Does anyone know what brand and model razor this is? I currently do not have another photo of the razor unfortunately.
What Brand razor is this
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Very hard to tell with the cover over the head. It looks like an open comb but not a Gillette. If I had to guess, I would say its a German clone, vintage. The cover on the head looks like a blade bank but again, I really don't know.
You'd have to take that sliding metal cover off the head and check for markings.
ERS4
My exploding razor knows secrets
Judging from the ball end handle, it may be a familiar Gillette product, or other razors that imitate the appearance of Gillette.
More than once, I have seen merchants and online sellers mistake the blade bank for a part of the razor body and assemble it on the razor head.↓
It is highly recommended to avoid purchasing a shaver with this condition as it indicates a lack of basic shaving knowledge on the part of the previous owner and therefore increases the likelihood that the shaver has been improperly cared for.
More than once, I have seen merchants and online sellers mistake the blade bank for a part of the razor body and assemble it on the razor head.↓
It is highly recommended to avoid purchasing a shaver with this condition as it indicates a lack of basic shaving knowledge on the part of the previous owner and therefore increases the likelihood that the shaver has been improperly cared for.
I would have to totally disagree with that, the person selling is the child/granchild of the previous owner or flipper who has no idea?
and has found an illogical spot for a thing they do not know is a blade bank, the owner may have cared a lot, the seller just knows diddly squat.
Anyway, the handle to me is no gillette the ball end is wrong, the knurling is wrong, the neck to handle is wrong, the case is no gillette.
Cloned by whomever?
ERS4
My exploding razor knows secrets
In my description, I refer to "merchants and online sellers" as the current owners.
No matter who the original user was, or how he might have used the razor correctly.
But what is known is that the razor is "currently" in the hands of "merchants and online sellers"; and since the razor was incorrectly assembled, we don't know if the razor may have suffered further adventures.
Therefore, we still try to avoid purchasing products that have been treated incorrectly.
Your agreement or disagreement will not affect my caution in purchasing.
Of course, if you want to take a gamble, that's fine, there are always different ways to find surprise and fun in buying a razor.
When someone makes a ball-end handle well enough that it doesn't crack, that's a giveaway that it wasn't Gillette.
