It's not a brand - It's a place.

**John Crowley** · 05-20-2009, 09:34 AM

WAPIENICA, POLAND

Wapienica Hotels, Vacations and Tourism, Wapienica, Poland Travel Guide - AOL Travel

**aroliver59** · 05-20-2009, 12:48 PM

Once again,we learn something new here.Thanks,John.

**hoglahoo** · 05-20-2009, 01:09 PM

Oh no, the cat's out of the bag!

John, John, John

[Edit: Just for the fun of it, I thought I might dig up an old post I could find addressing this particular issue. See below]

Originally Posted by blueprinciple

Wapienica isn't actually the name of the razor, it's the name of town in Poland they come from. They were manufactured by a company called SFK, who I believe made all sorts of things steel-wise. The urban story is that they were made in the 70's for use in (amongst other places) Soviet hospitals, hence the all-steel build so they could be autoclaved after use - they were possibly used more as body razors but I can't be sure of that. They are all NOS simply because they got left-over when - i'm surmising here - the USSR woke up to the fact of cheap disposable razors. Who knows?

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