I have run into the same situation in a cigar shop in Charleston I had seen them in there before I started using them and went in when one day after I started and ask the Man if he still sold Straight Razors he said he did but did not have any in stock at the time so I ask what kind he sold and he said Solingen and I kind of just left it at that. If I remember right they looked alot like DOVO's I haven't been back. On the other hand the only other place I have seen the in this area was in Savannah In a Cigar store and the Man knew what he had at the Time he DOVO's and a Hen and Rooster thats the place I got my first DOVO and it's been RAD ever since.