I went out with my wife today (left the kids at home with grandma) to conduct some legal business so we stopped in at a few antique shops we had not been to before. One is an older, downtown neighborhood sort of off the beaten path. After looking over the front cases and not finding anything, I ask the guy behind the counter if he has any old shaving items, like safety razors and such. He says "I got a box full of them...hang on". He explains that some months ago, he sold the display case the items were in and had to put them all in a box. He simply hadn't found a place for them yet.
The box contained several decent sets, including a Durham Duplex in faux-ivory, a boxed Curvefit in excellent condition. The list goes on but most of the items were in shabby shape and I wasn't interested in Durhams, Curvefits or Autostrops anyway. But I did pick these items out.
I have only ever seen a black handled, gold Tech in the wild once. I didn't buy it because they wanted $50 for it. This one was way cheaper ;-) According to Achim, these were made from 1938 to 1945. Reminds me of their gold and black Super Adjustable!
The Davol Shave Prep Razor is nasty and used and doesn't seem to allow for changing blades but it is very cool anyway. I noticed it had a P74 blade in it so it must be from the 1970's.
The aluminum handled black tip has a date code of W3 (1951). These were only made for two years in '51 and '52. Very exciting.
The 20 pack of Blue Blades was unopened, so I just had to have them too!
The last and most interesting piece I found was a Segal razor. I have never seen one before and both me and my wife were completely surprised to learn how the mechanism works. Twist the bottom dial and the top cap shoots up, attached to a center post. Once the cap is fully extended, the center post turns 90 degrees and the top cap swivels down against the post, allowing a proprietary DE blade to slip over the entire cap piece. Twist the dial the other way and it all goes back together perfectly. Very ingenious design! I have some NOS Gold blades that appear to be designed for the Segal. Extremely cool razor. It must have been gold plated at one time but it seems to be entirely brassed now. Too bad it uses proprietary blades :-(
Enjoy the pics!
The box contained several decent sets, including a Durham Duplex in faux-ivory, a boxed Curvefit in excellent condition. The list goes on but most of the items were in shabby shape and I wasn't interested in Durhams, Curvefits or Autostrops anyway. But I did pick these items out.
I have only ever seen a black handled, gold Tech in the wild once. I didn't buy it because they wanted $50 for it. This one was way cheaper ;-) According to Achim, these were made from 1938 to 1945. Reminds me of their gold and black Super Adjustable!
The Davol Shave Prep Razor is nasty and used and doesn't seem to allow for changing blades but it is very cool anyway. I noticed it had a P74 blade in it so it must be from the 1970's.
The aluminum handled black tip has a date code of W3 (1951). These were only made for two years in '51 and '52. Very exciting.
The 20 pack of Blue Blades was unopened, so I just had to have them too!
The last and most interesting piece I found was a Segal razor. I have never seen one before and both me and my wife were completely surprised to learn how the mechanism works. Twist the bottom dial and the top cap shoots up, attached to a center post. Once the cap is fully extended, the center post turns 90 degrees and the top cap swivels down against the post, allowing a proprietary DE blade to slip over the entire cap piece. Twist the dial the other way and it all goes back together perfectly. Very ingenious design! I have some NOS Gold blades that appear to be designed for the Segal. Extremely cool razor. It must have been gold plated at one time but it seems to be entirely brassed now. Too bad it uses proprietary blades :-(
Enjoy the pics!
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