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08-20-2013, 04:38 AM #1Junior Member
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"Kiebitz"
I picked up a "kiebitz" the other day and I'm very pleased with it. However, I'm not sure what the 48 stamp is on it. Does anyone have a clue?
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08-20-2013, 05:05 AM #2I'm a social vegan. I avoid meet.
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Give us a "clue" -- put up some photos!
Originally Posted by Craftyveter
You can have everything, and still not have enough.
I'd give it all up, for just a little more.
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08-20-2013, 05:17 AM #3Junior Member
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Sorry. Here it is.
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08-20-2013, 05:36 AM #4Senior Member
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Nice blade, shave whit it and forget the nr 48. i think its only a production stamp (not an age stamp)
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08-20-2013, 06:13 AM #5Senior Member
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Lots of numbers out there and never figured any of them out. Model # is what I call them. May mean April 8th. Maybe the guys age that came up with the design. It looks like a 5/8 not a 4/8.. How does it shave? It sure is pretty.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience....well that comes from poor judgment.
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08-20-2013, 06:26 AM #6Junior Member
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Tomorrow will be my first shave with it. I'm pretty excited! Thanks for the info.
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08-21-2013, 01:48 AM #7I'm a social vegan. I avoid meet.
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"Kiebitz" is a variation of the Hebrew root ק-ב-ץ, meaning "gather" or "gathering". In the Torah, it is found several times in Kings I and II -- קבוץ גלויות -- meaning "in-gathering of the exiles". In modern Hebrew, a קיבוץ (kibbutz) is a "communal living arrangement", usually rural, generally agricultural (but increasingly higher-tech, smaller factories); and the familiar "kibbitz" refers to a gathering of adult men -- barber shops were a common focal point -- where they discussed and debated the goings-on of the day. "Kiebitz" is an acknowledgement to the Israeli kibbutz movement of the mid-1800s through early-1900s, and a limited-run of these razors was manufactured (in Germany, of all places) during the 1950s for a group of wetshaving German Zionists, who had immigrated to Israel -- their use of the number "48" refers to the founding (in May 1948) of the modern State of Israel. Originally Posted by Craftyveter
Seriously? I dunno... but it sounds good; better than "'Kiebitz' was going to be the name for pop-in-your-mouth-sized cookies, home-made by the Keebler elves", no?
Smooth shaving!You can have everything, and still not have enough.
I'd give it all up, for just a little more.
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08-23-2013, 07:38 AM #8Senior Member
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That's all very interesting JBHoren, but in this case, Kiebitz is just a bird. The bird depicted on the logo of the razor
Nice razor by the way ! I had a Kiebitz myself, but not as nice as this one ...JBHoren and Rockabillyhelge like this.
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08-23-2013, 05:15 PM #9Junior Member
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Thank you for the compliment. I'm selling it on ebay if you want to take a look.
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