Originally Posted by
Neil Miller
Rabindranath Tagore (the guy whose pic and name are on the scales) was a Bengali Indian who won the Nobel (not 'noble' - chinese mis-spelling!) for literature in 1913.
Doesn't help much with the razor ID (or even the year of manufacture) unfortunately.
There is still a Melchers in Hong Kong - been in business for 130 years in HK and China. It is a very diversified company from the one that started (and still operates) in Bremen, Germany in 1806. The HK branch was started in 1866. No doubt then that the razor is of German origin, bought en masse by Melchers for sale in their own packaging.
Regards,
Neil