Italian Raised flat bottom

[Hobgoblin]

I'm a fan of the RFB , the first great shave I experienced was with a British 88. I have a few styles of this great razor and I'm always on the look out for different RFB types .Recently ran across a Tris an Italian razor from the 1930s and from the posting on a popular auction site it looked like a raised flat bottom , this intrigued me and I put in a bid and won .When I received the razor it immediately reminded me of my RFB Rotbart and here are a few pictures comparing them .There have been discussions whether Robart or Gillette developed the RFB style and I will leave that to the more informed to decide . Just happy to have another member to the family , maybe Hitler and Mussolini did a deal to share the Rotbart technology or it could be a rip off of Gillette .The Rotbart weights in at 54 g and the Tris weighs 58g.

The Tris an Italian RFB?

Three piece ,looks a lot like the Rotbart

Tris on right , Rotbart on left

Rotbart left , Tris right

Family portrait left to right :
- Gillette Chromium Big Fellow #20 RFB
- 1945 Gillette #77 thin Tech handle 3 pc RFB
- Two piece Gillette RFB from 1933 Green Bakelite set
- 7 O'clock RFB
- Rotbart RFB
- Tris RFB

Glenn

 

[bkatbamna]

Very nice

 

[imatabor]

Great score, Thanks for the pictures.

Bingo Link

 

[sandstone]

Very nice indeed!

 

[tukyou]

Damit, now I have another RFB to find.

 

[Deadman]

very nice

 

[KeenDogg]

Good catch, Glenn!

 

[Kameo]

I chasing tris for a long long time. I hope that one day I will have one. I will not regrettime or money to get one.

 

[User 306]

Very nice collection! Congrats!

 

[Hoka Hey]

The RFB plot thickens!

I could imagine an itinerant razor engineer taking the RFB from Germany to Italy, and ultimately England, fleeing the winds of war.

Who knows?

Very cool find!

 

[Badger in the Sun]

Very cool. Had no idea there was an Italian version.

 

[Kameo]

MyTris. Just arrived. But he is three part.

 

[romsitsa]

Beautiful one Kameo.
Very interesting part is that it is patented, never saw the inside before. Question is, how could the company patent the razor when Gillette patented a similar design (presumably earlier)?

Adam

 

[ajkel64]

Great looking razor, well done.

 

[Hobgoblin]

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MyTris. Just arrived. But he is three part.

Beautiful razor , nice find

Glenn

 

[McKinneys]

Amazing find! One for my wish-list!

 

[Akis]

Awesome find !

 

[Deadman]

Great find been looking for one my self congratulations

 

[McKinneys]

A classic beauty!

 

[Kameo]

Thanks Guys. Tris shows as outstanding shaver. I get feeling that I shaving with closed comb, but how efficient he is WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.

Now I must get 7 O'clock and Gillette #20 to comlete whole family. It meanslooooooooot sleaples nights. I pay what ever it needs for them, money is not issue for me but no one wants to sell them. But I hope then with time something jump up. I will wait.