Thread: Please help translate these Kanji

I found this razor can someone please translate the Kanji? On the other side of the tang it says Alcoso Solingen Germany, so I'm very confused.
Thanks!

This came up in another thread recently.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...age-value.html

Originally Posted by Oldengaerde

The first two characters are 德國, a variant of 徳国 signifying Germany. I don't recognize the other two. What's inside the circles of the logo looks an awful lot like the Alcoso logo, except with a W where Alcoso has a C.

Alcoso was fouded by Alexander Coppel in 1821. The company is mostly known for the (ceremonial) swords, daggers, bayonets, and the like they made for both the British and later on the nazis (after the jewish Coppels were expelled from the firm). But they made all sorts of cutlery and even bicycle parts. Alcoso went out of business somewhere in the fifties, but was restarted in the late nineties. They now specialize in pet care products and professional scissors, but also took over Otto Busch and hold the Weltmeister brand.

Oftenfacetious meanwhile found this website with some additional info and a picture of the uncommon AWS logo, confirming the Alcoso link:

wow! what are the chances of that!!

It is 徳國製造

This reads Toku Koku (Germany) Seizou (Manufacture/Fabrication).

It says " Mings World of blades Hong Kong Open 24 hrs a day"