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romsitsa

Hello, had a few theories waiting to be tested, so grabbed a piece of brass and filed out a base plate. It’s a dual comb with the geometry of a Gillette old type, except it’s narrower ( more blade feel without a gap).
After two test runs all I can say is that the sb side is smoother than the oc, it shaves close but still comfortable.

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Adam
 

nemo

Lunatic Fringe
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Really nice work! Just using a standard Gillette old type cap?
 
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romsitsa

Thank you :)
The neck and ball came from a Swing, that was converted. The original cap was an old type, but after a rough ride (and a close up photo) noticed that it’s twisted, so swapped it for a vintage Hungarian Mofem (in the above photos).

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Mofem
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Adam
 

Old Hippie

Somewhere between 61 and dead
Now that's good work! Wasn't expecting that when I clicked on the thread...

What improvements are you considering?

O.H.
 
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romsitsa

Thank you all!
Old Hippie, it’s a test piece to figure out:
how much blade is tolerable
do I prefer sb or oc if the razor has the same basic geometry
do I like a heavy head
do I need blade gap (fulcrum shoulder)

As the original cap was unuseable, I have only one and a half shave under my belt, so the above questions will still be open for a couple of shaves.
Todays shave was quite decent, right now I’m pretty impressed by myself that I could pull off a base plate by hand :).
If it will work on the long run, I’ll try to clean up the surface. I use the block of copper, from which the basic shape was cut, as an anvil, so it’s pretty dinged.

Adam
 
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romsitsa

Can’t remove the dents, it is what it is. But the three hole design allowed for some alignement issues, so converted the plate to accept long slot caps. Blade play is gone, looks pretty nice and I can test out all the different New and Tech caps I have. It’s also somewhat lighter, but the New cap is heavier, so the weight remained the same.

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romsitsa

Second take, this time the plate is 1mm wider. The bar is only roughed in, undecied about the other edge.

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Adam
 
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