Thread: Help identifying razor

Originally Posted by iakov

Can you tell me more about the this stone?
What should I use to flatten it?

I use a diamond plate for lapping but there are many ways. Some links of interest below

Ardennes Coticule - natural sharpening stones from Vielsalm Belgium. - Home
Hone Lapping 101 - Straight Razor Place Wiki

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The characters are Chinese. They read: Made in Germany (obviously a load of crock).

Top character (far right)
De - virtue or excellence. Same De as the "Tao De Jing"

Middle character
Guo - Country Not as in country vs city, but country as in nation. United States of America, China, Germany, that kind of "country."

Together they mean Germany.

Final character I'm having a hard time finding. I may need to send some emails.
Edit: found it. The radical is on the right instead of the left. Threw me for a loop that one.

Final character is
Zhi, it means manufacture, or make.

Made in Germany is the translation, which it obviously isn't.

Wow, very cool, thank you!
So, it's chinese knock off? Interesting.