Just received this Mühle Rocca in the mail.
Safety Razor Acquisition Thread.
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Just received this Mühle Rocca in the mail.
Those are the kind of scores I like. Lots of great razors out there that are just hidden under grime. Not surprised by how many resellers there are
Yesterday’s haul
Wow looks great!
How do you like it
I've shaved twice so far and It's a decent shaver and despite it's high gap it's not aggressive at all, since the blade exposure is only +0.05mm. I have a little trouble cleaning up my chin WTG, but other than that it's fine. I have to use it a bit more to make up my mind whatever I should keep it or not.
The Postie brought me my Yaqi Duomo today. 
@Iridian posted a pic of his, and complained of the short handle... so I had to look it up on AliExpress. It made me think of my first DE Razor love, the Fatip Piccolo Mk1, so I HAD TO purchase it.
Unwrapped, here's some pics:
My handle measures 79mm long, so I'm pleased (75mm handles are my favorites).
It's a copy of one of the 1930s/1940s RaDiMi (Rasoio Di Milano) razors (only in CNCd stainless steel).
Here's my first razor love, the Fatip Piccolo Mk1 beside the Yaqi Duomo:
Although the handle is kinda heavy (61 grams) for my taste (I'm an LHF [Lightweight Handle Fanboy]); I intend to take it for its first shave as is (this evening).
@Iridian posted a pic of his, and complained of the short handle... so I had to look it up on AliExpress. It made me think of my first DE Razor love, the Fatip Piccolo Mk1, so I HAD TO purchase it.
Unwrapped, here's some pics:
My handle measures 79mm long, so I'm pleased (75mm handles are my favorites).
It's a copy of one of the 1930s/1940s RaDiMi (Rasoio Di Milano) razors (only in CNCd stainless steel).
Here's my first razor love, the Fatip Piccolo Mk1 beside the Yaqi Duomo:
Although the handle is kinda heavy (61 grams) for my taste (I'm an LHF [Lightweight Handle Fanboy]); I intend to take it for its first shave as is (this evening).
I finally cleaned this 1922 Gillette New Improved Bostonian up, gave it the Al foil + baking soda treatment, and am even thinking about shaving with the snaggle-toothed darling.
The owners scratched his full name and home town on the bottom of the case. Personalized. I assume he liked to bang his razor on the sink to clean/dry it, thus the thoroughly bent corner teeth.
The Bostonian "elevator" case is a bit psychedelic.
Oddly, I also have a 1922 silver Tuckaway with a serial number just 32 higher than the Bostonian. 510 and 478. Maybe they were pals in the Gillette factory. The Tuckaway got the owner's monogram engraved on the case. Classy personalization and unbent teeth.
The owners scratched his full name and home town on the bottom of the case. Personalized. I assume he liked to bang his razor on the sink to clean/dry it, thus the thoroughly bent corner teeth.
The Bostonian "elevator" case is a bit psychedelic.
Oddly, I also have a 1922 silver Tuckaway with a serial number just 32 higher than the Bostonian. 510 and 478. Maybe they were pals in the Gillette factory. The Tuckaway got the owner's monogram engraved on the case. Classy personalization and unbent teeth.
This is actually not that short! Many handles are in the 85/86 mm ballpark, while I like them as long as possible this usually works for me.
So this made me wonder why do I perceive it as too short. I think it is the comb. One could parade an elephant under it, but let's not exaggerate, but for sure a fingertip. So yeah, I would still love 1,5 - 2 cm more handle.
You probably already shaved with it and I hope you liked it. You might have to get the Fatip out of the mind regarding the angle, while they share a design heritage, they still shave and want to be used differently.
My upcoming razor delivery contains a "Tachi" head, a half-DE-blade razor head that seems to be at least somewhat related to the Yaqi Katana, though @Slapo (if I recall correctly; I read a posting by somehow with the same or similar name elsewhere) found quite some differences.
Most embarrassing is that I am by now looking for two days already for my razor handle box. I reorganized it in a clean-up campaign a while ago and now I no longer find it where it used to be. Or anywhere else so far!
Holy dooly, thats a sink banger and a half, I would assume it was a cast iron enamel sink too at that.
I don't know if it was me, but they are pretty different even from photos - the Tachi top cap has a built-in angle guide, split lather channel (to support the blade from the bottom there, Katana had a large blade gap but neutral or slightly positive blade exposure where the Tachi seems to have both more blade reveal and blade exposure.This is actually not that short! Many handles are in the 85/86 mm ballpark, while I like them as long as possible this usually works for me.
So this made me wonder why do I perceive it as too short. I think it is the comb. One could parade an elephant under it, but let's not exaggerate, but for sure a fingertip. So yeah, I would still love 1,5 - 2 cm more handle.
You probably already shaved with it and I hope you liked it. You might have to get the Fatip out of the mind regarding the angle, while they share a design heritage, they still shave and want to be used differently.
My upcoming razor delivery contains a "Tachi" head, a half-DE-blade razor head that seems to be at least somewhat related to the Yaqi Katana, though @Slapo (if I recall correctly; I read a posting by somehow with the same or similar name elsewhere) found quite some differences.
Most embarrassing is that I am by now looking for two days already for my razor handle box. I reorganized it in a clean-up campaign a while ago and now I no longer find it where it used to be. Or anywhere else so far!
Most importantly, the I've had a lot of blades not fitting into my Katana heads properly, being slightly bent. Don't know if the Tachi does that too, though, as I decided against getting one and went for a dscosmetic Mars insteada while back.
However, if someone were to successfully use injector blades in the Tachi, that might change my mind.
I will try to fit a Feather Pro blade in, let's see... exposed bladeHowever, if someone were to successfully use injector blades in the Tachi, that might change my mind.
I meant the shorter, Schick injector style blades. I think a twinjector blade has notches on the sides that just might fit.I will try to fit a Feather Pro blade in, let's see... exposed bladetabsgets an entirely new meaning with such a setup.
But a clipped AC blade could work as well.
Would be interested as well, cheers.
Apollo-Mikron Gen. 2
- Not NOS but a pretty complete set
- These German tanks are just something else!
- Red marks to align the top cap, the threading on the centre rod and 1vs2 red dots above the dial seems to be the minor differences.
- I wonder which model came first
Apollo-Mikron Gen. 2
- Not NOS but a pretty complete set
- These German tanks are just something else!
- Red marks to align the top cap, the threading on the centre rod and 1vs2 red dots above the dial seems to be the minor differences.
- I wonder which model came first
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That's awesome. That's one of the razors I would REALLY like to get. Such beautiful designs. Congratulations.
hello
Hello
Mail call
first #15
dismantling, cleaning.
Just missing the two screws to hold the handle, but still functional.
broken box spring, fabrics to be reviewed.
you will see in the photos, I restored everything.
That makes me two pre #15.
and they are not identical.
a difference on the base plate.
if you have the screws or suggestions and for the spring how to redo them.
Hello
Mail call
first #15
dismantling, cleaning.
Just missing the two screws to hold the handle, but still functional.
broken box spring, fabrics to be reviewed.
you will see in the photos, I restored everything.
That makes me two pre #15.
and they are not identical.
a difference on the base plate.
if you have the screws or suggestions and for the spring how to redo them.
EclipseRedRing
I smell like a Christmas pudding
An English Gillette Goodwill.
and a Leresche #51.
and a Leresche #51.
Found these at an Antique store yesterday.
I thought they were both Super Speeds until I started researching the dates and realized that I actually found a Ranger Tech
I didn't even know what a Ranger Tech was nor the history behind it. Very exciting.
I thought they were both Super Speeds until I started researching the dates and realized that I actually found a Ranger Tech
I didn't even know what a Ranger Tech was nor the history behind it. Very exciting.
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