Frankenrazors; a term I first learned here on B&B. My first frankenrazor consisted of a Lord 1822L base & cap on top of Tech handle. It worked as a travel razor, but I always worried about losing it which meant I lost the Tech handle.
Being frugal (spelled C h e a p) I was always looking for the best value for the money and, with the exception of 34c I picked up in BST, always tried to spend less than $20 USD for my razors. That is how I stumbled onto the Cadet OC. A couple of other threads chronicled my experiences with that beast out of the box.
Another member, Jarick, told of how he married the Cadet handle & base with a Lord cap to tame it. I tried it, liked it and that frankenrazor is my favorite. The 34c dropped to second place.
So with the pieces left over; a second Lord cap, the Cadet cap, two Lord bases and a Griest handle; I married the Griest handle with a Lord cap & base cap. This marriage, while not made in heaven, has produced a great at-home razor to add to my two razor rotation. Last week I married the Cadet cap to to the remaining Lord base and mounted them on the Cadet handle. Wow, great shaves! This became my third favorite razor and it makes a great travel razor.
So, my tiny collection is now three-fifths frankenrazors and two pure-breds.
Thanks for reading about my foray into the world of frankenrazors. Frankenrazor users; what is your creation and how did you stumble across it?
Being frugal (spelled C h e a p) I was always looking for the best value for the money and, with the exception of 34c I picked up in BST, always tried to spend less than $20 USD for my razors. That is how I stumbled onto the Cadet OC. A couple of other threads chronicled my experiences with that beast out of the box.
Another member, Jarick, told of how he married the Cadet handle & base with a Lord cap to tame it. I tried it, liked it and that frankenrazor is my favorite. The 34c dropped to second place.
So with the pieces left over; a second Lord cap, the Cadet cap, two Lord bases and a Griest handle; I married the Griest handle with a Lord cap & base cap. This marriage, while not made in heaven, has produced a great at-home razor to add to my two razor rotation. Last week I married the Cadet cap to to the remaining Lord base and mounted them on the Cadet handle. Wow, great shaves! This became my third favorite razor and it makes a great travel razor.
So, my tiny collection is now three-fifths frankenrazors and two pure-breds.
Thanks for reading about my foray into the world of frankenrazors. Frankenrazor users; what is your creation and how did you stumble across it?