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Revision as of 11:55, 19 September 2008
At present there are only three companies producing razors - Dovo, Thiers-Issard, and Böker. However there are still many vintage razors in good used (sometimes even new) condition, from companies no longer in the straight-razor business, that are fairly available and have a reputation to be consistently of good quality. Some of the more abundant ones are: Dubl Duck, Dovo, Henkels, Revisor, Böker, Genco, Geneva, Clauss, Wade & Butcher, Robeson, Maher & Grosh, Puma, Dorko, Thiers-Issard, King, Wostenholm, Joseph Rodgers.
Most any razor that was FORGED in Germany, England, France, Italy, are good blades. Razors marked Solingen that were FORGED in Solingen are good blades.
There are currently two brands of NOS razor that are fairly inexpensive and are reported to be of good quality - the Chinese Double Arrow and the Polish Wapienica. As a word of caution people have reported some quality control issues (warping) with these razors and some find that the stainless steel scales of the Wapienica razors make them unbalanced and harder to use.
Warning: See below for info about razors trying to be passed off as "solingen" razors.
