Safety Razor of the Month, December 2013 - Rotbart

[Copierguy]

Very nice Alan!

 

[Morman Bridge]

Thank you Tom!

 

[Chronarch]

Nice razor Alan! I finally got my first 2-piece Rotbart a month ago. It appears to be similar to one of the 2a or 2c 1937 models shown in the ad posted by Achim on Page 2. I believe it is all aluminum as it only weighs 18 grams. Super light. It works great and reminded somewhat of a Fasan because of the lightness. Once you have the angle dialed in though it shaves perfectly.

 

[CTB]

Before and after cleaning pics.
Sorry for the phone camera picture ...

before ...

after near mint silver

 

[blexa]

It is a Rotbart 15

 

[ildbig]

Mine's in pretty rough shape. An ancient blade had fused the thing together. It took patience, elbow grease and Liquid Wrench, but I got it out with no damage. Next step is a final cleaning. As it's "razor-of-the-month" I'll have to get to it.
Here it is:

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Also, Doug, I'd be very interested in seeing the script on the handle of your example-

Reviving an old thread. It’s exciting to hear this was the razor of the month close to 10 years go! my mom just gave my grandfather’s old razor. It looks quite a bit like this one. He was born in Germany in about 1913 and lived there his whole life. It seems the solid brass Rotbert Mond Extras are all pre-war? I wish I could date it more accurately.

I just sent my razor off to Razor Emporium to be cleaned up and have a tooth fixed. I opted out of the re-plating — I wonder if I should spring for that after all?

 

[ildbig]

Reviving an old thread. It’s exciting to hear this was the razor of the month close to 10 years go! my mom just gave my grandfather’s old razor. It looks quite a bit like this one. He was born in Germany in about 1913 and lived there his whole life. It seems the solid brass Rotbert Mond Extras are all pre-war? I wish I could date it more accurately.

I just sent my razor off to Razor Emporium to be cleaned up and have a tooth fixed. I opted out of the re-plating — I wonder if I should spring for that after all?

And here it is, recently revamped by Razor Emporium. I changed my mind and when with the re-plating. Also, I want to add I was super impressed with the communication and experience with them!

 

[KeenDogg]

And here it is, recently revamped by Razor Emporium. I changed my mind and when with the re-plating. Also, I want to add I was super impressed with the communication and experience with them!

Mond-Extras are a great piece. There's something about the lettering in the knurling that I love. I see your's has a cracked tube. Curious, did you intend to keep it this way? Usually, platers will fix those sort of things before they plate.

 

[ildbig]

Mond-Extras are a great piece. There's something about the lettering in the knurling that I love. I see your's has a cracked tube. Curious, did you intend to keep it this way? Usually, platers will fix those sort of things before they plate.

yeah I noticed the crack when I first got it. They didn’t bring it up at the repair shop so I take it the crack won’t matter, at least in the medium run. I didnt even know it could be fixed.

 

[KeenDogg]

yeah I noticed the crack when I first got it. They didn’t bring it up at the repair shop so I take it the crack won’t matter, at least in the medium run. I didnt even know it could be fixed.

Hmm. In my opinion, it tells me they didn't look at it before they replated it. My concern being the crack can still split if nothing was done to stabilize it. I've had ball ends split from nothing at all and also ones which never split.

For me, a replated razor should be free of as many defects as possible. Now, I know some degraded plating cannot be helped as it will show once plated, but I'd expect something like a crack would be addressed before plating.

To be totally honest, the words lack definition as well. I'm not sure what they looked like before the replate though.

It will still shave, as of now, but that neck my get loose over time.

 

[fransken]

Hello , bought this Rotbart razor today. Is there someone who knews this set ?

 

[nemo]

Hello , bought this Rotbart razor today. Is there someone who knews this set ?

@mr-razor probably knows something.

Made before this 1937 catalog which shows a No.15 style head ( image from mr-razor site). Nice score!

 

[fransken]

@mr-razor probably knows something.

Made before this 1937 catalog which shows a No.15 style head ( image from mr-razor site). Nice score!

hello,thanks for the info.i find it nice so i bought it.