RUSSIAN razor yzkaya

I bought this razor from europe i think it was Bulgaria.
I was interested in it only because of my Background. Razor was in new condition. Size is almost 5 /8 and has a little smile face to it. This razor is very very light.
I start to sharpen this blade and took me a good time just set a bevel. Remind me very hard steel TI chrome if i am not mistaken. Took me another 40 minutes to finish it up and shave test.
I couldn't believe how smooth shave was. All the work i spend on it was worth it.
if you have chance go head try this blade. you will love it.this is the pictures

There's one most of us haven't seen.Thanks for posting,Sham.

This razor was made by "STIZ"("СТИЗ").
I have extensive experience in sharpening Russian razors.=))

Sham, I honed one for a local guy & found the same as you. Great shave but long time honing on my King stones. Look forward to ceramics soon. I think the one I did was stainless but not marked as such..
Not a spot of rust on the blade & a little near the pivot just brushed off.

Here, very interesting razor made by "STIZ".

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Originally Posted by manah

This razor was made by "STIZ"("СТИЗ").
I have extensive experience in sharpening Russian razors.=))

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what do You think about them?
in the lade it is CT70. AFTER YZKAYA.

There is something written on the box but i cannot make it . i think it isays

PCFCP(RUSSIAN F)5345 REST I CANNOT

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Originally Posted by manah

Here, very interesting razor made by "STIZ".

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IS that your razor? wow
General Polkovniky. wowow

Hm I never thought there are still old razors in Bulgaria.
I am hoping my mother in law finds her father's razors, I am curious what they will turn out to be if found.

It's not CT70:), it's stamp of the factory - sputnik(the first sputnik of the Earth). 70 - model.
РСФСР - Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика - The Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic
5345 - State standard.

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IS that your razor?

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Unfortunately, it's not my razor.:(

If iam not mistaken general polkovnik just below marshal.i have meet marshal ones in my life and next day been send jail. This remind me my army life.

YZKAYA (Russian spelling Узкая) means narrow. Shame on me, I still don't have a single Russian razor :boohoo:

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Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

general polkovnik just below marshal

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Absolutely correct

I don't feel appropriate to correct native Russians here but is not the correct English spelling "Uzkaya"?

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Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

If iam not mistaken general polkovnik just below marshal.i have meet marshal ones in my life and next day been send jail. This remind me my army life.

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yep it means Colonel General , right under Marshal.

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Originally Posted by sparq

correct English spelling "Uzkaya"?

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Yep, that's correct, "Y" and Russian "У" just looks similar, but by the sound "U" is more appropriate

One more Soviet razor, made by STIZ with "Crimean bridge" on the blade.

Being a language student of German and Russian, I am very much interested in getting a Russian razor eventually. There was one on the bay a while back, but the $14 shipping turned me off of it. German razors are easy to find, but razors from Russia are much much harder.

Russian is a BEAUTIFUL language, IMO. I would love to have a Russian razor as well :)

YouTube - Polowanie na Czerwony Październik, Hymn to Red October

Beautiful...no other words...

I agree.


manah great razor too

I wish I had had the sense to look for a razor 37 years ago when I was there! :banghead:

Of course, I knew nothing, and God knows what I would have ended up with. I believe I remember seeing Raketa (Ракета) razors, and I strongly suspect they weren't of the quality we're seeing on this thread. :cool:

~Rich

My razor is about 53 years old. Razors "Ракета" were made on the same factory STIZ.

I've seen quite many Russian razors for sale at the second-hand/antique stores in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Very cheaply. Ignored this far as i've been mostly looking for German razors. Shame on me. Have to take another check next time i'll visit there.

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Originally Posted by manah

My razor is about 53 years old. Razors "Ракета" were made on the same factory STIZ.

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Спасибо! :) I have a few matters to take care of, like Christmas shopping and getting a couple of my present stable honed, before I can indulge the RAD, but I may start looking out for a Russian razor next year.

~Rich

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Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

If iam not mistaken general polkovnik just below marshal.

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I was hunting threads on Russian razors, saw this, and was reminded of one of the tongue-twisters my students stumped me with:

потполковниковиот потполковник

("potpolkovnikoviot potpolkovnik")

They said it (and even wrote it, I think) as if were one word, and they told me it meant something like "the under-general under the under-general". I can say it now, but it took a little while, especially since I was new here and they only gave me the Cyrillics, heh.

They did this because I had given them "The Leith police dismisseth us". :D

полковник(polkovnik) - colonel
подполковник(podpolkovnik) - under polkovnik. The rank before colonel.

In Soviet Russia beard shaves you!

Sorry I couldn't resist.

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Originally Posted by manah

полковник(polkovnilk) - colonel
подполковник(podpolkovnik) - under polkovnik. The rank before colonel.

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So that's the Russian, right? The version I wrote is Macedonian.
Must be like the -ise/-ize difference in English.