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  1. 04-04-2010, 06:11 AM #1
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    Default Pre-Dovo "Tennis" Production Dates

    Does anyone know the production years for the pre-Dovo "Tennis" razors?
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    Can't help you, but I have one.
    Got it from gugi and it's a great shaver.
    Thanks gugi.
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    Fritz Bracht made the Tennis line before he took over Dovo just prior to WWII according to this short history of Dove/Merkur here. So I expect that the Tennis line was pre WWII. Someone with the Goins book may be along with more accurate info.
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    All I could find (unfortunately no Tennis dates in Goins') was the following:

    Fritz Bracht, Solingen-Wald, Böcklinstrasse 10 in 1940 and 1983. Brand name: 'Tennis'. Open-blade razor and safety-razor maker

    I got it here: Razor makers
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    "Tennis" joined to DOVO in 1952.
    Alex Ts.
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  9. 04-05-2010, 11:33 PM #6
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    Here is mine I just rescaled in curly maple with bocote wedge.
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  10. 04-06-2010, 03:18 AM #7
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    Nice job! and a good shaver too, I will bet.
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