Thread: ID help -- Russian eBay special

I was looking around eBay for something reasonably cheap & beat-up (to practice restoration / honing before I destroy what I'm learning to shave with), and bid on this Russian razor on a whim:

ANTIQUE STRAIGHT RAZOR - eBay (item 160504426734 end time Nov-16-10 13:46:59 PST)







I notice a lot of pitting, even along the edge, and after it ended I noticed the blade didn't sit flat (though it looks like it's on a leather couch, so that could just be the surface it's sitting on). The starting bid was a touch high, but for free shipping from Lithuania it seems OK. However...

Anybody have any idea what this thing is? I can't read Russian, and the inscription on the tang doesn't seem to match any Russian razors mentioned on B&B or SRP. The images all have the word "Britva" in the name, but that just seems to mean "razor" in several Slavonic languages, as far as I can tell.

Thanks in advance!

Signs on the box, from left to right, "Бритва 14-17mm" - Razor 14-17mm or 5/8-6/8, "Двухзаковная" refers to hollow ground, direct translation ground twice.

Двух (double) "заковная" (really strange word, but in terms of razors, means "ground") I've seen some "Однозаковная", Один (one) and again "заковная" but they are half hollow.

РТУ-РСФСР 534-5 Number of the manufacturing standard (process) this razor should correspond.
On the right side of the box full name of the maker. This razor produced by "Труд" from city called "Вача"
Most likely this razor manufactured in 1934-1940

РСФСР stands for Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика or Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic

it will better if you change your mind to use that blade for learning honing porposes. You will have tough tiime.gl

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

You will have tough tiime.gl

That's for sure. Those razors extremely hard and tough, really dificult to hone. But they are good shavers

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

it will better if you change your mind to use that blade for learning honing porposes. You will have tough tiime.gl

Hmm...good thing I went nuts and bought several other honing-practice razors. I'll put this one away for future restoration.