I picked this razor up from from a french Ebay seller for $30 because I thought the scales were pretty. I had Maggards hone it and it shaves wonderfully. No amount of googling right now can come up with anything though, do any of you know what "R. Defosse Garanti" is? Is it a person? A company? The scales are slightly warped, but they still fit center when closed, and it doesn't bother me at all. It shaves wonderfully.