Thread: Revisor? Dorko? Fake? IDK?

Howdy ya'll. I'm hoping somebody here can help me out.

After getting my X-Mas bonus, I splurged and bought myself a little present. It showed up quickly from Germany, and I got it today.

This is the ebay pic




It looks just like that in person and I was pretty exited. But... when it caught the light just right I could clearly read "DORKO" underneath the "REVISOR C.FRIEDR. SCMIDT".
I tried to get it to show up in a photo and after playing in photoshop a bit you can pretty much see it here






It has "Solingen Germany" stamped into the other side of the tang, and it came in a C.FRIEDR. SCMIDT box.


Any thoughts? Is it actually a Dorko? Is it a fake? Is it made from a Dorko blank? I have absolutely no idea, and it's putting a slight damper on the excitement of getting a new razor on christmas eve.

I don't know the answer to your question for sure but ..... I seem to recall reading that Heribert Wacker had some blades blanks from one manufacturer and ground off the name and stamped another onto them. This may be a similar situation ? You can see some of his work here. Looks like a really nice razor.

I don't think its a fake. Dorko probably had a bunch of blades when they stopped selling straights and revisor probably bought them however I've never seen a revisor like that so who knows.

Thanks guys.

I've been really exited about getting this one. It's my 1st stainless, 1st 6/8 round, 1st fancy scales, and it's the most that I've spent on a razor. I'll probably be honing it up tomorrow for an X-Mas test shave unless somebody else chines in with some bad info.

I'd be happy wit that razor even if it were a Dorko. I have a couple of Dorko's and they shave really nice. Nice Razor, enjoy your shaves with it.

It IS a nice looking razor, reguardless.