Ron R
I survived a lathey foreman
Looks like it finally made it via post office slowness. It sure looks like eye candy that razor.
Single Edge Razor Acquisition Thread.
- Thread starter BigFoot
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The OC (ordered a week before the A) is still stuck at Customs in Chicago.
Previously posted this in the wrong place.
Just bought this Ever Ready on eBay for £6 in what looks like a Bakelite box. I’m new to vintage razors.
Please can someone tell me about it. Likely date, metal type, best restoration/cleaning techniques, is £6 a fair price, where to buy the correct new blades.
Just bought this Ever Ready on eBay for £6 in what looks like a Bakelite box. I’m new to vintage razors.
Please can someone tell me about it. Likely date, metal type, best restoration/cleaning techniques, is £6 a fair price, where to buy the correct new blades.
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American Safety Razor Dating Chart - Gem, Ever Ready, Kampfe Star
After weeks browsing through period paper ads, catalogs, consulting private collectors, even digging through the pages of the Library of Congress, here's the long-overdue updated version of this humble work of passion. If Gillette razors are easy to date because of their serial numbers and date...
www.badgerandblade.com
It should be an Ever Ready 1912 improved safety razor. Made between 1936 - 1953. They never called these razors a 1912 that is a collectors thing to identify them. the 1912 is based upon a known patent date for the razor. If it is an earlier version like the 1914 or 1912, there is no way to tell from that picture. I'd need to see the top of the cap and blade stops on the guard to determine if it is either.
To rule out if it is a 1914 the cap will say lift here on the sides. If it doesn't say that it isn't a 1914.
To rule out that is a 1912 then you need to look at the blade stops on the guard. If they are like little nubs the blades rests against it is a 1912, if they are like hooks that the blade end slides under it is an improved 1912.
£6 is perfectly fair, visit Micromatic Monday thread for Ever-Ready, Gem, etc companionship. Plated brass, clean gently with detergent. Connaught is a good source for blades.
I would concur pretty much any vintage razor being bought to use is a fair price at $10 USD / 8 GBP or less as long as it is in good working condition.
Thanks. Ill post some phots when it arrives.American Safety Razor Dating Chart - Gem, Ever Ready, Kampfe Star
After weeks browsing through period paper ads, catalogs, consulting private collectors, even digging through the pages of the Library of Congress, here's the long-overdue updated version of this humble work of passion. If Gillette razors are easy to date because of their serial numbers and date...
It should be an Ever Ready 1912 improved safety razor. Made between 1936 - 1953. They never called these razors a 1912 that is a collectors thing to identify them. the 1912 is based upon a known patent date for the razor. If it is an earlier version like the 1914 or 1912, there is no way to tell from that picture. I'd need to see the top of the cap and blade stops on the guard to determine if it is either.
To rule out if it is a 1914 the cap will say lift here on the sides. If it doesn't say that it isn't a 1914.
To rule out that is a 1912 then you need to look at the blade stops on the guard. If they are like little nubs the blades rests against it is a 1912, if they are like hooks that the blade end slides under it is an improved 1912.
RazoRock Hawk V3-OC with 2-piece Halo Handle has arrived! 
Great razor!
Great razor!
Mail call! A few items came today:
A replacement Gem Parade for the one I broke,
A box for my Schick 66 compete with old shaving cream in a lead tube,
A Schick type E in fair shape with case.
A Besser mustache razor which will take the same blades as my Mekur 907.
And finally the translucent amber handled Schick type G.
A replacement Gem Parade for the one I broke,
A box for my Schick 66 compete with old shaving cream in a lead tube,
A Schick type E in fair shape with case.
A Besser mustache razor which will take the same blades as my Mekur 907.
And finally the translucent amber handled Schick type G.
I used a Shock adjustable while in college. Good SE. MY dad had one of those amber handled razors. I remember seeing it in a drawer when I was a little kid.
It rounds out my collection of the G types. I am missing the gold handled versions and some minor variants. If you don't have a Schick these days you owe it to yourself to give one a try!
I am looking forward to trying it out, but there are a few in line ahead of it.
Schick E-1
Two new additions to my pile today. A Schick E3 Imperial set and a nice I1 set.
Mon 18th May
Now Six Shaves in with The RazoRock Hawk V3-OC, HD handle.
Started off with a guarded blade now using a Schick Proline. Has a good degree of blade feel, and used with a light touch delivers a most satisfyingly close Shave. May be early Days, but better than a lot of other AC/SEs that I have used, I think the time has come to get rid of some.
Now Six Shaves in with The RazoRock Hawk V3-OC, HD handle.
Started off with a guarded blade now using a Schick Proline. Has a good degree of blade feel, and used with a light touch delivers a most satisfyingly close Shave. May be early Days, but better than a lot of other AC/SEs that I have used, I think the time has come to get rid of some.
Well, this happened.
