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Sadly,thats true. There were a whelm of small manufacturers in the past,quite often with just the educated forger and an apprentice. Those small companies often did`nt survive for long and their modest contribution towards razor making are unlikely to have survived a century of misuse. That does`nt nececarily mean they were lousy razors,but time just did`nt treat them well. I found an "Orendi" razor some time ago,a very fine specimen in original box,unused. But thorough searching revaled noting about the brand. But a very fine shaver it is.