Modern Butterfly Razors

[fmueller]

I was just thinking, who other than the usual Chinese suspects still makes butterfly razors today? There are a couple of Parker models and the Rockwell Model T. Is there anybody else I am missing?

Photo from my yard. For attention grabbing only.

 

[Invicta]

The Janus Toggle razor is a TTO; limited to a 51 production run.

 

[fmueller]

The Janus Toggle razor is a TTO; limited to a 51 production run.

Ah, yes, I've heard about that project. I guess in this case TTO means 'toggle to open'.

I am still hoping for Ming Shi to make a Toggle. It would be more in my price range, and they did a fabulous job with the 3000S! I wonder how difficult it would be to change the mechanism.

 

[jcborr00]

The Feather popular is twist to open.
And the adjustable as well

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[boilerphan]

The latest Wilkinson Sword is a butterfly razor.

 

[HabanaRon]

Viking Chieftain is a twist to open butterfly.

 

[fmueller]

Viking Chieftain is a twist to open butterfly.

That's a very nice razor, and made by Baili. Of course Vikings has other butterfly razors as well. I wonder if those are also made by companies like Baili, Weishi, and so on.

 

[kingfisher]

The Janus Toggle razor is a TTO; limited to a 51 production run.

Obviously the toggle is not a twist to open, but it does have butterfly doors.
Merkur used to make a gargantuan razor that was tto, but it is out of production. It was called the Vision.

 

[HabanaRon]

That's a very nice razor, and made by Baili. Of course Vikings has other butterfly razors as well. I wonder if those are also made by companies like Baili, Weishi, and so on.

Not sure. It was my second DE razor. Then came Fat Boy, Merkur Futur and several others. Haven't touched the Viking in very long time.

 

[Demolition]

The Janus Toggle razor is a TTO; limited to a 51 production run.

Ah, yes, I've heard about that project. I guess in this case TTO means 'toggle to open'.

Only 51 razors!

In this case, "TTO" must stand for "Tough To Obtain"!

 

[Quaznoid]

If you do not have an aversion to vintage razors, pick up one of the billion SuperSpeeds out there. Great performance, magnificent construction

 

[fmueller]

If you do not have an aversion to vintage razors, pick up one of the billion SuperSpeeds out there. Great performance, magnificent construction

Good advice! Only I am already buying up all Gillette TTO's I can get my hands on. Superspeeds are great and so are Rockets. I also like the pre-war ones, especially the OC versions.

 

[Pegasus K]

Pearl from India has a few TTO models. I've read mostly good things about them, but I don't have any firsthand experience with the brand

 

[kingfisher]

Early reports on the production model of the Janus Toggle are not good at all. The prototype was apparently incredibly smooth, but had a high dome, was overly large, and was thought to possibly be too mild for some. So the manufacturer changed it to be smaller, with a much lower dome, and increased the aggressiveness, reportedly by only a little bit.

New owners are saying that it is very blade forward and quite harsh, and that the blade gap at setting 1 is 0.8.

 

[santamariasteve]

Early reports on the production model of the Janus Toggle are not good at all. The prototype was apparently incredibly smooth, but had a high dome, was overly large, and was thought to possibly be too mild for some. So the manufacturer changed it to be smaller, with a much lower dome, and increased the aggressiveness, reportedly by only a little bit.

New owners are saying that it is very blade forward and quite harsh, and that the blade gap at setting 1 is 0.8.

All this reminds me the "oldies but goodies" (the Fat boys, Slims, and Super Adjustable's) among others, are hard to beat. They are roughly 60 years old and still going strong. There's a message there.