Thread: Hitler Straight Razor.

Originally Posted by catbone

I read that the alloy used in the frames for Parabellum pistols was made and delivered by our pals at DuPont. I believe we stopped shipping stuff to Germany in '39, But the Parabellums were built from NOS components through '42.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

There was a strong pro-Nazi stream in the US up until the war. Ford and Lindberg (respectively) received the highest and second highest awards a foreign citizen could receive from Germany, while the National Socialist party was in power. Therefore, I'm not surprised that a US manufacturer was contracted to work for Hitler and/or his supporters. Another explanation would be that Melchior could have been an immigrant from Germany. Boker is a great example of a German manufacturer working in the US.

Let's not forget that Henry Ford supplied motors to the Nazi campaign also.... Hilter even had Ford's portrait on the wall behind his desk along with Rockefeller. Sounds like everyone was out making money just like today.

Originally Posted by jnich67

Are there any universities near you? Maybe they have a prof. that could steer you to resources where you could learn more about the razor.

I think that might be an interesting option. If there is a university near(ish) to you, see if you can find out a bit about the history professors. Asking someone who specialises in late medieval criminal law might not help as much as someone who's well versed in modern history.

Denmason,

Sweet fro!

This has really got me curious as to if it is real or not. I have e-mailed the TV show History Dectectives and told them the story. Two things point to it being real, the date the company was in buisness and the Solingen (city of blades) in Germany.
I am close to Indiana Univesity and will try to figure out who to contact there. Didn't realize how much I would learn just from buying a straight razor.

Meh, I wouldn't put much stock in history profs when it comes to straight razors. I was a history major, only one of my profs could have found Solingen on the map and he wouldn't know the difference b/w Dorko and Kriegar.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Meh, I wouldn't put much stock in history profs when it comes to straight razors. I was a history major, only one of my profs could have found Solingen on the map and he wouldn't know the difference b/w Dorko and Kriegar.

Agreed, but they might know where to look to find out about activities that led to the razor being produced. Gifts for campaign workers and supporters, etc.

Jordan

Originally Posted by together

This has really got me curious as to if it is real or not. I have e-mailed the TV show History Dectectives and told them the story. Two things point to it being real, the date the company was in buisness and the Solingen (city of blades) in Germany.
I am close to Indiana Univesity and will try to figure out who to contact there. Didn't realize how much I would learn just from buying a straight razor.

Love that show, should be interesting if you get back a reply from them. I could see it happen as they would like to have something like this on there especially about the history of a company and if it was something that Hitler had commissioned for people. Keep updating this with the details if you or anything finds out some info.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Meh, I wouldn't put much stock in history profs when it comes to straight razors. I was a history major, only one of my profs could have found Solingen on the map and he wouldn't know the difference b/w Dorko and Kriegar.

Well, although you'd probably need someone specialising in nazi-history, they wouldn't need to be straight razor specialists to know about special gifts being handed out...

As much as I dislike them, you should take it to a gun show. Those things always have people that are nuts about the history of WWII, and the history of the rise and fall of the Nazis. More than likely there would be someone there who could provide answers.

Unfortunately stumbled upon this thread. Although tempted to go away and ignore it, am compelled on behalf of the 6 mil + innocent, and now voiceless, humans murdered by the vile and evil sub-human depicted on this razor to say - yes, this is offensive.

Of all the wonderful, beautiful straight razors out there, this one razor should have rusted and rotted away in obscurity.

No appologies for my opinion.


Scott