Thread: Chinese happy people

Excellent work. I don't now about the panda, but the razor is top shelf!

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I saw one of these swaybacks on eBay a few months back. It didn't look nearly as cool as this one, but I wanted it anyway. Unfortunately I was outbid.

Stellar work, Buddel.

Originally Posted by DEwey

Wow, very cool and original. Does anyone know if the asian writing was added later or was it actually originally there at inception? Also, what's it mean?

I emailed a Chinese friend to find out for you, but I have a funny feeling it may not be Chinese, could be a very old form of Chinese but the characters relly look unusual, if you know what I mean.



Very nice razor though, love the handle and the way when closed, the blade lines up with that little notch.

Originally Posted by Buddel

This is a Wade&Butcher Wedge with edged chinese signs o the blade (I think so, but my chinese is worser, than my english).
For the handle I used an african ebony wood. The two colors, bright and black, are a symbol for Ying and Yang.


From the old rotten horn handle I could save two original "Bulleyes" washers, that I used for the backpin. All pins and the wedge are brass.

My girlfriend find, the handle has some similarity to a panda bear

I just saw my Chinese friend online, who I had emailed that picture to, he said its not Chinese but some middle eastern language. If you have any middle eastern friends perhaps you can ask one of them.

Thanks a lot for your investigation. The problem is, I dont know someone from the middle east. But perhaps has an other member more informations for me.

It may be Hindi - I am not sure but that is what I thought when I first saw this, or something from that region. Whatever it is, it is a beautiful piece of work.

It does not look middle eastern or arabic. I've seen quite a bit of it over the last year, and that doesn't look like it, unless it is some highly stylized version, which is...possible. It does bear some resemblance to a more eastern language, possibly sanskrit, hindi, or bengali. But that is just a best guess on my part.

Edit: Looks like it belongs to the Sanskrit family, but that's just my opinion. Wiki - sanskrit and make your own judgment.

Could be stylized hebrew perhaps?

Most certainly not any Indian script. More likely it is stylized Hebrew.

Originally Posted by bjrn

Could be stylized hebrew perhaps?

Originally Posted by karkarta

Most certainly not any Indian script. More likely it is stylized Hebrew.

Sorry guys, I read, write and speak Hebrew fluently and that doesn't look a damn thing like it. Not even like archaic forms found on the dead sea scrolls.

If anything, it reminds me of Anglo Saxon runes (though it's not exactly that either).