Originally Posted by
brightred
as i mentioned above i found an older post on a german forum where a member got in touch with a person in solingen, family name "Kalkuhl". this person's grandfather was Ernst Kalkuhl who run a business in solingen. the company sold all kind of cutlery, razors included, mainly to south america, hence the brand name "Ernesto" or "Ernesto Kalkuhl", which is "Ernst" in spanish, italian and portugese. however, it remains unclear if the razor the OP inquires about, was really sold by this company.