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I absolutely know that GuitarTech! :) It's good to be corrected! Life would be boring if I was right all of the time! :D After a bit of rooting around, it seems that Solingen is entirely out of the picture and that it would have been using Sheffield steel and ground in Hamburg by Friedrich Ern or similar. Gives it a dating of circa 1887-1910.
I was going on the word of the seller. I, for example, don't know whether a razor may have been ground in one place and assembled in another so could be 'made' in two different places. If forging the steel counts as part of the 'making' process, could it be 'made' in three different places?

Very interesting all the same and thanks for giving me a reason to research this! If you hadn't, I would never have known! :)

P.s. do you play guitar? :D I have been playing for about 12 years now and absolutely love it!
It doesn't surprise me, there has always been a lot of quality engineering in Hamburg, with it being a harbour city and all.
As to the guitar playing, well, sort of. I don't gig any more these days, apart from an occasional job just for fun. I spend more time building and repairing guitars and basses for people who can often play far better than me: http://www.myers-guitars.com/english/home/
 
It doesn't surprise me, there has always been a lot of quality engineering in Hamburg, with it being a harbour city and all.
As to the guitar playing, well, sort of. I don't gig any more these days, apart from an occasional job just for fun. I spend more time building and repairing guitars and basses for people who can often play far better than me: http://www.myers-guitars.com/english/home/
Received the razor today - obviously had some misunderstanding with the seller. The razor is actually a Niazi 6/8, hand-forged, silver steel, made in Solingen. Black horn scales which have been re-rivited. Some slight patina and pitting but honed and stropped and looks great. I'll post up a picture when I get the opportunity!
 
Update guys: Received my Albion and Phoenix artisan tallow shaving soap. Got it on sale so it looked like old stock. Plastic tub had warped, soap looked dried out and almost if some of the content had leaked out and had set very unevenly. However lovely frrgramce from unscrewing lid, workd up a lovely thick lather with beautiful scent of predominantly bergamot, neroli, and English lavender. Good slick for shaving. Used it with my slant bar. Artisan English soap. Would recommend.
Awaiting: SAPONIFICIO VARESINO MONOI DE TAHITI BUTTER (FRANGIPANI) 100ML

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Saponificio Varesino Monoi de Tahiti Butter (Frangipani) 100ml
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Saponificio Varesino Monoi de Tahiti Butter is a perfect pre-shave treatment, enriched through maceration of Frangipani flowers, which enhances razor glide and protects the Skin leaving it feeling beautifully moisturised and soft.

The temperature of the Skin is sufficient to melt the Butter in just a few seconds, transforming it into an oil with unique mechanical properties for a superb shave.

Grew up with frangipani trees in the garden so am looking forward to this!!
 
Update: Saponificio Varesino Monoi de Tahiti Butter - pre shave treatment from The Shave Station. Just arrived. Couldn't wait to try because of the promise of frangipani infusion. Had grown up with these trees in the garden that give off a lovely fragrance especially in the evening or after heavy rain. WORST EVER PRE SHAVE TREATMENT!! DO NOT BUY. Not only did it not smell of frangipani, it actually did not smell of anything except oil!! Yes, it smelt of oil! The promise of crushed frangipani is absolute horse manure. At £11.50 an absolute waste of money so please beware. It's a semi solid butter, it melts on application or in your hands, and is a good Pre-Shave oil. But you can get any Shea butter to apply as a pre shave treatment for much much less. Real disappointment. Sorry guys!
 
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Hey, my Razorock synthetic brush arrived!
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(Chrome) RazoRock Chrome Silvertip Plissoft Synthetic Shaving Brush
My first synthetic. Lovely heavy handle! Soft and lathers up well. Tried it with my Faena shaving soap and Dermatologica pre-shave stick. Great lather, gentle on the skin yet good application of lather. If you want to try a synthetic brush, at £19 it's a steal (in Canada it's $19!) . Absolutely love the heavy chrome handle! Recommend!
 
Update: Saponificio Varesino Monoi de Tahiti Butter - pre shave treatment from The Shave Station. Just arrived. Couldn't wait to try because of the promise of frangipani infusion. Had grown up with these trees in the garden that give off a lovely fragrance especially in the evening or after heavy rain. WORST EVER PRE SHAVE TREATMENT!! DO NOT BUY. Not only did it not smell of frangipani, it actually did not smell of anything except oil!! Yes, it smelt of oil! The promise of crushed frangipani is absolute horse manure. At £11.50 an absolute waste of money so please beware. It's a semi solid butter, it melts on application or in your hands, and is a good Pre-Shave oil. But you can get any Shea butter to apply as a pre shave treatment for much much less. Real disappointment. Sorry guys!

Send it back, it might be off (rancid)
 
Make up your mind, Hamburg and Solingen are a long way apart :D.... or am I being a fool (not unknown :cool:), and is there a part of Solingen that's called Hamburg?
Some razors(pre-war) Kropp and Gotta as an Example can be like this because the steel is Sheffield and the Razor is finished in Germany. Germany had a very good reputation and technology at hollow grinding razors.
The thing I don't understand how can it be half hollow and then extra hollow profile?? never heard that before. A razor can be either Wedge or 1/2 hollow or 1/4 hollow grind or Full hollow, Extra hollow, double hollow , whole hollow are same.
 
Some razors(pre-war) Kropp and Gotta as an Example can be like this because the steel is Sheffield and the Razor is finished in Germany. Germany had a very good reputation and technology at hollow grinding razors.
The thing I don't understand how can it be half hollow and then extra hollow profile?? never heard that before. A razor can be either Wedge or 1/2 hollow or 1/4 hollow grind or Full hollow, Extra hollow, double hollow , whole hollow are same.
To shed light on this there was some miscommunication between myself and the seller. The razor is a Niazi ~1908, looks 5/8 rather than 6/8 and mows hair like a beast. Made in solingen by Carl Friedrich Ern from Sheffield Steel :) there's a couple of pictures in the Lurker thread on the straight razor area of the forums :)
 
Also waiting for a 1980s 'Vostok' Russian razor - bought online from Ukraine and sent directly to @Fergiebilly for honing then sent down to me :) looking forward to this and have been told it's a steal for a razor of that quality :D
 
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