A redneck from Texas needs lanquage help!

Attachment 98269Hello, All! :) I have had this pretty thing for years on display. The scales seem to be a variant of red Bakelite with inlays. The blade has some big proclamations upon the front face. This is obviously a German-made razor, but the blade etch is not. I know Barbas Duras means for tough beards, which makes sense with the grind. Is this Spanish? Italian? Seems easier to ask you all than get a bunch of Rosetta Stone CD's!
Any help with interpetation and info/experience with the maker would be appreciated! Thanks in advance! .....Tom

Google translate auto-detect ftw:

What I can read is:
acciaio diamante
questo rasoio fa leggermente qualunque barba dura

Which means:
steel diamond
This razor makes shaving every last bit

BTW, it says it's Italian

Pinche Gringo BOLLIO!!!

No habla usted Italiano? :nono:

Pbbbbbbbbt. Me either. :w

FINE lookin razor though. :)

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Originally Posted by Wullie

Pinche Gringo BOLLIO!!!

No habla usted Italiano? :nono:

Pbbbbbbbbt. Me either. :w

FINE lookin razor though. :)

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OH! THATS What it means! Thanks for your reply!

Google's translator is always imprecise. It would sound better so:

Diamond steel
This razor softly shaves every tough and bad (evil?) beard.

I don't know the Moneta (it means "coin") brand, but during 1950-1970 the German makers made many razors for Italy, using slogans in Italian, as happened for the USA in the first half of the last century.

It is indeed Italian but
-It looks as if there are two more wordsmafter "dura", does it say "e cattiva"?
-The automatic translation is less than accurate

I would translate it as
"Diamond Steel. This razor shaves easily any tough and nasty beard". (assuming the last two words are what I guessed from the photo)

It's a very odd way (and a bit funny) of writing that sentence, nobody would use the word "cattiva" (naughty, bad) to describe a type of beard and you wouldn't use "fa" (does) for shaves. It sounds as if it has been written by somebody with a limited knowledge of the Italian language. Being a German razor that may well be possible.

It says "If you can read this YOU ARE TAKING OUR JOBS!!!!"

haha.

James.

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Originally Posted by CSquare

It is indeed Italian but
-It looks as if there are two more wordsmafter "dura", does it say "e cattiva"?
-The automatic translation is less than accurate

I would translate it as
"Diamond Steel. This razor shaves easily any tough and nasty beard". (assuming the last two words are what I guessed from the photo)

It's a very odd way (and a bit funny) of writing that sentence, nobody would use the word "cattiva" (naughty, bad) to describe a type of beard and you wouldn't use "fa" (does) for shaves. It sounds as if it has been written by somebody with a limited knowledge of the Italian language. Being a German razor that may well be possible.

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Your translation is good. Italian grammar is very different to English & rarely literally comparable. It makes sense to Italians tho. :)

Thanks for the translations! I am prouder of it now and actually feel a bit more "Worldly"! Just another cool thing about this forum! :tu

no that would be if it was in spanish lol or french for my area with the university near by theres a lot of french people in the area that i never noticed before.

Nice looking razor btw hope she shaves that evil beard off well lol