Long Ramble warning ahead !!! 
I've mentioned in other threads where local finds to me are more emotive than Ebay/BST purchases and there's always a little story behind each one so here's me latest one.
Had an appointment with a client and there's a little shop I regularly visit on the way ( OK, it's not really on the way it's about 10 minutes further out but I've gotta get my business expense mileage up somehow...don't I ?? )
Stop in and in their display cabinet is a Rocket HD. Damn it, I've already go three HDs. Must be time for another Fidjit Razor Rescue Mission ( purchase and sell at cost + postage on GSL ).
Ask to have a look at it and immediately notice something ....it's WAY lighter than my HDs. Yep, it's an Aluminium ( Aluminum for you US centrics
)/ LD/Paperclip Rocket 
So they tagged it using a cable tie around the TTO knob gap with a label attach. I ask to see if it works fine, the guy takes it back off me and starts twisting the knob. "The cable ties stopping it " I say, calmly having visions of him denting the aluminium or ruining the opening mechanism as he tries to force it open. He tries several times while I keep saying "The cable ties stopping it " ( I suspect each time I said it my voice might have got louder and higher )
Finally he works it out and wanders off...I follow him. He gets out a Stanley knife to cut off the tie. Again I have visions of him slipping and scoring the soft aluminium. " Geez wish we had a sharp blade here somewhere" he says. He puts it down....Phew ! I quickly grab it up and carefully cut the cable tie with my Leatherman scissors.....
He's a nice bloke and while he's doing all this he starts tell me about how he uses a DE ( a Tech ) himself and that it gives him a great shave and that blades are cheap etc..etc... He's got a huge stash of blades as well " How many ya got ? " I ask, "Oh about 20 !" . I don't tell him I've probably got about 400 blades stashed away
/ramble over
Interesting razor, the handle, TTO knob are aluminium and the doors, endcaps and post are normal.
Dunno how it'll shave. The thing I like about my Rocket HDs ( one of my favourites shavewise ) is the weight of it ( 34g v 71g )
If you're still reading by now Thanks for looking
Oh and BTW what's the best way to clean aluminium ???
I've mentioned in other threads where local finds to me are more emotive than Ebay/BST purchases and there's always a little story behind each one so here's me latest one.
Had an appointment with a client and there's a little shop I regularly visit on the way ( OK, it's not really on the way it's about 10 minutes further out but I've gotta get my business expense mileage up somehow...don't I ??
)Stop in and in their display cabinet is a Rocket HD. Damn it, I've already go three HDs. Must be time for another Fidjit Razor Rescue Mission ( purchase and sell at cost + postage on GSL ).
Ask to have a look at it and immediately notice something ....it's WAY lighter than my HDs. Yep, it's an Aluminium ( Aluminum for you US centrics
)/ LD/Paperclip Rocket So they tagged it using a cable tie around the TTO knob gap with a label attach. I ask to see if it works fine, the guy takes it back off me and starts twisting the knob. "The cable ties stopping it " I say, calmly having visions of him denting the aluminium or ruining the opening mechanism as he tries to force it open. He tries several times while I keep saying "The cable ties stopping it " ( I suspect each time I said it my voice might have got louder and higher
) Finally he works it out and wanders off...I follow him. He gets out a Stanley knife to cut off the tie. Again I have visions of him slipping and scoring the soft aluminium. " Geez wish we had a sharp blade here somewhere" he says. He puts it down....Phew ! I quickly grab it up and carefully cut the cable tie with my Leatherman scissors.....
He's a nice bloke and while he's doing all this he starts tell me about how he uses a DE ( a Tech ) himself and that it gives him a great shave and that blades are cheap etc..etc... He's got a huge stash of blades as well " How many ya got ? " I ask, "Oh about 20 !" . I don't tell him I've probably got about 400 blades stashed away
/ramble over
Interesting razor, the handle, TTO knob are aluminium and the doors, endcaps and post are normal.
Dunno how it'll shave. The thing I like about my Rocket HDs ( one of my favourites shavewise ) is the weight of it ( 34g v 71g )
If you're still reading by now Thanks for looking
Oh and BTW what's the best way to clean aluminium ???
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