Sweedo Razor

[Shave A Buck]

Picked this up at a shop nearby for less than 10 bucks. Cleaned up well, heavy built piece it seems to me at least. I'll shave with it Thursday morning and if I can I'll post an update on it. Just never heard of Sweedo, has anyone else??

 

[JoshD]

I was holding a very worn open comb sweedo earlier today. Almost all if the plating had gone exposing the brass underneath. They were asking $16 for it. Just looked like too much work for me to take on. But it did work smoothly.

Josh.

 

[Shave Cat]

I have a Sweedo and have shaved with it. You may have a frankenrazor on your hands. I could be mistaken, but your razor looks like a fat handled Gillette Tech handle and cap with a Sweedo base plate. A standard DE blade will not fit overa Sweedo cap's pegs without modification. A standard DE blade's center hole is too small and the two outer holes are in a slightly different position. I cut out the center of a DE blade and managed to work the blade over the Sweedo's pegs. For me, the shave was close, but gentle.

-Clarke

 

[Shave A Buck]

The base plate is another metal than the cap and handle. The blade fit on without any issue. The shave was tough and aggressive to me at least. Not a keeper for me.

 

[ezkl2230]

I had one (actually, I still have it and will repair it if I can find a new cap) until it fell in the shower and broke the stem on the cap. I also have a Gillette New style open comb razor. Aside from the fact that I had to modify the base of the stem in order to get it to take a standard razor blade (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...d-like-input!-Sweedo-DE?p=6399079#post6399079), I liked how it shaves better than my Gillette (yes, I know, I have probably just committed some kind of blasphemy by saying that). The Gillette is far too aggressive for my liking, and my Swee-do provided a very comfortable shave. I might try getting my hands on a Gillette Old Style if I can't track down another Swee-do; the heads are very similar. The gap between the head and the blade on my Gillette New is just a little too wide for my face.