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I'd think, if anything, it makes them less valuable since it drastically increases the chances that they were made much, much later.

This book covers it in some detail. It's a really, really dry read, but full of fascinating stuff. It does not, however, mention that there was a cutlery industry anywhere in Germany but Solingen......

Actually, if it is Solingen made, most of the workers around the turn of the century worked from home. Solingen was wired up for electricity very early so that the workforce could use power tools at...

Many razors from that period had only faint etchings, it might not have any remaining indicator. It's also possible that it was simply completely blank from the factory.

Much more likely than not, it was made in Solingen, Germany.

It may have originally had a makers stamp and country of origin, but it was ground off during WWI. That kind of effacement happened a...