Thread: Who made this Solingen Razor?

Hey guys, is there any way to tell who the maker of this razor is? It screams Revisor to me but the tang only reads Solingen W. Germany. Any input will be greatly appreciated.

Is the maker unidentifiable? I don't know enough about these types of Germans to form an opinion.

Without a makers name it can only ever be a guess, nothing more. And guesses are, to my mind, pretty useless.

This type of 'souvenir' razor has been around for ages, so has that etch so has that type, pattern and colour of scales.

What has not been around is that type of pinning. In fact one hesitates to use the term pinning in its more accepted form, as these are actually small tacks with one flat head and a domed collar for the other end. Still, that is what you get now and all modern makers use them.

So, unless it is NOS (New Old Stock) and dating to, say, the 1970s/80s by a maker obscure enough not to use his name, or it is either a NOS razor or blank re-fitted by a firm such as Revisor (the new Revisor, not the old) or its simply a razor by a relatively recent but obscure maker, such as the maker of the recent Sans Souci razors.

My guess (NB: 'guess') is option 2 or 3.

Whatever its origins it looks legit and is probably a fine shaver.

Regards,
Neil

How does it shave?

I have a couple with no name that are decent razors.

Dave

That's a beautiful blade and the West Germany stamp(?) should mean quality, quality, quality.
Enjoy !!

The razor carries the exact etching and gold wash as the famous Solingen steel goods producer Paul Schulze Solingen-Weyer.
Schulze Messer

It certainly does, but as stated it is a generic design.

Regards, Neil

Thanks for your input guys! The razor isn't in hand as of yet. Im sure the quality of the steel is high but I'm not sure I like the idea of an unmarked razor.

I am sure that you will be very happy with it. Just because it is unmarked doesn't mean that it was made by a useless maker.

You can tell that it is a comparatively new blade (eg 1960 - 1980+) by the tang being etched (probably laser-etched) rather than stamped. That means that the blade was forged and tempered first - you cannot impress a mark into hardened steel without risking the steel shattering, so that means the blades were sold in quantities to those who wanted to put their own designs/etching onto them.

All that means is that the outlet was probably not a cutlery store but a souvenir shop. The maker could have even been a big name. As I say, though - we will never know with just a pic of the razor to go on.

Regards,
Neil

That is one of the modern Globusmen razors that were being sold not too long ago. There's at least one thread floating around. The bloke who bought the brand was selling some NOS razors on ebay but over stated the size of the blades in a number of cases.

Razor NOS GLOBUSMEN 6/8