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Vintage FAYNETT Lather Catcher - Hoe Type Safety Razor - Made in France. In amazing condition!
Vintage FAYNETT Lather Catcher - Hoe Type Safety Razor - Made in France. In amazing condition!
Lather Catcher
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Thank you... i will take some for you...
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Flintstone65
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Beautiful. I have one very similar (if not exact) that I thought was a Perfecta. Here's a link with mine, and I have a wedge blade that came with it (along with the case); but I also figured out a way to use a modern blade to shave with it. The Association of Lather Catchers (TALC) -- My Perfecta
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they do look the same... never seen your way of adapting a gem blade before... i have a 3D printed adaptor... Mine came with a blade and a box too + the head of a sharpening stick thingy
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How does it shave...??
Flintstone65
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I'll admit that it's been a while, but as I recall it's definitely aggressive...and by that I mean it's efficient and it definitely requires focus and adherence to good technique. That said, I do feel like it requires either a shimmed modern blade (or a modern blade with a wedge adapter) or a sharpened wedge blade....otherwise the shave is can be fairly uncomfortable.
Let us know how you like yours.
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Okay... yes the old wedge type razor are aggressive... i need to straighten the head on mine before i can use it... Do you know when they were made???
Flintstone65
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I wish I did know when they were made....I'm always interested in those details. My Waits' Compendium shows the razor, but nothing on dates (either patent or manufacturer). From what I gather, Wedge-based razors went out of fashion in the US by around 1910 -- the GEM's and Gillette's of the world had really been migrating folks to low/no-maintenance blade systems. But I'm not sure how long Europe may have held on to the wedge blade systems.
Here's another thread on this razor: Perfecta Rasoir -- but nothing on dates.
Here's another thread on this razor: Perfecta Rasoir -- but nothing on dates.
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Okay the seller told me he would guess the date to be around 1895-1910... That goes along pretty good with what you just said...
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Nice thread
I agree with the suggested dates.
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i love shaving with a 100 year old or more razor...
