I got antique corkscrew that's stamped with "VRATZA" on one side and "BPAYA" on the other. The alphabet used looks Greek to me, but I don't really know.

I tried google, but all I got was that Vratza is the name of a trade town in Europe.

Pictures?

vratza is probably a latinization of враца (which must be what you meant when you typed bpaya). Cursory google searches point to bulgarian as the language. Its probably just be the name of the town where it was made.

I tried google, but all I got was that Vratza is the name of a trade town in Europe.

many manufacturers of industrial art put their origin on it ..

Yeah, I figured vratza was probably where it was from, mainly I was wondering about враца cuz the way I was typing it didn't turn up anything. Thanks!

I wanted to put up pics, but I'm on the road so I don't have the technology. Its fucking cool though. Its handmade brass.

You typed in "BPAYA" and expected to find results? It's a foreign alphabet, man (ie. different computer coding), and Ц is not Y.

Just fyi, for future reference.

If it LOOKS like Foreign Letters but at the same time LOOKS exactly like 'ΒΡΑΥΑ'. Than it's probably Greek.

you typed in "bpaya" and expected to find results? It's a foreign alphabet, man (ie. Different computer coding), and Ц is not y.

Just fyi, for future reference.

Как же принял он Ц за y?

Как же принял он Ц за y?

Hell if I know. But it could be Greek though. "Gamma" looks really close to a "y", doesn't it?

Hell if I know. But it could be Greek though. "Gamma" looks really close to a "y", doesn't it?

They seem almost identical. I say it's Bulgarian.

Hell if I know. But it could be Greek though. "Gamma" looks really close to a "y", doesn't it?

I'd assume that it's in Capital letters, which the 'Y' looking shape wouldn't be Gamma for capital Gamma is ''Γ''. Lower case being "γ''. But I believe it's in capitals, which would lead me to believe the uppercase letter is Upsilon which the Capital form looks like "Υ".

I'd assume that it's in Capital letters, which the 'Y' looking shape wouldn't be Gamma for capital Gamma is ''Γ''. Lower case being "γ''. But I believe it's in capitals, which would lead me to believe the uppercase letter is Upsilon which the Capital form looks like "Υ".

But "Beta-Rho-Alpha-Upsilon-Alpha" has no sense?

But "Beta-Rho-Alpha-Upsilon-Alpha" has no sense?

In the sense of a word, not really. It could be a company or a corporation.

In the sense of a word, not really. It could be a company or a corporation.

ah. or a fraternal organization.)