Vintage/Modern Razor Equivalences

[mjclark]

Just idly wondering how modern razor models approximate to vintage designs (and to each other) in terms of aggressiveness, weight and appearance.
Obviously there's a great disparity in build quality, but I'm thinking more in terms of performance.
For instance, is a Ming Shi like a tinny Super Speed?
Are some of the modern open combs clones of the older Gillettes?
That cheap Chinese RiMei has a long handle and is a tad more aggressive than a Tech and so is an EJ DE89, so are they comparable?

 

[Mick]

All DE razors are built approximately the same (they all have to hold a DE blade) but they are all a little different in the way they shave.

You can look at the shave wiki to get an idea about some razors from the blade gap listing

http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/Double-Edged_Safety_Razors_Ranked_by_Blade_Gap

 

[mjclark]

All DE razors are built approximately the same (they all have to hold a DE blade) but they are all a little different in the way they shave.

You can look at the shave wiki to get an idea about some razors from the blade gap listing

http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/Double-Edged_Safety_Razors_Ranked_by_Blade_Gap

Thankyou- that table, along with the tables of weights, is very useful.
Where would pre-1921 Single Rings and post-1921 Old Types be positioned in that blade gap table?
Also I'm particularly interested in what razors are knockoffs/copies/clones of older or alternative models, especially in terms of appearance and performance.
For instance, the Boots Israeli DE razor on sale in British chemists is almost identical to the Indian Gillette 7 O'Clock with the plastic handle and, as referred to in the OP, I read that the Ming Shi is cosmetically very similar to a Super Speed and that there are several Chinese models based on the Vincent TTO.