Safety Razor Acquisition Thread.

[RAD patient]

Gillette Pocket Edition #504 from 1910​

• Finally found the silver plated model!
• ’Empire’ case and razor
• Just pure class

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Would you please consider to adopt me as your long lost lovechild so I can inherit your collection?
It would make me very happy and actually save me the huge amounts of money everybody is talking about.
Thanks.

 

[Dyllern]

Would you please consider to adopt me as your long lost lovechild so I can inherit your collection?
It would make me very happy and actually save me the huge amounts of money everybody is talking about.
Thanks.

That is quite the offer and I will definitely give it some thought during the weekend

 

[Cheekee]

Looks beautiful in real life.

 

[Luc]

This one took a while to get to me but it finally arrived... I did not clean anything.

top - small Rubberset brush. I measured 20mm knot. I will see if I can restore that one.

left to right
-Gillette Super Speed blue tip - D1
-Gillette Super Speed - Y1
-Schick Krona - From this thread - I believe it's the variant 3
-Old type made in the USA - ball end - very small hairline crack at the bottom. I rarely saw uncracked handles.
-Tuckaway - also with a hairline crack. I was dropped as all 4 corners have bent teeth. I know now that I won't play with them. I broke a Bostonian tooth once. It will shave properly anyway.

All 3 TTO seem to work properly (no missing parts, smooth mechanism), seems better than the black handle I bought recently...

The Tuckaway was the reason why I bought the lot. Here's the short story. I don't know when I bought a case Tuckaway(minimum 10 years ago, probably more). The head was wrong (New US long comb - not a flat baseplate and the handle didn't fit properly). The case is in decent shape. So, To have the proper set together, I found that Tuckaway in an eBay lot. That's it, I got nothing else.

 

[wlshephard]

Feather 400S-1B

Feather 700S-1

Personna Executive

Gillette Techmatic in my birth year and quarter R4

 

[Edgelord]

Fat handle Tech with triangle slots and no date code $12 at an antique shop.

 

[Dyllern]

Bohin​

• Finally managed to find this French gem
• Has anyone done some thorough experimenting with regard to the different sides of the base plate in order to achieve a more or less aggressive shave? Any noticeable difference?
• Some say the construction of the head plus the fact that the blade can be pushed to the sides allowing more or less exposure ultimately will result in 12 different settings which sounds crazy!

 

[Luc]

@Dyllern, do you have a picture of the other side? If it's like the Rockwell where you flip the baseplate, the side that you showed says:

De près -> from close
Côté Lame -> Blade side

 

[Dyllern]

@Dyllern, do you have a picture of the other side? If it's like the Rockwell where you flip the baseplate, the side that you showed says:

De près -> from close
Côté Lame -> Blade side

I have been reading different posts about it including this thread that explains the settings:

Bohin Adjustable - first shave and impressions (pic heavy) - https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/bohin-adjustable-first-shave-and-impressions-pic-heavy.551966/

 

[Edgelord]

1961 Gillette Tech with travel case from the flea market this morning.

 

[Tha Baron]

Shipment from Karve arrived yesterday…. Copper Overlander and a Brass CB open comb CUBR handle!

 

[profusion]

1961 Gillette Tech with travel case from the flea market this morning.

Wow, that looks brand new. Nice score!

 

[bdehne]

Shipment from Karve arrived yesterday…. Copper Overlander and a Brass CB open comb CUBR handle!

Those are very nice. I think you just kick started my RAD again! I particularly like the OC with the (I assume) copper tip. I guess since I already have a Karve CB OC, all I really need is the copper tip handle

 

[Edgelord]

Wow, that looks brand new. Nice score!

Three out of my four travel Techs look new. One still has the paper in it and a plastic disc. Travel techs seem to go for $1-5 in mint condition. I wouldn’t buy a travel Tech that wasn’t in mint condition at this point, unless I wanted it for the case.

My fourth is the ugly sister. I use that one for shaving with aftermarket handles. In theory, if I keep buying them at this same rate, I will give the ugly one away. It is a good razor, but not as good looking as the other three. They are just too common in mint condition.

 

[Stikeyoda]

Just dropped off by the post office. Another long hunt is over!

 

[Lil Cooties]

Yates Precision Stainless Winning

 

[iknowpeanuts]

I gave in to the ad spam. Why not

 

[Edgelord]

Ninth Tech… ten, if you count the Sterling… eleven if you count the Ranger Tech.

 

[Dark Stag]

Got myself few of these medical disposable oc razors. Gonna find out if I can shave my face with one and if so, I think they would work nice as a travel razor.

 

[Dark Stag]

Yaqi Ghost 0.90 SS

I'm really impressed. Zero bladefeel, but still surprisingly efficient shaver.