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    Default Four Crowns Razor with Steel Scales

    I picked this razor up recently, while restoring I noticed what looked like steel bushes pressed into the pivot holes (of the apparently plastic scales).
    Went to check they were steel (with a magnet) only to realise that the scales are plastic cast around a steel core.

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    I can't find anything on Four Crowns razors - I seem to remember seeing something, somewhere that they might have been made by Goedecke but, of course, I can no longer find the reference.
    Markings are as the photo (nothing on the reverse) "THE FOUR CROWN RAZOR", "EXTRA HOLLOW GROUND" on the blade. "FORGED AND REAL, HOLLOW GROUND, IN GERMANY" on the tang.

    The method of scale manufacture would suggest this razor is a lot newer than a lot of the styling cues would suggest, anyone seen anything like this before?

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    Hi pds, any luck with your research into Four Crowns? I've just come across one of these myself and wondering if it's worth investing in or if it's an unknown...

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    Hi,

    I haven't found any definitive evidence of a maker. There are several unbranded razors all with ornate blade engraving that use identical scales (sometimes black), I'm pretty sure they are made by Goedecke probably 1940-1950 but can't say for sure.
    What is for certain is they are fine shavers, i finished restoration shortly after posting still have it in my personal collection. I would recommend them as a good everyday razor as long as you get it cheap enough, i have seen them advertised relatively extensively because the sellers believes they are much older than they really are with celluloid scales.

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