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    Default Cheeky fakes?

    Are these genuine?

    Pumas with different scales here

    And what looks like a Thiers Issard as well.

    All from the same vendor.
    Last edited by wai; 11-09-2011 at 09:39 PM. Reason: Guess I was wrong

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    Just my experience, but I have yet to see a fake straight razor. There are certainly crap razors and razor shaped objects though. I have also seen people who buy old stock blades wholesale, make their own scales and then sell them.

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    Both looks genuine to me. The Puma is current production and they look like that...

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    TI is genuine. Have not heard of any current production of Puma. Have more than ten Pumas, no one of them is marked like on the photo (cat's head on the blade).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blix View Post
    Both looks genuine to me. The Puma is current production and they look like that...
    Are they any good?

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    You'll find the TI at this link. Carbonsong C-135 steel. TI straight razors

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    Quote Originally Posted by Theseus View Post
    Just my experience, but I have yet to see a fake straight razor.
    This is my experience as well.

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    Remember Puma really went out of business long ago. The name has been traded around so who knows who makes the razors now.

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