Electrocuted Badger - the Tark

[mark_mw]

Yes, I know it's an electric razor - but it is a single blade, single edge, and even has an open comb! Also, SHOCKINGLY (a most fitting word) enough, the instruction booklet says it can be washed while vibrating - read PLUGGED IN - just like any unpowered razor!

They did have opium and wood alcohol back when this item was marketed (Crack hadn't been invented yet), and maybe these were used for design inspiration

I applied power from a safe distance, the blade rocks sideways - no fumes or smoke noted - but refuse to PIF to any curious newbie

The Tark - a Tech on cRAcK?????????????

 

[csmorris]

Yes, I know it's an electric razor - but it is a single blade, single edge, and even has an open comb! Also, SHOCKINGLY (a most fitting word) enough, the instruction booklet says it can be washed while vibrating - read PLUGGED IN - just like any unpowered razor!

They did have opium and wood alcohol back when this item was marketed (Crack hadn't been invented yet), and maybe these were used for design inspiration

I applied power from a safe distance, the blade rocks sideways - no fumes or smoke noted - but refuse to PIF to any curious newbie

The Tark - a Tech on cRAcK?????????????

Stunning, thanks for sharing!

 

[Mike'sWorld]

the blade rocks sideways

YIKES! Slice and dice!

 

[RCC]

hope ya get a charge out of it.

 

[bradyarz]

hope ya get a charge out of it.

i see what you did there.

 

[HoosierTrooper]

I triple dog dare you to use it. With a Feather. In the shower.

 

[mark_mw]

I triple dog dare you to use it. With a Feather. In the shower.

It uses a proprietary blade with special cutouts - the one that came with the razor has some corrosion as well.

With the gap, open comb, and side to side wiggly motion, it would have to be a fearsome shave, assuming you survived. People must have been crazier back then

 

[Chester]

I have a Racine... a similar plug-in concept.
These are pretty neat, but the idea of having something plugged in (without a GFI) at the sink gives me the willies.
-- Chet

 

[zxcvbob]

I'm bidding on a package deal of razors on eBay that includes a Tark. I'm not really interested in the Tark except as a curiosity... but (since it's included in the lot) is the head removable? Could it be fitted with a plain handle and used as a SE razor, like a Gem?

I doubt that I win because I'm bidding pretty low and prices have been crazy lately, but you never know -- crazy works both ways sometimes.

 

[alex2363]

I'm bidding on a package deal of razors on eBay that includes a Tark. I'm not really interested in the Tark except as a curiosity... but (since it's included in the lot) is the head removable? Could it be fitted with a plain handle and used as a SE razor, like a Gem?

I doubt that I win because I'm bidding pretty low and prices have been crazy lately, but you never know -- crazy works both ways sometimes.

It seems to take single edge/GEMS type blades.

 

[zxcvbob]

I almost got it, plus a Schick Krona and a gold-plated Gillette Tech, for less than what I paid for just a Krona in worse condition earlier today. But someone outbid me in the last 5 seconds. That's OK, I snipe eBay auctions too, and I low-balled this one. If I hadn't already won the other Krona I would have bid a lot higher.