Thread: W. Busold / Solingen-Ohligs

I just bought this on ebay.. It's a NOS razor. Looks in pretty good condition. I have never heard of it though and couldn't find much on google. Nothing in fact. Only 1 link to a German razor forum where nobody had seen it before either. Do any of you guys know this W.Busold? I know Ohligs is a place in Solingen, so quality-wise I assume it should be a good razor. Thanks in advance for any info

Alas, I've got no really useful information on the company for you, but those are definitely some interesting looking scales. Planning on honing it up and giving it a trial shave any time soon?

I imagine it will take a week or two before I get it, and then I'll have to send it off to get honed as I am no honer myself. So I think it will be a while before I get to test shave with it. And I would like to find out a little more about it before I do anything with it since it is a new and "untouched" razor.

looking nice. price?

$23.49

Originally Posted by MisterA

$23.49

Wow! You got the kind of deal we don't see very often now days!

There was another post with scales very similar to that razor posted just yesterday, at first I thought is was the same razor. Don't know if they are related in any way.

here:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...fo-please.html

I bought mine from pita_60 and after the info started surfacing that the razors they sell might be fakes, I have had several doubts about this one as there is close to NO info on it anywhere.. And when I saw yours I am almost certain that mine is a fake.

Luckily I didn't pay much for it.

Originally Posted by MisterA

I bought mine from pita_60 and after the info started surfacing that the razors they sell might be fakes, I have had several doubts about this one as there is close to NO info on it anywhere.. And when I saw yours I am almost certain that mine is a fake.

Luckily I didn't pay much for it.

I wouldn't be too downhearted - I have had two exactly like yours, honed them, used them and they performed excellently. One of the german forums (can't remember which one) said that they were 1930s in origin, although they looked more like 1950s to me.

I can't imagine why someone would fake a little-known makers product - especially when the product could have been marketed as new and is such a good performer - doesn't make sense to me.

Regards,
Neil

Well that's good news. I still haven't had it honed, but now I think I will.. after all, like you say there really wouldn't be much sense in faking an unknown brand of straight razors.. If at all it would be profitable to fake razors I guess they would go for filas or dubl ducks.