Matador Diplomat

[gvw755]

Was highest bidder on a Matador Diplomat razor last week and it arrived today. I think it went very cheap because it looked like this in the listing:

Anyway, I saw something there and decided to take a chance. For those of you that might not know, this Matador is a vintage Swiss razor company and has no relationship to the current Matador which is an Indian company.

When it arrived, I saw that the pics depicted the razor almost exactly:

So I called it my Matador Diplomat Kermit the Frog Edition.

So pulled out my heavy stuff - Dawn Concentrate, nylon bristle brush, 3M green pad, ultrasonic cleaner, pint of white vinegar, Mothers metal polish, and a piece of worn out 800 grit wet/dry sandpaper.

Started this afternoon and worked in between cooking dinner making sure to not mix the vinegar/Dawn solution with my chicken stock and not using the nylon brush to scrub my carrots.

Just finished cleaning up the Diplomat and my dishes.

BOOYAH!

Now I got to figure out a way to sneak in a test shave while doing SEptember!

 

[imatabor]

Nice score, she cleaned up nice.
Look forward to the shave report.

 

[Mougrim]

Cool razor! Sure cleaned nice. Enjoy your new possession - and we'll be waiting for a shave report

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[AveDeus]

Sometimes I really wonder, what kind of witchcraft you guys do here to restore those beat up razors to achieve those shining new condition.

Nice score, congrats

 

[malocchio]

Nice looking razor, cleaned up very well...Looks like it has a good heft to it as well...Are you sure these Matadors are Swiss and not Swedish ???....I see them all the time on the Swedish "ebay" type site called " tradera.com " in Sweden...

 

[Invicta]

Matadors are Swedish origin nevertheless it turned out a nice razor.

 

[User 306]

Wow cleaned up nicely! Good score

 

[KeenDogg]

Was highest bidder on a Matador Diplomat razor last week and it arrived today. I think it went very cheap because it looked like this in the listing:
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Anyway, I saw something there and decided to take a chance. For those of you that might not know, this Matador is a vintage Swiss razor company and has no relationship to the current Matador which is an Indian company.

When it arrived, I saw that the pics depicted the razor almost exactly:

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So I called it my Matador Diplomat Kermit the Frog Edition.

So pulled out my heavy stuff - Dawn Concentrate, nylon bristle brush, 3M green pad, ultrasonic cleaner, pint of white vinegar, Mothers metal polish, and a piece of worn out 800 grit wet/dry sandpaper.

Started this afternoon and worked in between cooking dinner making sure to not mix the vinegar/Dawn solution with my chicken stock and not using the nylon brush to scrub my carrots.

Just finished cleaning up the Diplomat and my dishes.

BOOYAH!

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Now I got to figure out a way to sneak in a test shave while doing SEptember!

Boom-shaka-laka!

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[gvw755]

I stand corrected. I posted late and after spending the time to clean the razor, I inadvertently said the Matador was Swiss when I meant to say Swedish.

 

[G.W.]

That cleaned up fantastically! Can't wait to read more about it.

 

[BigJ]

GREAT WORK!!

 

[Kurtas]

I found one also, and a lot of dirt and Stuff came off after polish.
But mine has this weird blade or shim.? Not sure what it is for.?

Any idea ? Shim

 

[Hoka Hey]

I found one also, and a lot of dirt and Stuff came off after polish.
But mine has this weird blade or shim.? Not sure what it is for.?

Any idea ? Shim

What does it look like installed in the razor?

It’s odd for sure. Could be a shim. Other odd thought was it might be to turn a safety bar razor into something more like an open comb. That’s why I ask what it looks like installed.

 

[nemo]

But mine has this weird blade or shim.?

Any idea ? Shim

How thick is it?

Nice razor!

 

[Kurtas]

It is not very thick and it was very soft, i do not have a mesuring thing right here, it sticks out a little, it looks like it Could protect you from cuts. ?

What does it look like installed in the razor?

It’s odd for sure. Could be a shim. Other odd thought was it might be to turn a safety bar razor into something more like an open comb. That’s why I ask what it looks like installed.

What does it look like installed in the razor?

It’s odd for sure. Could be a shim. Other odd thought was it might be to turn a safety bar razor into something more like an open comb. That’s why I ask what it looks like installed.