Quote Originally Posted by ShaveAndTravel View Post
It's really soviet pre-WWII era razor.
It's not STIZ.
It's 2ГПЗ = The state ball bearing's plant #2 in Moscow (2-й государственный подшипниковый завод).
40 = year of item manufacturing 1940.
Rare model and good condition for russian vintage market.
Quote Originally Posted by ShaveAndTravel View Post
And first four symbol НКСМ = People's Commissariat (Department) of the middle-level machine-building industry (Народный комиссариат среднего машиностроения).
This Government Department was head-level manager for 2ГПЗ plant in USSR.
Beautiful! Many thanks. I love to have precise information, and this nails it down completely. Looks like I was lucky!