Seeing as I have both a British Flare Tip Rocket and a USA D2 Flare Tip SS, a British Tech and a USA post war D2 Tech, I thought I'd have a look at them and compare them to each other. I didnt know I was collecting 1958 2nd quarter razors, but apparently I am ha.
I just had my first shave with the SS today and upon inspection of the pics I noticed some differences between it and the Brit Rocket. The biggest is the design of the head and the TTO mechanism. I found the SS to shave very slightly milder or perhaps with slightly less blade feel would be more accurate compared to the Brit Rocket, and judging by the pics and the blade angle, that seems to make sense, although it is a very small difference.
My Brit TTO feels considerably different to the US version. Much smoother, firmer and tighter. Opening and closing it gives the feel of a precision piece. The SS on the other hand, feels quite a lot looser and not made to the same tolerances. Once closed however, both feel very solid and secure.
So pics. As I said, this post is pic heavy, but I've cropped and sized all images to 1920 width. All closeup pictures of both heads side by side have been set and aligned with a ruler at the center bar or the center of the top caps to keep things even. I've kept them as square as possible by eye.
The British razors are on the left in every pic.
The Techs. Both of which seem to be virtually identical outside of the handles and the finish on the caps. The Brit Tech may be slightly more aggressive looking at the blade profile, but I havent shaved with it yet.
Again, Brit on the left in all pics.
I just had my first shave with the SS today and upon inspection of the pics I noticed some differences between it and the Brit Rocket. The biggest is the design of the head and the TTO mechanism. I found the SS to shave very slightly milder or perhaps with slightly less blade feel would be more accurate compared to the Brit Rocket, and judging by the pics and the blade angle, that seems to make sense, although it is a very small difference.
My Brit TTO feels considerably different to the US version. Much smoother, firmer and tighter. Opening and closing it gives the feel of a precision piece. The SS on the other hand, feels quite a lot looser and not made to the same tolerances. Once closed however, both feel very solid and secure.
So pics. As I said, this post is pic heavy, but I've cropped and sized all images to 1920 width. All closeup pictures of both heads side by side have been set and aligned with a ruler at the center bar or the center of the top caps to keep things even. I've kept them as square as possible by eye.
The British razors are on the left in every pic.
The Techs. Both of which seem to be virtually identical outside of the handles and the finish on the caps. The Brit Tech may be slightly more aggressive looking at the blade profile, but I havent shaved with it yet.
Again, Brit on the left in all pics.
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