Thread: Please Help ID - I can't find any info on this blade

I recently purchased an old razor along with 3 others, but this one I can't seem to find any info on. The scales are Dorko, but it looks as if the blade may not be. One of the pins holding the blade looks like it is not original.

The blade face faintly shows "MAISON BUYENS-BADISCO, CHEE DE MONS 158, BRUXELLES"

Stamped on the spine is "5/8 NARICO"

Reverse of spine reads "ACIER-BOHLER, TREMPEET FORGE A SOLINGEN"

The box shows no identifying marks.

Thanks for the help

EDIT: Blade looks to be Half or Full Hollow, I'm leaning towards full

I'll say it first:
We need photos!

It SOUNDS as if a Solingen-made razor for a French retailer?

Originally Posted by Dzanda

I'll say it first:
We need photos!

My apologies, one sec I will take some...


^^ Showing The stamp and the pin, which you will notice is larger and has a different discoloration than the lower pin.


^^ Reverse Stamp


^^ Scale and lower pin for reference


Blade etching, which is near impossible to photograph

Originally Posted by sharptonn

It SOUNDS as if a Solingen-made razor for a French retailer?

It would make sense, I believe all the text to be French

ACIER is French for steel in this case carbon steel.
Acier au carbone is technically carbon steel and Acier Inoxydable is French for stainless steel (just in case you wanted to know)
BOHLER was a reputable german steel manufacturer. Very nice, high quality metal.

So the back roughly translates to Made by Trempeet Forge in Solingen using Bohler steel

The blade reads like a hotel advertisement.
MAISON BUYENS-BADISCO is the name (Buyens-Badisco Home and both Buyens and Badisco are fairly common names)
CHEE DE MONS 158 is the street address (Chee de mons is a street name)
BRUXELLES is Brussels in Belgium

I don't know a thing about Narico. Hopefully someone else will know. It may have just been a redistributor.

Seems like it's made by Dorko in Solingen for a Belgian retailer. Narico might just be a sub-brand of Dorko.

Originally Posted by criswilson10

ACIER is French for steel in this case carbon steel.
Acier au carbone is technically carbon steel and Acier Inoxydable is French for stainless steel (just in case you wanted to know)
BOHLER was a reputable german steel manufacturer. Very nice, high quality metal.

So the back roughly translates to Made by Trempeet Forge in Solingen using Bohler steel

The blade reads like a hotel advertisement.
MAISON BUYENS-BADISCO is the name (Buyens-Badisco Home and both Buyens and Badisco are fairly common names)
CHEE DE MONS 158 is the street address (Chee de mons is a street name)
BRUXELLES is Brussels in Belgium

I don't know a thing about Narico. Hopefully someone else will know. It may have just been a redistributor.

Wow that is really interesting. Possibly a gift shop item from the hotel? I looked up the address in Google Street View and it looks like it is now a bakery with quarters above. It really does looks as if it is the original building which could have been the hotel. I really love items with a history to them, so thank you so much for this info!

Originally Posted by rpaduano

Seems like it's made by Dorko in Solingen for a Belgian retailer. Narico might just be a sub-brand of Dorko.

I wasn't able to find any info whatsoever on Narico, or any acquisition of Narico by Dorko, but it is definitely possible.

So is the general consensus that the blade is actually a Dorko-made blade? I guess the re-pin really threw me off. Either way I've decided to lightly restore the blade and have it honed, after knowing more of its history I don't want to let it go haha