricity very early so that the workforce could use power tools at home! No smuggling required.