What Is This Spooky Ghost DE?

[mjclark]

This just arrived:

It's like a jellyfish:

Or a spooky ghost:

The only clue is that it came in a set which has "Made In Germany" on the scissors:

Anybody seen one like this before?

Shave report to follow:

 

[Mlee]

Don't know what the razor is, but I like your travel set. I have one similar but it didn't come with a razor.

 

[nemo]

So you're the one who got that!

 

[mjclark]

So you're the one who got that!

Oh yeah! I couldn't believe what I was looking at.
First time for a long time where I saw a razor and knew that I HAD to have it...

 

[nemo]

I think it may not be the same one, for the razor I was watching there was no kit.

www.ebay.com/itm/UNUSED-CLEAR-VINTAGE-ACRYLIC-DE-THREE-PIECE-SAFETY-RAZOR-VERY-NICE-/201738559661

 

[mjclark]

I think it may not be the same one, for the razor I was watching there was no kit.

www.ebay.com/itm/UNUSED-CLEAR-VINTAGE-ACRYLIC-DE-THREE-PIECE-SAFETY-RAZOR-VERY-NICE-/201738559661

Yes you're right.
So at least there's more than one of them!

 

[BSAGuy]

Very cool. Is that Don Draper's shave kit?

 

[KeenDogg]

Very interesting pick up!

 

[TobyC]

Terrorist razor, you can sneak it on to a plane! Well, almost, the threaded stud is metal.

 

[imatabor]

The Ghost Returns..

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/474659-The-ghost-razor

That's what a friend of mine calls this "transparent" slant Fasan I recently got, including same material case, shipper and an original blade. He helped me a lot with, say the proceedings...

This German beauty looks unused yet has some stress cracks on the handle. All in all, after +80 years it is gorgeous... though another friend of mine still sees no razor in the case.... ghosts, gents, ghosts...


Fresh from the 1930s, I present to you my "new" slant Fasan razor, in case you manage to see it...

 

[KeenDogg]

The Ghost Returns..

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/474659-The-ghost-razor

I thought I saw that razor before! Great memory!

 

[chongo gordo]

Very nice. A good opportunity to voice a desire for a magenta-tinted transparent paa bakelite slant.

 

[mjclark]

Is that a plastic material razor?

Yes it is - as you can see from one of the pics it only weighs 11g

Very nice. A good opportunity to voice a desire for a magenta-tinted transparent paa bakelite slant.

That is an amazing idea.

Apart from the Fasan, are there any other transparent DEs?
I had a Rotbart Tech with a transparent baseplate.

I guess my one, like the Fasan, is German.

 

[mjclark]

So I'm very pleased to report that this is a supremely aggressive razor and also very comfortable.
Combined with it's jellyfish looks this is a real winner.
It feels a lot like the more aggressive Bakelites from the 1930's and '40's that I've used so I wonder when it actually dates from?

It's a good match for this German case but it's almost invisible when it's inside:

Spooky!

 

[KeenDogg]

 

[Useless shaver]

The Ghost Returns..

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/474659-The-ghost-razor

Ahahaha! John, excellent!!!

.... Would you believe I still haven't tried it...... nor her Blue relative....

Must say there are some ten OTs waiting in line too..

I thought I saw that razor before! Great memory!

Yes, he's got it!

 

[Useless shaver]

So I'm very pleased to report that this is a supremely aggressive razor and also very comfortable.
Combined with it's jellyfish looks this is a real winner.
It feels a lot like the more aggressive Bakelites from the 1930's and '40's that I've used so I wonder when it actually dates from?

It's a good match for this German case but it's almost invisible when it's inside:

Spooky!

Beautiful indeed! Very, very nice!

 

[Komboloi]

I wonder if you could rig a tiny watch battery and LED to the end of the threaded stud....

 

[kluber]

Cool razor!

 

[BigJ]

Really interesting! This one is new to me! Thanks for sharing!