I've had this razor all my adult life (since the late 1970s) but until lately only saw it as a tool. Now I'm interested in learning more about it. Can anyone help me to identify and age it?
I have no recollection as to how I obtained it and whether it was new or not. From what I've read it's probably a Tech and the V stamp indicates it dates from either 1950 or 1975.
On Sunday I found a similar razor at a street market. It is identical in every way except that it doesn't have the V. and 6 stamps that mine does. If the absence of these codes indicates it was made pre-1950 then it's similarity to mine suggests that mine dates back to 1950 rather than 1975.
Unlike the plates, the handle is not plated and appears to be either aluminium or some kind of alloy.
Please excuse the poor quality of the photos. I don't often photograph small things and have neither a proper macro lens nor a softbox to soften and even out light from my flash.
I have no recollection as to how I obtained it and whether it was new or not. From what I've read it's probably a Tech and the V stamp indicates it dates from either 1950 or 1975.
On Sunday I found a similar razor at a street market. It is identical in every way except that it doesn't have the V. and 6 stamps that mine does. If the absence of these codes indicates it was made pre-1950 then it's similarity to mine suggests that mine dates back to 1950 rather than 1975.
Unlike the plates, the handle is not plated and appears to be either aluminium or some kind of alloy.
Please excuse the poor quality of the photos. I don't often photograph small things and have neither a proper macro lens nor a softbox to soften and even out light from my flash.