Kukri 360 Razor?

So after inheriting a stack of my Grandfather's old straight razors, I wanted to buy one for myself - tossed up buying new, but was sort of a bit put off by the prices, feeling that an equivalent razor could be had for a lot cheaper (and therefore a much better WAF) if I bought vintage.


Started crawling through ebay and found this, as soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it, to my eyes its stunningly beautiful and with a name like Kukri (the traditional Ghurka knife) makes it irresistable.


Kukri Solingen Gebr Rasiermesser Used Straight Razor Usato Rasoio | eBay


Trouble is that I dont know the brand and there is almost nothing on the WWW or this site on it, other than its a 'good razor'. Maybe it was an impulse buy... and maybe its the start of a bad habit...;)


Can anyone tell me more about it? such as the likely age, the maker, apparent condition of this one, etc?

sorry no help from me but I do like the spine work etc
looks like a nice blade
sure someone will have some info if not get it anyway & you will know it is a rare one??

Bought it! I hope its a good one.

I've attached pics in case somewhere, and some time, someone knows about them and ebay has taken down the listing

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It looks like it could be OK, and I think the fact that there was a massive bidding chase to the finish is indicative that others thought so too. I've bought stuff on ebay for more than this where I was the only bidder - that's a nervous moment I can tell you; you're all alone and you've relied on 5 or 6 pictures.

If you're not an ace honer send it over to Oz and then you'll really find out what the story is!

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Originally Posted by Maladroit

I've bought stuff on ebay for more than this where I was the only bidder - that's a nervous moment I can tell you; you're all alone and you've relied on 5 or 6 pictures.

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this is when you start blowing up the pics looking cracks etc you think you missed but everyone didn't LOL

Kukri was a trademark of N. Schreiber & Sons Solingen, Germany, that said its a quality piece, Enjoy!

Thanks all, I'll send it off to get honed along with my Grandfather's Blue Wonder, once I've finished fashioning some new CF scales to replace the broken one.

The razor arrived today and I'm surprised to see that its in completely unused condition - never been honed, not a scratch on it and no sharper than a butter knife. If the seller didnt have such a good reputation, I'd actually be suspicious that it was a fake.:D