Anyone ever remove, or try to remove an attached razor head, specifically from a Merkur?
Remove head from a two piece Merkur?
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Nope. Why do you want to try to do this?
Bob from Bob's Razor Works used to do it, I believe Elite Razor still does.
Turn it into a 3 piece and have unlimited choice of handles.
I don't think it will work ... the baseplate is force-fit onto the handle, there's nothing to screw onto.
True, 3-piece razors give you a lot of different options, but you're better off to start with a 3-piece rather than try and modify one that isn't.
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Bingo! Turn it into a universal 3 piece- or at least make the head universal.
I'm wondering if you could remove the force-fit head, and grind down whatever was force-fit into a flat base to attach to any given standard handle. Then, perhaps you could cut (shorten) the center shaft of the cap and use a die to thread so that it will fit a standard handle...
The threaded post on the cap would still bee too long would it not?
I haven't opened my 38 up in a while, but I remember the post being longer than the R41.
I haven't opened my 38 up in a while, but I remember the post being longer than the R41.
Is it physically possible? Sure, if you've got enough fabrication know-how pretty much anything is possible. Wouldn't it be a heck of a lot easier to just buy a proper three-piece Merkur with the exact same head and use that?
Ahhh, but the slants do not come in 3 piece variations. I have thought bout doing this myself. As a machinist I think I could make it happen. I just haven't convinced myself to jump into it yet. Also, my biggest concern is not being able to run the die deep enough on the rod because of the curvature of the cap.
Not currently, but they used to and they're still out there if you're looking for them. The easier ones to find are the four-piece travel razors with a slant head. Here's one that I took off of a Pomco vibrating razor handle and use with a BRW short Bull Mastiff Deluxe handle.
Just from eyeballing my own cap when I took that picture, I think you'd probably be OK. Once you factor in the thickness of the blade and guard plate you should probably be OK even if your die stops at the lower tips of the cap.
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This is exactly what I'm thinking of.
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Not currently, but they used to and they're still out there if you're looking for them. The easier ones to find are the four-piece travel razors with a slant head. Here's one that I took off of a Pomco vibrating razor handle and use with a BRW short Bull Mastiff Deluxe handle.
Just from eyeballing my own cap when I took that picture, I think you'd probably be OK. Once you factor in the thickness of the blade and guard plate you should probably be OK even if your die stops at the lower tips of the cap.
Very nice. Thanks for sharing. Good proof of concept.
The machining is only part 1. Then you have to replate the pot metal which by all accounts is no easy task.
Yech Pot metal.. should be illegal to make razors from that crap
