EclipseRedRing
I smell like a Christmas pudding
I have been using a C-1 USA red tip for some time and have just acquired the equivalent English model. It has a little brassing but has cleaned up well and I am very pleased with it. I have used the English razor today and the shave seems identical to the USA version. Aside from the end caps, slightly different wording in the underside engraving, and the lack of date code on the English version, I can see little or no difference. The USA example seems to have a brighter red paint job so I suspect it has been painted over at some time. I have an English Rocket HD and if I compare it to my 1951 USA Superspeed, the Rocket mechanism seems far superior in that it opens and closes more smoothly and feels much tighter and better manufactured. I cannot sense the same differences, or any differences, in the action of the two red tips however. Does anyone know of any other differences or contrasts between the two or are they essential identical? The images below show the English razor on the left and the USA version on the right.