Can someone identify this DE razor?

[Mick]

Put your thinking caps on and see if you recognize this one.....

AND.... NO this is not a game, I don't know what it is either but it shaves SWEET!!! (I just finished shaving with it).

It uses standard DE blades. The blade is curved/bent in the center and it cuts like a slant head (close and smooth).

I "think" it is a lady's razor of some kind and I "think" it is French. The base/cap set up (with the cap having the safety bar) looks similar to a Kirby Beard & Co. but there are no markings on the razor anywhere so I am sure it is not a Kirby.

it is solid brass and nickel plated. Nice weight to it. and the odd shaped/length handle makes it very maneuverable.

Today's shave: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...blade-did-you-use-today?p=5255974#post5255974

 

[seanusa]

Wish I could help, that is new to me but great to see something new

 

[MrLara]

The head on that razor reminded me of sackboy from little big planet.

 

[TheEye]

looks like made in argentinia or brasilia

 

[Mick]

It came to me from France but it could have been made somewhere else.

the person that had it could not tell me anything about it. My French is not all that great and they did not speak English

 

[i8ntskeered]

Very cool. So now that means that you DO own (or have owned) every type of safety razor on the planet, right?

 

[Mick]

Very cool. So now that means that you DO own (or have owned) every type of safety razor on the planet, right?

No.... BUT... this is the only razor I have purchased NOT knowing what it was and even after getting it I still don't have a clue who made it.

 

[marathonman77]

No idea what it is, other than an object of great beauty.

Noobie question - what effect does bending a DE blade have on it (ipso facto, the shave)?

Without any science education, I assume that bending the blade will tauten it, and therefore intensify the 'cut spot' and give the blade greater rigidity? Would this create a sharper and less forgiving shave? You said it shaved SWEET so it cant be a monster?

Just wondering.

As mentioned, Im new here, all this stuff is fascinating to me.......

 

[Mick]

No idea what it is, other than an object of great beauty.

Noobie question - what effect does bending a DE blade have on it (ipso facto, the shave)?

Without any science education, I assume that bending the blade will tauten it, and therefore intensify the 'cut spot' and give the blade greater rigidity? Would this create a sharper and less forgiving shave? You said it shaved SWEET so it cant be a monster?

Just wondering.

As mentioned, Im new here, all this stuff is fascinating to me.......

My understanding of "why" the slant head razors work so well is that they present the blade at an angle where there is a leading section and a following section to the edge so that when they are pulled you get more of a "slicing" action with one side being in contact before the other side whereas a conventional head has more of a chopping action with the blade being presented at the same plane across the width of it. It also puts the blade under stress by binding it in multiple angles which makes it stiffer without the need to use more steel in the blade for the rigidity.

The blade in this razor is bent side to side in 2 directions. Curved like a normal DE razor does and end to end so both ends are a leading (closer) section with the center following (further back). this "seems" to present the same leading trailing action that the slant head razors do. Well at least from my first shave with it anyway.

Pic of the Merkur slant head razor

 

[Gary H]

If you don't mind me asking what was the total $$ on this razor?

 

[Chesterfield]

Maybe Alex can help out with this??

 

[i8ntskeered]

No.... BUT... this is the only razor I have purchased NOT knowing what it was and even after getting it I still don't have a clue who made it.

Right on. Still, it's a cool looking piece. It's also a pretty ballsy move shaving with something that looks as "unique" as that. Is the entire shaving surface curved? It looks as though there is not a flat bit of blade at all. I'm intrigued.

 

[alex2363]

Maybe Alex can help out with this??

I have a lot of studying to do this weekend, but i will look on my Waits and other links to see it i can spot the origins.

 

[Mick]

I have a lot of studying to do this weekend, but i will look on my Waits and other links to see it i can spot the origins.

The person I bought it from said they picked it up at a flea market outside of Paris and know no more than "it looked so unusual".

I was hoping it would say Kirby Beard & Co on it but it says nothing.

It is unusual enough that I thought it would be easy to find out what it was but alas I am stumped.

 

[alex2363]

IM on the G section of Waits, no luck yet... just few more section to go......it may be in one of these sections h- i- j- k -l -m- n -o -p -q -r- s -t -u -v- w- y z .

 

[Mick]

IM on the G section of Waits, no luck yet... just few more section to go......it may be in one of these sections h- i- j- k -l -m- n -o -p -q -r- s -t -u -v- w- y z .

Thanks for doing this Alex!!!!

I've spent most of the day googling all of the magic words I could think of and nothing closer than the safety bar cap Kirby razors and none of those I could find were close other than in the concept

I could not find anything close in appearance to the handle either

 

[oldbluelight]

I think it might be an early model Stumpya by House of Charnal, Paris. Sorry couldn't resist. It is very unusual and congratulations on acquiring a rare razor. I think you may be right about it being built for females. The curved head made me think of a razor that was designed for shaving lady's armpits. But its location in France coupled with its patina and design elements (looks very Art Deco) would put it in a context where underarm shaving was fairly unusual for ladies. I have a hard time visualizing how the blade would make full contact along it's length on all the more or less level facial planes without having to use more than light pressure. Did you find that the case when you used it?

 

[gundy]

Reminds me of a curvefit

 

[Cha-wing!!]

Hi, nice find ! I missed one very recently on ebay, but the seller didn't know either what it was. I am on the lookout though, I really like its style !

 

[Mick]

Hi, nice find ! I missed one very recently on ebay, but the seller didn't know either what it was. I am on the lookout though, I really like its style !

More than likely it was this one

I hope Alex comes up with something in his copy of Waits