Another ID thread: What is this thing?

[Sixxtwo]

Picked this up w/ some Gems at an antique store the other day. Any ideas or origins?

Thanks all for any help!

 

[Sixxtwo]

I will go with 3rd party/knockoff then.

Last bump, then its off to the depths.

 

[Gruder]

Sorry, that's a new one to me.

 

[82R100]

This is the part where we usually say "That should shine up nicely!".

I'm not sure that it will.

- Chris

 

[RichGem]

This is the part where we usually say "That should shine up nicely!".

I'm not sure that it will.

- Chris

I don't think there's any plating left on it to polish up.

Something about it looks Eastern Bloc to me.

 

[Groundhog]

I don't think there's any plating left on it to polish up.

Something about it looks Eastern Bloc to me.

+1.....the first thing I thought of was "unplated zinc from behind the Iron Curtain"...

 

[Hoos]

Are there any markings on it that might indicate a company or a country of origin?

Heck, just in the U.S., there were a large number of razor companies over the years. So anything else might help narrow it down.

 

[AsylumGuido]

Are there any markings on it that might indicate a company or a country of origin?

Heck, just in the U.S., there were a large number of razor companies over the years. So anything else might help narrow it down.

I tend to lean toward eastern block Europe also. American made products were all stressing "Made In USA" in the era that would have been produced.

 

[Sixxtwo]

That was my guess as well - Eastern Bloc cast pour. No markings/letters anywhere.
And yes, that is its shined up form. It was worse

Thanks all!

 

[John C]

I say, resurface the head and guard to smooth it out and replate it.
what the heck.

 

[mdunn]

I say, resurface the head and guard to smooth it out and replate it.
what the heck.

nah, there are heaps of shiny razors.

leave it communist grey

 

[Sixxtwo]

I say, resurface the head and guard to smooth it out and replate it.
what the heck.

Plating!?!?

You decadent bourgeois capitalist!

 

[Greybeard]

Hello. This is my first post, but I've been lurking for the last month. This is a great forum. I've been wetshaving since I started shaving but took a thirty year hiatus from a DE. I started back about 3 weeks ago and got BAD, RAD, and SCAD right off the bat. I've since acquired 7 DE razors, a sample pack of blades, 4 brushes, 3 vintage brush handles, 3 shaving soaps and 4 shaving creams .

Anyway, as applicable to this thread I picked up this razor as part of a 3 razor lot that included a NEW that I really wanted. It seems similar to the one that's shown. It's unplated zinc and very light. I tried it once and it's a mild shaver, but doesn't feel good. It does have a logo on the top plate and maybe that will help identify it.

 

[Sixxtwo]

Hello. This is my first post, but I've been lurking for the last month. This is a great forum. I've been wetshaving since I started shaving but took a thirty year hiatus from a DE. I started back about 3 weeks ago and got BAD, RAD, and SCAD right off the bat. I've since acquired 7 DE razors, a sample pack of blades, 4 brushes, 3 vintage brush handles, 3 shaving soaps and 4 shaving creams .

Anyway, as applicable to this thread I picked up this razor as part of a 3 razor lot that included a NEW that I really wanted. It seems similar to the one that's shown. It's unplated zinc and very light. I tried it once and it's a mild shaver, but doesn't feel good. It does have a logo on the top plate and maybe that will help identify it.

curiouser and curiouser......

Also this Closed listing here.....Link

and Welcome to B&B!!!

 

[Biffo]

Yep that's a British broad arrow military issue razor 1943, they used to come with a big zinc soap dish as well when first issued to recruits / part of slop bags

HTH