On August 15, the seller on Amazon said this about the Viking Blade Godfather's manufacturing source: "For this particular model: The assembly workshop and QC is in Victoria, Australia; the steel mill that forges the parts is in PRC with Australian management and supervisors, and the razor blades are imported from Sweden."
For the record, I have a Godfather and I like it. But the Amazon seller is full of BS.
It is not steel. It is brass. I know that because my chrome plating is wearing through where the handle toches the bottom plate. It is clearly brass beneath. I don't have a problem with that.
It's not forged, in a technical sense, because you don't normally forge brass, you cast it. Unless they are forming the threads by forging rather than cutting, which I suppose could be done. I don't have a problem with that.
"Assembly workshop and QC" means the parts are shipped to Austrailia to be checked, screwed together, and packaged. I don't have a problem with that.
"Austrailian management and supervisors" means they have a guy or two at the factory to interact with the Chineese factory managers. I don't have a problem with that.
As for "the razor blades are imported from Sweeden", if that is true, Baili must be repackaging Sweedish blades, because my blades are wrapped in Baili branded wrappers. I don't have a problem with that.... er, I wouldn't if it were true.
I do have a problem with these guys being less than honest about their product.