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  1. 02-03-2011, 09:17 PM #1
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    Here's my latest one. (I'm pretty convinced of the #14 blades by now.)
    This one was NOS and I couldn't resist.
    Just had a shave with her and it was great.
    The brand puzzles me a bit though.
    The box says solingen, but the reverse side of the blade has a stamp saying industrial Cuceillera, suggesting something spanish...

    Enjoy the pics. More in my album.




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    I have also seen German 14 and 13 and 12 blades. I'm pretty sure I remember posts somewhere about Filly blades being from a German drop forge and possibly that Puma got their blanks from the same place, but I don't remember any details.
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    The #14 blades were forged by Hugo Herkenrath, and produced by Giesen & Forsthoff from 1945 into the 70s. You will find them on Dorko, Gesse, German Hoppe, Lafont/Madrid and several others.


    This is the statement, how far to believe in that statement is the question???

    Myself I don't believe anything as fact, until I see it on a pre 1970 listing then I accept it as highly probable... Some people have taken this to the extreme to say that every single blade stamped with a #14 are all the same, myself I think that highly duobtful... But never say never in razordom until it is proved...
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  7. 02-04-2011, 01:03 AM #4
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    Very nice razor! Congrats.
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