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10-25-2009, 09:10 PM #1Junior Member
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Wonder Razor?
Anybody ever seen or heard of these? Got it for a song and dance..
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10-25-2009, 09:47 PM #2Large Member
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Not heard of them, but many were made branded for distributors. Is there anything on the tang?
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10-26-2009, 06:55 AM #3Citizen
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Hmm, doesn't really look like a Chronik . . . ;-)
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11-07-2009, 10:15 AM #4Junior Member
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Ok, so after receiving the razor and spending some time behind a dremel, I found it says "The Wonder Master" on one side, and "Strutz & Clottu Co. Chicago Made in Germany" on the other. Anybody have any info now?
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11-07-2009, 04:16 PM #5Senior Member
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Struth and Clottu c 1921-1922 Located at 129 North Wells Street, Chicago, Illinois. Victor E. Clottu was president. Their specialty was razors. - "Goins' Encyclopedia of Cutlery Markings"
Your razor was made by a jobber in Germany and stamped with the name of this company. There is probably no way of knowing who actually made this razor. After World War I, the American market was flooded with inexpensive, and sometimes inferior, razors from Germany. There were hundreds of hardware stores, cutlers, barber shop suppliers, etc. that used these unnamed, and now unknown, German manufacturers to personalize the razors
that they sold.
Regards - Walt
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11-08-2009, 04:16 AM #6Junior Member
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LOL, should have spent the $5 on a six pack then right?
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