Is this a Shavette?

[malargent]

I'm an experienced DE user, but know very little about straights. My wife's grandmother gave me the razor in the below picture. It's in the original box, and she thinks her father or grandfather used it (and she's pushing 80).

It's in the original box, which says:

Sextoblade Razor

Made by
Edward Weck & Co Inc
Brooklyn USA

The spine of the razor has similar markings, so I'm pretty sure this is the original box. I've found a little bit of info on the site about sextoblades, but I'm still unclear about several things.

So, now the questions:
1) What is it? Is this a shavette?
2) Can I get blades for it? If so, what would you recommend?
3) What's the other part for? Is this some sort of guard that goes over the blade and turns it into something like a safety razor?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Shave Cat]

Click here.

 

[cb91710]

Ya, my mom used to keep one of those in with the hair clippers.
The extra piece is indeed a safety guard. She used that for trimming our necks and sideburns after giving us our kitchen haircuts.

 

[Castel33]

What you have there looks like a Weck Sextoblade. It is similar to a shavette but much closer to a real straight. The Weck takes Fromm or Persona hair shapper blades that can be gotten at most beauty supply stores for between 4-10 dollars. The Weck provides excellent shaves. This is a thread about the sextoblade with people talking about there experience with it http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/250320-Sextoblade-pass-around-and-PIF/page9

Edit: Forgot you asked about the guard yes that is what it is. To put it on you would put your blade in first then slide the guard over both the the frame and blade and push it back to on the top of the frame there will be an odd looking bump that is used to stop the guard from going any farther. It works very good and if you are new to straight it will really help you get your angle right with a straight. The main drawback to it is that you have to flip it when you move to different sides of your face but that is not so bad. The other drawback is that I can't get up close under my nose with it on so got to take it off to do that but again not a big deal once you are use to it.

 

[plpenn]

Very cool find! I have been looking around (not to hard) for one of those straight guards. I found the Sextoblade very easy to use.

 

[paco664]

Very cool find! I have been looking around (not to hard) for one of those straight guards. I found the Sextoblade very easy to use.

and it has a really cool name...