Thread: Help identifying razor

Hello all!

I have an unusual request.
I'm looking to identify a razor that is not in my possession. I've never seen it, I only have description.
So here goes:
Scales has 5 point star inside incomplete circle. Blade handle has "DILLE", SOLINGEN and something that my aunt couldn't make out. Opposite side has - N.F.T inside stretched rhombus.
That's all I got. I will be getting this razor, it belonged to my grand dad, in the next few months.
If it helps, razor is located in Russia and was used for sure in the 70's and 80's, perhaps earlier, but I don't know that for sure.
Thanks to anyone who can help.

Wish I could help you. Hopefully someone will be along with some information. You could try searching around in the Razor Database and see if you come up with anything.

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Well, I finally recieved razor and some honing stones.
Here are pics, it would be great if someone could identify razor as well as stones:

Originally Posted by iakov

Well, I finally recieved razor and some honing stones.
Here are pics, it would be great if someone could identify razor as well as stones:

iakov,

There appear to be some Chinese characters on the tang. And Solingen appears to be misspelled as well.

Sorry, that's all the assistance I can provide.

Actually, about the characters on the tang, that looks Arabic or something to me, and if you turn the star emblem sideways it appears to be the Muslim star and crescent. That's just my observation on what I see here, because I know next to nothing about makers and such.

Sorry I can't identify the razor but the square stone look like a coticule. The longer one I can't tell.

Although the makers mark symbol (Page 93 of 347 in the referenced PDF document) is different, there was a Sheffield Maker, William Thomas Flather, Love Street Steel works (1892-1919), who used the initials "W F T" in his makers mark.

But that doesn't explain the "solingen" or any of the other markings. . .

It's not much, but it's all I've got.

Thanks guys!
Very interesting observations.
I personally think that those are japanese characters.
Can coticule be flattened? It's not very flat.

Can't help on the razor but the stone is a BBW/Coticule natural combi. Unusually, there's far more yellow left than blue. They can be lapped flat.

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