A Parat in excellent condition. Hard to find. During the last 3 years bought 2 of those from different countries, but had to return them because of bent handle and uneven gaps. This one is good.
How were you able to clean the plastic cover to become this transparent? What cleaning tools did you use?Another package. Was supposed to be shipped with the slim I posted Thursday. But hey it's here!
A Gillette F-1 Fatboy with case. As delivered, very grungy and looking like it was done!
An hours worth of cleaning and the Fatboy and case looks great. Still need to do a bit more to the case but still cleaned up easily.
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I used Crest Toothpaste and a soft rag, hand buffed it. Still a couple of dull spots yet to get but 100% better than it was.How were you able to clean the plastic cover to become this transparent? What cleaning tools did you use?
It's an amazing transformation. Both the case and the razor. Well done!I used Crest Toothpaste and a soft rag, hand buffed it. Still a couple of dull spots yet to get but 100% better than it was
Thank you. Happy with how it turned out!It's an amazing transformation. Both the case and the razor. Well done!
With all this fancy looking case and razor and they didn't bother make a blade bank? Lazy...This one came like a week ago, but I was too lazy to take a picture. I guess they ran out of BIC Chrome Platinum blades.
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That really is a superb clean up on the case and the razor. Amazing work! Another Fatboy saved for posterityThank you. Happy with how it turned out!
I haven't found much on the Apollo razors either. There are a few good threads on this forum, but most concentrate on the Mikron adjustables. On my two less known Apollos I have only been able to see that other examples exist. Your handle looks familiar, but I can't recall where it turned up.Mysterious Apollo razor, 1950's?
One of those things that just seem meant to be, as nobody else was interested (well, nobody else bid on it anyway!) in this sweet little Apollo of unknown vintage. The seller estimated 1955 but while that seems plausible I have no idea what it was based on, and I can't find a similar one anywhere online so far. Anyone recognize it? (I actually just noticed that someone posted an Apollo slant in a similar case a few posts back!)
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Regardless, it came in this attractive cream-colored plastic case, clean as a whistle, and the razor itself seems equally pristine - it may never have been used at all. It's quite light, with a hollow handle, but I can't tell if it's aluminum or just thin brass or Zamak - if the latter, and if it is in fact approaching 70 years old looking like this... well, that's pretty impressive even if it's never been used.
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The hexagonal, patterned handle looks similar to ones I've seen more commonly on other Solingen razors - branded Dovo, Merkur, and or Durex - but never with this style of head. The geometry appears somewhat Tech-ish; blade alignment is a bit of an issue, as the whole assembly is a bit loose, but once in place and tightened up it seems to hold things in place just fine.
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In fact, it has the opposite problem to the Aristocrat from my last post here - when fully tightened, it holds the blade so tightly that there is no blade exposure at all and it effectively does not shave. So one has to back it off a bit and it becomes, like some of Phoenix's recent offerings, a quasi-adjustable by way of just not quite fully tightening it (the blade is still held tight, but there is some degree of play in the mechanism, allowing for more or less blade exposure).
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I don't know if this is intentional, but in any case the hexagonal handle is a help with this, because it allows a somewhat more precise measure of how far one has turned the handle; initial forays seem to indicate that the sweet spot (for me) is two 'faces' back from fully tight, therefore 1/3 of a full turn. First shave was really good!
The rollers roll, yep!Took me a minute to figure out what was going on with this one (the rollers). How crazy! Never seen that before. Does it work? What a cabinet of wonders this world of shaving is!
Thanks a lot for your advice. Have seen that one on their website, looks nice. Currently waging if the price is reasonable, still searching around but the offer is scanty.There is a 77 currently listed on Darwin Shaving dot com in the vintage section. In France, looks in good shape, not cheap but probably fairly priced given the scarcity... I have no direct experience with the vendor at all (and I don't think there's any direct link with the original, legendary, English manufacturer) but might be worth a look if you're still looking... I am tempted by it myself but not currently playing in that price bracket.
Thanks a lot for the advice. Agree on being patient and not running into the very first deal.When buying vintage, it is important to have the send back option. Frequently sellers hide faults, in words or pictures. Considering the steep prices asked, don't rush in to one, but make sure you get what you think you are getting.