The Renaissance is a different razor. Here's the one I mean:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1...smarck1ph7.jpg
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The Renaissance is a different razor. Here's the one I mean:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1...smarck1ph7.jpg
well you got me thinking and searching and the more I did the more your question turned into a quest as now i wana know !
This post from here, no less, was the only info i really found that might be what your looking for ,..,.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/239369-post2.html
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There was indeed a 'Bismarck Razor Works' in Solingen C. 1900 - 1930 - Dovo bought the trade name in around 1957 and still use it today on some of their razors. The other way a 'Bismarck' is known is by the blade shape - shoulderless and (to my eyes anyway) very elegant - as indeed the Dovo Bismarcks are now. You do not say what blade type yours is but if a shouldered blade it's likely a 'Bismarck Works' razor.
Here is my Bismarck Razor Works. It has some hone wear but honed nicely and shaved nice.