Thread: help in identification. age, value?

so i bought this in need of a restoration straightrazor. being made in solingen with some sort of asain characters on the tang and possible french on the box(if its what the blade originally came in) i have no idea what manufacturer it is or its aproximate age. anyone know?

The first two characters are 德國, a variant of 徳国 signifying Germany. I don't recognize the other two. What's inside the circles of the logo looks an awful lot like the Alcoso logo, except with a W where Alcoso has a C.


Alcoso was fouded by Alexander Coppel in 1821. The company is mostly known for the (ceremonial) swords, daggers, bayonets, and the like they made for both the British and later on the nazis (after the jewish Coppels were expelled from the firm). But they made all sorts of cutlery and even bicycle parts. Alcoso went out of business somewhere in the fifties, but was restarted in the late nineties. They now specialize in pet care products and professional scissors, but also took over Otto Busch and hold the Weltmeister brand.

yeah, that does look very similar. thanks so much for the reply. thats good info. i will see if i can email them and forward some pictures so that maybe they can help me identify it. i hope its worth restoring b/c im sending it out at the beginning of the week! thanks!

so i am guessing that my razor in an alcoso. i had it restored by kenrup. he did a great job. its not pristine but it was horrible before. he had to remove over 1.5 mm off the edge to get to healthy steel. going to give it a run today! got the idea for the razor with fall leaves from nightbreed did it here b/c its fall and my lighting inside sucks. pics arent the greatest but they arent too bad either.