You've been DYING to play that card, haven't you? Haven't you?? Haha. Well played, sir. Well played indeed.
Your rarest razor
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You've been DYING to play that card, haven't you? Haven't you?? Haha. Well played, sir. Well played indeed.
Who cares about the Cubs? I don't even like pro basketball!
Haha, how's your Navy?
Let's please keep this thread on topic, gents ... your rare razors.
Mine might be my 1932 Golf ASAN
With its machined brass head, nickel and silver plated parts, I'm always in awe when I use it. Interesting and unique design.
Mine might be my 1932 Golf ASAN
With its machined brass head, nickel and silver plated parts, I'm always in awe when I use it. Interesting and unique design.
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Castilla OC roller guard. I'm aware of 6 examples of these, Robert Waits was unaware of their existence when queried.
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The roller spins very freely and serves to catch lather and re-apply it to the face. A simple, durable, and effective design.
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The roller spins very freely and serves to catch lather and re-apply it to the face. A simple, durable, and effective design.
Beautiful. Argentina, right?
Yep, Argentina. Someone else here at B&B has one (or two possibly).
I remember vaguely but thought the handle was different -- I don't remember the six-sided bolt head look.
Your looks good, how's the shave, mild or not?
Yes, the one that he for sure had bought had a different handle. From another forum someone has the same razor and his has a different and later patent number than mine. So they seem to have made some subtle changes. The box I have confirms a hex end handle.
It's not mild but with practice it doesn't bite either. The roller gives feedback and guides the angle in that it stops spinning if you disengage it by riding the top cap for example. It provides an amazing glide same as the other makers' roller guard razors I've tried. I feel that this Argentinian ‎ design is an improvement over some others in that by using the entire length of the bar as a bearing surface this ensures that the roller function will last generations without any meaningful wear.
My Canadian Regent NEW LC. It has a brass handle that looks like a Merkur 33C. I haven't seen another one outside of this forum besides mine.
The link is broken so how about a photo please.
Wow, that's a beautiful razor...
Hmm, I think my rarest is Cooper Monobilt. Or maybe Probak one.
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I like that Castilla razor. I assume the rollers work a bit like an auger and move lather along sideways if it's thick enough? Did they reverse the directionality of the rollers on each side?
They both turn in the same direction. In practice the lather does not bunch up on one side, the roller behaves as if it were not an auger as it recycles the lather to skin, at least at the thickness of lather I use.
This is my favorite design of roller. Out of curiosity I looked into getting springs made in the same diameter wire and winding. An online spring quote generator suggested that they may be hard to produce wound to that small of a diameter. But obviously it's been done before. I'd like to see someone produce a razor like this in stainless or brass. I would like others to experience an open comb roller guard razor and it would probably have to be new since the Castilla razors don't turn up for sale very often.
I'm going to be like @Mougrim - I think my rarest is my Cooper Monobilt:
I'd say it's a bit more aggressive than my Old Type.
I'd say it's a bit more aggressive than my Old Type.
