Homelike Shaving Start
Homelike Shaving Taiga
Both of these excellent Russian razors have no blade tabs exposure.
Homelike Shaving Taiga
Both of these excellent Russian razors have no blade tabs exposure.
I also have a Barbasol non-floating clone I'll have to check out. I believe it's a Royal Crown. We might have several more additions!You can add the Schaeffer to this list, or consider it listed with Barbasol. It’s a not-Barbasol non-floater, two piece.
That's new to me!The Muhle Companion covers its tabs.
I guess this must be a new razor, as I only discovered it yesterday [emoji846]
Added the Pils to the list as well as a new one I've experienced, the PAA Meta-4. I picked it up because I am a fan of their Prismatic. Like the Prismatic, it's a very mild razor and should not be used for multiple days growth or very heavy beards. I didn't add the Blackland Tradere, as the original Tradere is already listed. As it is intended to be a continuation of that brand, I thought one entry sufficed, but I'll leave it up to consensus.
Apollo Mikron
Feather AS-D2
Above The Tie Windsor line
Baili
Barbasol
Charcoal Goods
Clix.
Cooper 3 piece
Cooper Monobilt
Dorco PL602
Executive Shaving Outlaw
Fasan Double Slant
Gibbs, including the models that accept standard blades
Giesen & Frosthof Timor Gentle Shaver
Homelike Shaving Start
Homelike Shaving Taiga
Henson
Hone
iKon 102
iKon Deluxe open comb (as well as Standard safety bar Deluxe)
iKon OSS
Ikon Sbs head
Ikon X3
Christopher Bradley Karve Wide Cap model
Krect
Matador
Merkur Futur
Muhle R41
Phoenix Artisans Accoutrements Ascension
Phoenix Artisans Accoutrements Meta-4
PAL
Paradigm
Parker 26C
Phillips Phillite
Pils
Probak
Qshave Futur clone
Razorock BBS
Razorock Gamechanger
Razorock Lupo (both versions)
Razorock Mamba
Razorock MJ-90
Razorock Wunderbar
Rex Ambassador,
Rockwell Model T
RS-10
Stahly Live Blade
Swing
The Bevel
Tradere razor
Wilkinson black delrin Classic Razor
Fearing of slicing fingers because of
covered tabs is no different than fearing of slicing nostrils or ear lobs
with exposed tabs.No better ,no worse.
Some of the best engineered razors cover the tabs lol. Amateur hour?Thanks for the list.
I'll be sure not to buy any of them.
If there's one thing I dislike in a razor, it's covering the tabs.
I really hate buying a razor online and finding out it has concealed tabs. Often, there are other design mistakes, too. Covered tabs are often a sign of amateur hour engineering.
I really, really don't like picking up a razor to put a razor blade in or take a blade out, and have my fingers encounter a slick, rounded side, slip, and get sliced on the edge of the blade.
I really, really, really don't like having to push against the sharp edge of a razor blade when I am half awake to straighten out a crooked razor blade.
For some reason, newer razors are covering the tabs more and more, especially the Chinese stuff that advertises it as a "safe razor that won't cut you," and yet they are using abnormally small alignment pins that result in the blades almost always winding up crooked.
So you spend 5 or 10 seconds adjusting your blade, once in a while. I you assemble the razor correctly, horizontally, usually the blade will center naturally if the razor is properly designed. They've been building double edge razors like this for nearly 120 years now.
The tabs (which I hope you realize are unsharpened) were invented for a purpose: to allow you to straighten the blade, to allow you to adjust the blade exposure, to allow you to remove the blade without cutting yourself, and to allow you to have something to grab onto when tightening or loosening the handle for assembly or disassembly.
I'm serious. If you don't believe me, try assembling and adjusting a Merkur Futur clone while gripping the two rounded sides of the head that cover the tabs. Raise your hand if you've ever been cut. Raise your other hand if you use a towel to hold your Futur clone.
On razors like the Fatip, the tabs are part of the razor's design, allowing you to adjust the blade for symmetrical or asymmetrical blade extension, the extent of blade extension, as well as adjusting the position of the comb's teeth in relation to the blade. The looseness is not a bug, it's a feature! It makes the Fatip adjustable. This also applies to a lesser extent to the Gillette Old Type razors.
I like tabs because I like to be able to control my razor, and because I don't like getting cut by the blade.
I really, really don't care what a razor looks like. If I want to see art, I will go to MOMA. When I want a shave, I want a razor that is designed by people who know what they are doing, not creating a slickster that looks exciting on a webpage.
I really wish the razor manufacturers would stop listening to you whiners.
And I hope Fatip never changes.
Some of the best engineered razors cover the tabs lol. Amateur hour?
Fayiz D.