Ever Ready from Antique Store!
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At $10 dollars you got a very good buy on a 1924 Ever-Ready single edged razor! I hope you left a tip for the clerk. 
The 1924 Ever-Ready is a well engineered razor. It is a personal favorite of mine in my collection of 55 razors. It was made from 1924 to 1929 in Brooklyn, New York.
It's unique. The door hinges from the bottom. It is very easy to open and to close, and to load or to remove a blade. It also is easy to clean inside, and behind the head, because of its streamlined design.
It shaves very closely and is face friendly. I've never cut myself with it. I would rate its aggressiveness as moderate. I dearly love the Ever-Ready 1924 razor, and I suggest you will too.
It's also known by a slang name: the shovel head, because of its unusual design of the door opening from the bottom. But please don't call it that. That would be crude and rude. It's an Ever-Ready 1924, a razor that is deserving of great admiration.
BTW did I mention my parents were married in 1924?
The 1924 Ever-Ready is a well engineered razor. It is a personal favorite of mine in my collection of 55 razors. It was made from 1924 to 1929 in Brooklyn, New York.
It's unique. The door hinges from the bottom. It is very easy to open and to close, and to load or to remove a blade. It also is easy to clean inside, and behind the head, because of its streamlined design.
It shaves very closely and is face friendly. I've never cut myself with it. I would rate its aggressiveness as moderate. I dearly love the Ever-Ready 1924 razor, and I suggest you will too.
It's also known by a slang name: the shovel head, because of its unusual design of the door opening from the bottom. But please don't call it that. That would be crude and rude. It's an Ever-Ready 1924, a razor that is deserving of great admiration.
BTW did I mention my parents were married in 1924?
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Lets face it, somebody loves using a lawnmower to shave with. The 1924 is on my "sell list." I dislike that you have to line up the blade manually due to it's design. Plus when you open it, the top plate just flops around until you lock it down again.
Like all the oldies, looks very cool. Shaves inferior to the 1912s, MMs, and the better injectors.
Yes, yes. YMMV.
PS: Shovel Head is a commonly used reference for the 1924. When did that change?
Like all the oldies, looks very cool. Shaves inferior to the 1912s, MMs, and the better injectors.
Yes, yes. YMMV.
PS: Shovel Head is a commonly used reference for the 1924. When did that change?
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Still need a 1924. Nice find.
I bought one of these a couple of weeks ago and love it. It is very easy on my skin but still a pretty efficient shaver. The combs allow a good bit of lather to reach the blade, really smoothing out the shave. I have not found manually lining up the blade to be too much of a problem. It does shave at a different angle than many other SE's, but if you find the angle by feel and auditory feedback, you should be able to maintain blade angle fairly easily.
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I have a 1924 Ever Ready and I get smooth shaves from it. No complaints about lining up the blade, it's not that much of a problem. as a matter of fact I don't see being a problem at all. If shaving with a 1924 is shaving with a lawn mower, than shaving with a 1912 must be like a spiritual or outer body experience. I'd like to try it!
Unlike the 1912 or the Micromatics, the shape of the head does not help you find the angle, but it is hardly rocket science either, you can pretty much hear it when the blade starts to whack whiskers.
It is a razor that gives you a lot of control over how aggressive the shave is (unlike others) and all and all a very nice tool.
I shaved with mine once. It was actually a pretty good shave.
Calling it inferior to the 1912 might be a bit harsh in my book, it shaves well, but the other models like 1912 variants, damaskeene or the micromatics are either more efficient or more intuitive to use such they make the job of getting a good shave easier.
It is a razor that gives you a lot of control over how aggressive the shave is (unlike others) and all and all a very nice tool.
I shaved with mine once. It was actually a pretty good shave.
Calling it inferior to the 1912 might be a bit harsh in my book, it shaves well, but the other models like 1912 variants, damaskeene or the micromatics are either more efficient or more intuitive to use such they make the job of getting a good shave easier.
Congrats on the 1924, it is a great SE! Once you fine the right angle for you, it will give close shaves.
Have loved my Shove Head from the day I got it. And for whatever reason, I like the name. It's so awful a neame that it's good.
It's one of my loudest razors. Great shaves every time. $10.00 for one in that condition is a steal.
It's one of my loudest razors. Great shaves every time. $10.00 for one in that condition is a steal.
