Thread: Help identifying new razor

Greetings and thank you for checking this out.

I picked this razor up through Reddit's Shave_Bazaar from a gentleman in Holland and am hoping you kind shavers may be able to help me out with any details on it.

The original seller (ebay guy) had very little info to offer my guy (Reddit guy). The only markings on it are "40" and "Ultima" (apparently the model# and make) on the tang and "STRONGBEARD" across it's face with a cool deco pattern. But it was NOS at the time of sale.

I've dug/searched at least 10 pages deep on Google, Bing, and anything else I could pull up and could not find anything. If anyone has any idea about this blade's origins, approximate date of manufacture, or any other information on it, I would greatly appreciate it.

Here is the information he had to offer me (if it helps):
"I can say it is a razor from 'the past' instead of a current production razor. I'd say that this razor comes from around 1980. It's a carbon blade... I got this from an Italian ebay seller. I won one razor, lost another. The sale didn't go through so he offered me the razor I lost the bid on initially plus he offered the Ultima as well... It was NOS at the time. Now that I've honed and used it it's no longer NOS of course, just honed properly with about 3 shaves on it."

Thank you for your time and shave on.
DastKook