A little while ago I went to a steam rally in dartford, and there was some buses in atendence, so I had a look at them. One of them was a Routemaster, and a famous one at that, the RM8.
This bus was the first Routemaster made, In 1958 and kept to experment on and, only carred passengers for just 9 years, and now is loved and cherished by the RM8 Club, and rightly so to. Sorry I came over all busy then ( letting my self slip)
So when I was on the top deck I got chatting to the Members of the club about buses, and vintage razors and they remember the razors verry well, and sparked some memorys of them, but whilst chatting they locked me in, and the wife and kids out, so with the extra time we chatted some more as you do, it turns out that we have some common ground, we are preserving the past, but still using it,and trying to attract the next genration to carry on with what we started.
This is going to be a on going post, hopefully the aim is to help people get into vintage DE razors, so lets dive in shall we!!!
So you've been shaving with a DE razor for a while and it's a new razor ,hopefully you are enjoying your shaving with it, but you fancy getting into the vintage razors that people rave on about, but you don't know where to start, there are two main types of DE razors to plumb for: The Twist To Open and the three piece razor.
But first safty, getting a used razor can be dangerous, god knows who has used it,and what's living on it, so it's time to disinfect, now it's Your responsibility to do this,if you get a razor and they say it's shave ready and disinfected ,just to be on the safe side put on some latex disposable gloves ,and get some barbicide and disinfect it again so your sure it's clean.
I even use boilling water after just to make sure.NO MERCY FOR ANY THING KILL,KILL,KIIILLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!! ok so deciding on the type of razor's and model, and year, use the Internet, ask questions, get advice,get as Much info as possible about the razor you are intrested in, before you start shopping for one.
So now you've done all the thinking about the vintage DE razor and have narrowed it down to a few ones that you are happy with, so now it's time to go shopping for it.....
Finding a good vintage razor ,will take time, so you are going to be patient about this arn't you ? if you don't like the idear of eBay then a razor shop dealing with new and used razors is a good place to start,but you will pay more money for it .
you can buy some good quality vintage razors,at a good price, but you will have to work for it , read the description carfuly, if you don't like the look of something WALK AWAY and that goes for eBay as well, you want lot's of pictures and info on the lot you are looking at, if the blade gap looks uneven ,or something is broken or the term "I don't know any thing about razors" is used then beware, the chances are it's a dud.
Rember vintage razors mean money right now ,so they could try to rip you off, take your time, and think, don't rush into buying the razor,rember you want to shave with it. When you get the razor rember to treat it with respect ,it's old and needs tender loving care, next up after disinfection, cleaning and polishing your razor....
This bus was the first Routemaster made, In 1958 and kept to experment on and, only carred passengers for just 9 years, and now is loved and cherished by the RM8 Club, and rightly so to. Sorry I came over all busy then ( letting my self slip)
So when I was on the top deck I got chatting to the Members of the club about buses, and vintage razors and they remember the razors verry well, and sparked some memorys of them, but whilst chatting they locked me in, and the wife and kids out, so with the extra time we chatted some more as you do, it turns out that we have some common ground, we are preserving the past, but still using it,and trying to attract the next genration to carry on with what we started.
This is going to be a on going post, hopefully the aim is to help people get into vintage DE razors, so lets dive in shall we!!!
So you've been shaving with a DE razor for a while and it's a new razor ,hopefully you are enjoying your shaving with it, but you fancy getting into the vintage razors that people rave on about, but you don't know where to start, there are two main types of DE razors to plumb for: The Twist To Open and the three piece razor.
But first safty, getting a used razor can be dangerous, god knows who has used it,and what's living on it, so it's time to disinfect, now it's Your responsibility to do this,if you get a razor and they say it's shave ready and disinfected ,just to be on the safe side put on some latex disposable gloves ,and get some barbicide and disinfect it again so your sure it's clean.
I even use boilling water after just to make sure.NO MERCY FOR ANY THING KILL,KILL,KIIILLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!! ok so deciding on the type of razor's and model, and year, use the Internet, ask questions, get advice,get as Much info as possible about the razor you are intrested in, before you start shopping for one.
So now you've done all the thinking about the vintage DE razor and have narrowed it down to a few ones that you are happy with, so now it's time to go shopping for it.....
Finding a good vintage razor ,will take time, so you are going to be patient about this arn't you ? if you don't like the idear of eBay then a razor shop dealing with new and used razors is a good place to start,but you will pay more money for it .
you can buy some good quality vintage razors,at a good price, but you will have to work for it , read the description carfuly, if you don't like the look of something WALK AWAY and that goes for eBay as well, you want lot's of pictures and info on the lot you are looking at, if the blade gap looks uneven ,or something is broken or the term "I don't know any thing about razors" is used then beware, the chances are it's a dud.
Rember vintage razors mean money right now ,so they could try to rip you off, take your time, and think, don't rush into buying the razor,rember you want to shave with it. When you get the razor rember to treat it with respect ,it's old and needs tender loving care, next up after disinfection, cleaning and polishing your razor....