Thread: Tragedy strikes

While stationed in Germany in 1972, I bought a fairly ordinary razor, a 5/8 round point Dovo with a blade marked "English Razor" and the tang stamped with "Made from Kayser Ellison & Co's Best Sheffield Silver Steel". I was pretty fond of that razor.

It got dropped, a dime-sized chunk is out of the blade.

Where can another be found?

Sorry to hear!
Something eBay item number 330326907501 ?
I'm so sorry bidding had just ended.

bummer, i guess on auction sites like ebay.
kayser ellison was gone somewhere in the 60s-70s i believe (merged with something else), so Dovo can't get steel from them anymore even if they wanted to.

The scales on mine are a a different stye, but the blade is identical (except for the missing chunk) to the one pictured in that auction. It may have been an inexpensive razor, but it shaved well, held a nice edge. I wish I had seen that listing a month ago!

Ask JimmyHAD, he loves Kayser Ellison stuff iirc.

Update: After five years of searching, I finally found a duplicate razor!!! Pretty good shape, too!

Glad your persistence finally paid off. Good looking razor. It's not often you hear the final outcome so long after the initial post.

Bob

talk about a flash back. Jesus 2009 to now, well glad you found what you were looking for. looks pretty. What are those scales made of?

The scales are a striated plastic. The camera sort of gives them an imitation wood grain appearance. They are slick, smooth and handsome enough in their own right. It was not a particularly high end razor at the time, but certainly had nice features and shaved well. Three crosspins, jimps top and bottom, and a nice blade etching. This one shaves as well as the old one did and will be a regular in the rotation.

Glad your hunt was successful. Looks like a great shaver.