Lesser known Adjustables?

[Bravoure]

I've been on an inadvertent adjustable buying kick lately and it has me curious what else is out there. Aside from the modern Merkurs and vintage Gillettes, what other brands went the adjustable route? I've recently acquired an American made Berkeley Custom Shaver and the French made Gibbs No 17 Adjustable, adding both to my beloved Fatboy. Though some consider adjustability a marketing gimmick, I personally enjoy them and get my best shaves ever from the Fatboy, so I think I'd like to make a collection out of them. I know there is an aluminum Gibbs to find, but non-proprietary blade using counterparts. Then of course there's the Eclipse, but I don't think I will be setting my sights quite that high yet.

Thanks B&B, here's some pics of my recent acquisitions for your effort!

 

[Winblows]

[thread=115794]Here are some[/thread]

 

[Bravoure]

I've seen those Russian ones on ebay before, they seem interesting. Anyone else?

 

[amishmotorboat]

Other adjustables include:

The Personna Precision (similar to gibbs but takes standard blades)
The Apollo Mikron (predecessor of the progress)
The Walbusch slant
The Le Supreme
The Le Coq adjustable

Some of these are going to cost you at least what an Eclipse would, though.

 

[fast14riot]

Well you didn't mention it, but I'm sure you know about it, the PAL made Schick Adjustable Injector. Although its a single edge. It goes from agressive to even more agressive.


-Xander

 

[amishmotorboat]

Well you didn't mention it, but I'm sure you know about it, the PAL made Schick Adjustable Injector. Although its a single edge. It goes from agressive to even more agressive.


-Xander

That's not entirely true. Pal/Personna had their own injectors, some of them adjustable, but were not a part of Schick, which had it's own adjustable injectors.

 

[Paddan1000]

The Matador adjustable is a nice one that has to be mentioned.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/281058-Matador-adjustable?highlight=matador

 

[fast14riot]

That's not entirely true. Pal/Personna had their own injectors, some of them adjustable, but were not a part of Schick, which had it's own adjustable injectors.

Thanks for clearing that up, I don't know a whole lot about them other than they take the schick style blades. Maybe that's where the confusion came from.

-Xander

 

[MacDaddy]

How about the Gillette Single Ring?

 

[bakerbarber]

Brillant De Luxe

Mine is in a red case, but here's another.

 

[Chester]

Apollo Mikron?
-- Chet

 

[Bravoure]

WOW! Thank you all, these suggestions are what I was hoping for! I haven't even heard of some of these razors. Now I have a good list to go off of.

 

[MacDaddy]

Aww... No one took the bait on my Single Ring post.

In case anyone's wondering, Gillette did pitch them as being "adjustable." Here's Achim's scan of an instruction booklet from 1907:



OK, so to make up for that one here's a more bona fide lesser known adjustable, the Myatt Daymark, which used the same basic principle as the Single Ring, but indexed the handle and knob:

 

[amishmotorboat]

Aww... No one took the bait on my Single Ring post.

In case anyone's wondering, Gillette did pitch them as being "adjustable." Here's Achim's scan of an instruction booklet from 1907:

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OK, so to make up for that one here's a more bona fide lesser known adjustable, the Myatt Daymark, which used the same basic principle as the Single Ring, but indexed the handle and knob:

Neat. I never knew that about the Myatt Daymark.
I wonder when Gillette abandoned the 'adjustable' part? Did they continue to bill it as such with the New Improved?
I think it would be funny for a fusion to have instructions "For a closer shave, push harder."

 

[MacDaddy]

I wonder when Gillette abandoned the 'adjustable' part? Did they continue to bill it as such with the New Improved?
I think it would be funny for a fusion to have instructions "For a closer shave, push harder."

You laugh, but that's almost exactly what the New Improved instructions said (cropped from Achim's scan):



They kept the same "adjustability" instructions during the NEW era, but thankfully dropped the guidance to press down harder (also cropped from Achim's scan)

 

[Copierguy]

***edit***
I wonder when Gillette abandoned the 'adjustable' part? Did they continue to bill it as such with the New Improved?
***edit***

I found this toe tag on my 1941 Aristocrat that still promotes that concept.

 

[amishmotorboat]

Ok, that's just plain nuts. Those will come open if they're not down tight.

 

[fcdiscus]

When is the last time anyone shaved with a suit and tie on???????????????

 

[Copierguy]

Ok, that's just plain nuts. Those will come open if they're not down tight.

I agree, but this was pre-OSHA.....when men were men.....

 

[Bravoure]

I'd forgotten that the Myatt Daymark was "adjustable". This has been on my curiosity list for a while. Unfortunately you don't see them often.