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Single Edge Razor Acquisition Thread.
- Thread starter BigFoot
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Nice haul, Hannes!
RazoRock Hawk V3 --- stainless steel with the beautifully balanced Haloed UFO handle.
Schick Injector F obtained from a fellow B&B member.
Before
After Some dish soap, autosol polish and elbow grease later. Some more work needed or I'll let it be as is.
Before
After Some dish soap, autosol polish and elbow grease later. Some more work needed or I'll let it be as is.
Really like your before and after photos. I personally would just stop and enjoy shaving with this cool razor. I usually leave tarnish on newly acquired razors to reflect their venerable age. That said, I do have some re-plated razors.Schick Injector F obtained from a fellow B&B member.
Before
After Some dish soap, autosol polish and elbow grease later. Some more work needed or I'll let it be as is.
Appreciate the thoughts and yes I do agree that while it can be restored to better than pristine in some cases, some signs of age to show and respect its vintage is a good thing.
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I just look at it as catching up on the maintenance.
Oneblade genesis!
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You inspired me to let the dogs of shaving loose. As such I now have the much sort after Yaqi Raster en-route to me from a UK vendor. Just don't tell the wife I bought a hulk green Hawk last week formwork. Eeeeeeek!
I am getting the hang of it. Only discovered them recently, after using DE razors for a little over a year now. They certainly are my favourite choice. Wating for some additional blades from Personna and Schick Prolines. Great stuff! Schicks E2, I2 and J1.
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Thanks for the photos of this really unique razor. I had to look it up in Safety Razor Compendium to determine how it works. I'm guessing the Collins Co. had the rotary, windup razor market all to itself. Do let everyone know how it shaves.
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This Collins isn’t the windup version like the Stahly. That’s the version with the super fat handle. The blades aren’t super sharp, and I don’t hone. I might try and get them sharpened.
Thanks for the update. Sounds like fun to get the blades sharpened and try it at least one time.
Wow, great work restoring the razor!
Rarest of the DeHavens seems to be this Model No.4. NOS in shipper but packed with a blade for the No. 3. Certainly one of Dehaven's downfalls was changing blade types three times during their brief production period.
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Thanks for sharing photos of this rare razor.Rarest of the DeHavens seems to be this Model No.4. NOS in shipper but packed with a blade for the No. 3. Certainly one of Dehaven's downfalls was changing blade types three times during their brief production period.
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Just received a valet razor in a job lot. I think it is a VC2? Do the feather blades work in it? I thought I would give it a go since I already have it. I was after the shaving stick holders in the back.
