Thread: Omega straight razor. More info! Please.

Yeah, I did find some initial results to confirm the razor. I guess I was just trying to find out a little more about Joseph feist.

Or maybe scrape up a little bit of information I may have missed.

Other than that it looks like there's a production 'number' of some kind on the other side of the blade. 4572. Although the two looks faded.

Apart from that, it ain't bad for 16 quid.
Thanks for your post, it's appreciated!

Originally Posted by Tambo

Apart from that, it ain't bad for 16 quid.
Thanks for your post, it's appreciated!

Your use of “quid” suggest you are in the UK. If you specify your location in your ID/avatar location, you might discover some of the folks on that side of the pond are not far from you. Several of the fellows over there are excellent honers and restorers. You might want to meet them.

Welcome to SRP. If you are the kind of person who collects and readily falls down acquisition rabbit holes, you’ve come to the right place. Lots of enablers here ; )

Yeah the Omega brand belonged to the Feist family. Like so much others it is a very sad story in Germany history of jewish immigrants that build up a company from a very small firm with lot of work to a well known and succesful business until the Nazi regime took over. Here is a small story of the company published in a Solingen newspaper some years ago:

The history of the Omega factory began in the 1860s, when Joseph and Abraham Feist, who had moved in, founded a steel goods trade. The two separated a short time later and Joseph Feist built up the company, which later featured the Omega next to the peacock in its logo.

Until 1933, the Jewish Feist family was one of Solingen's most respected factory owners, employing up to 110 people. Then the repression during Hitler's tyranny began. The family was still able to run its business until 1938. But after the pogrom night, the Feists emigrated. They sold the company to employees at a ridiculous price. The private assets were confiscated by the Nazi regime.

After the war, production continued until 2003, when the plant consisted of seven buildings. The city had these demolished from 2013 for safety reasons. Today, the site is undeveloped.

Regards Peter

That is interesting, Peter. I have always thought D. Peres was the only Jewish razor manufacturer in Solingen.