The Ginge. Almost a great razor.

[Northstonehill]

"Ginge." A Danish company that made very robust bread cutters and kitchen scales. Don't know if it's the same. The etymology of the word is complex - Old English, dialectic variant for "young." Perjorative for "red hair." Archaic Dutch, verb, "went." Generically and lost in history, you could probably say somewhere in its Nordic/Teutonic origins it means "red," as in the appearance of a ginger-haired person you might nickname "Red." I'm guessing the company name. Maybe Red is appropriate based on reviews.

Thanks for this. Yes indeed the company is most well-known for its cultery and bread cutters.

Guess the name is just another example of quirky old Nordic ancestral terminology - I definitely picture a hot sword wielding ginger haired Viking girl in your description. Fight with her and her sword will drink your blood

 

[Scaramouche]

Thanks for this. Yes indeed the company is most well-known for its cultery and bread cutters.

Guess the name is just another example of quirky old Nordic ancestral terminology - I definitely picture a hot sword wielding ginger haired Viking girl in your description. Fight with her and her sword will drink your blood

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Ginge....

 

[Northstonehill]

Ooooh yeah....

 

[Macduff]

Hahahahaha the best/worst razor name ever!

 

[romsitsa]

Mjclarcks Hungarian razor is either a Ginge or a perfect copy (we imported plenty of shaving goods from Northern Europe after ww2). Although it's Hungarian, I have no information on it, except it's pretty easy to find here and it usually comes with the knurled aluminum handle.

Bulgarian Barbasol

A couple more of these amazing razors have turned up on the bay and the sellers say that these razors come from the TPK "Brotherly Labour" (workers co-operative) steel casting factory in Sandanski. That was the only source of BG razor production back in the days AFAIK. Here is another set that...

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