I got this in the mail today from a gentleman on another forum. A vanilla fudge Henckels 72 1/2 round nose razor. What caught my interest was that it was stamped DR Pat, Deutsches Reich Patents I believe. I had not seen one stamped like that before.
Here is what the seller had to say about it.
"Henckels Friodur 72 1/2 stainless steel straight razor, manufactured at the Zwiillingswerk plant Solingen. Blade is 6/8", full hollow round point, scales are plastic with silver inlay. This is an early example, the Friodur patent was granted in 1938 and the term D.R PAT was used until the late 1940's so this is most certainly from a 40's production run... Comes complete with original box and slip of paper detailing the unique Friodur production process."
Near as I can tell from a quick check the patent year for "Friodur" is right and the use of DR Pat ceased after WWII. Germany having lost the war, it's patents(intellectual properties) were looted by the Allies.
Another interesting thing is that the slip of paper that came with it was written in 4 languages, German, English, French and Spanish. The last one is a guess on my part.
Bob
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