My Sanssouci razor finally came in after sitting in customs for about a week. I had been a little anxious about these razors after seeing discussions here and over on B&B. Mine measures 13/16, hollow ground with the white scales. I still don't know if these are newly ground blanks, NOS, vintage or whatever. The seller said they were from the 70's, but I'm not sure exactly what that means. It seems to be a quality blade with tight pins, centers well between the scales. There are no jimps and there is a gold wash on the tang and spine. So far my only complaint is that the goldwash seems to be really thin on the tang. A bit of the wash had been scratched off in the pivot area because of opening and closing the blade. The description said shave ready, but really wasn't quite there. After doing a little work on it last night, I shaved with it this morning and was very pleasantly surprised. I came away with a very smooth shave with no pull or dragging. The blade has a nice weight to it, and seems to be equal to any other razor I have (at least after one shave.) All in all I am satisfied and not a bad price.