wow, very user friendly timeline!An absolute treasure trove.
I thought this would be great as a web page, so I took the liberty to give it a shot and come up with a proof of concept:
razors.click - ASR Timeline
The idea is to have at least one image per model for easy identification, but getting new images or permissions for existing ones will be a task in itself.
Friendly comments and images welcome
An absolute treasure trove.
I thought this would be great as a web page, so I took the liberty to give it a shot and come up with a proof of concept:
razors.click - ASR Timeline
The idea is to have at least one image per model for easy identification, but getting new images or permissions for existing ones will be a task in itself.
Friendly comments and images welcome
Your link looks perfect to me -- just a little on the small sideAwesome work @riverrun! That will definitely be a valuable resource for me and many others. May I suggest checking outThe Association of Lather Catchers: TALC
thread (if you haven't already). You may be able to get images for some of those early razors, and your site will be of interest there for sure.
Don't know why my link looks like that and don't know how to fix it either lol
and:Waits said:Reichard, Kampfe employee founded The Gem Cutlery Company in 1898 and, with August William Scheuber, the Reichard & Scheuber (R&S) Manufacturing Co. in the spring of 1903. ... It was briefly re-named the Yankee Co. and in 1905 became Ever-Ready Co.
I wish he would make up his mind.Waits said:By November 1903 the YankeeCo. had become Reichard & Scheuber Mfg. Co., 66-68 Duane St., New York, N.Y.
I thought that I had a pretty decent idea of the different single edge razors available....then i was directed into this thread....Last night I had a dream. I was entering in my lather catchers cave
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Either they are referring to the same razor as above here 1948 or there are 3 distinct types of shavers for the bullet tip. My guess is both ads are referring to the same razor i.e. the ones without a guiding eye on the razor head.h/t to @jmudrick for posting this originally on the boards here. Ad is from 1949.
Knowing this then the Bullet Tip can be classified as 2 distinct razors depending where in the production run it was made since they will shave different. I can say that is the case having shaved with the guiding eye and plastic knob versions.
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Either they are referring to the same razor as above here 1948 or there are 3 distinct types of shavers for the bullet tip. My guess is both ads are referring to the same razor i.e. the ones without a guiding eye on the razor head.
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Few more pictures to add to this thread.
First up the Ever Ready 1907 ASR cut out lather catcher set.
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Here are some more Contour and Contour II razors. Apparently the Contour II came in 3 distinct handle styles not 2.
The Contour razor is the push button razor on the left, the remaining 3 flip tops are Contour II razors.
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How's the shaving with Ever Ready lather catcher? I saw it on the ebay and was interested but my previous experience with Ever Ready lather catcher was not so good.So I just passed.