Identify these razors please

SamuraiJack · Saturday June 21, 2014

Hello Gents,

Can you please help me to identify these razors, i have never used one of these ever and where to get blades from, is the shaves different then the DE, they have not been cleaned yet, just out of the wild, thank you for the help.

This came cased

i have no idea what in gods name this is :huh:

If you need more photos please let me know, also which one will be ideal for my first SE shave, all advice will be appreciated, are the blades expensive etc:

Mo

pjgh · Saturday June 21, 2014

Top left to right, then bottom left to right ...

GEM Micromatic Clog Pruf
Ever Ready 1912 (1930s) Chain Link handle
Ever Ready 1912 (1930s ... shorter handle) Chain Link handle
GEM Bullet Tip
GEM Contour
Unknown ... I'll nose through my Waits and respond to the other thread
Christy Hoe Type (you have bits missing)

The bakelite box is nice. I call that one the Chain Mail handle.

Okeydokey · Sunday June 22, 2014

Nicely done Paul! Blades are available from Connaughts, if you have never had a go I would really suggest you do, my favourite shaving experience so far... http://connaughtshaving.com/ Enjoy!

pjgh · Sunday June 22, 2014

Yeah, start with the 1912s ... all comparisons to other SEs are made against 1912s.

SamuraiJack · Sunday June 22, 2014

I will try the shorter handle first, the handle size does it make a difference like DE, as in handle weight

antdad · Sunday June 22, 2014

Depends what you're used to but I'd start at the milder spectrum (contour or bullet tip), if they don't cut it then you can move up the aggression scale.

Norfolkdick · Saturday June 28, 2014

Greetings

The centre razor in the bottom row has me baffled, is it a SE razor? it looks like a DE.

The Christy razors (even if yours was all there) take a proprietary blade long obsolete but in any case are generally considered as pretty moderate shavers.

It would be nice to see some more pics of the odd unidentified razor and is there anything stamped on it?

A really good haul and all the normal SE's should give you a really good shave, obviously like DE's, some models you may prefer over others but all are very capable shavers.

Regards
Dick.

pjgh · Saturday June 28, 2014

Over here, Dick: http://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/forum/thread-27088.html

... I'd go with Soviet Bloc being a good catch all, but it is "Guarenteed British Made" making me think it's a foreign market razor.