Friday 2 August
I was intrigued by this razor which came up on the Bay. On impulse I thought it’s cheap, why not, I like a challenge.
So I give you the oddest single edge shavette I have seen,
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It can’t take a whole de blade or an injector which is too thick but a half blade can be fitted after a bit of a fiddle. The tight clamping of the two halves by the handle grips the blade stopping any movement.
After a good lather I set to work and was amazed at how good it is. I’m no expert with shavettes and more time and patience is required by me when using them than a normal de razor. However, time I didn’t have so had to finish the under chin area with a de razor. A bbs finish is easily achievable with this odd piece.
If anyone has any ideas about its origin please tell.
Enjoy the day fellas!
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22/03/23
Vintage Wednesday (ish)
Pre - Pears Transparent Original
Brush - Vintage Culmak Junior - Pure Bristle
Soap - Vintage Cussons 1950's
Razor - Ever-keen SE Injector
Blade - Personna Injector
Post - Cold water Rinse
Balm - Floïd Balm
A/S - Floïd SE Mentolado Vigaroso
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So up today was the Ever-keen stropper reworked to take an Injector blade.
See here - Ever-keen Rework
So, As usual a lovely slick cushioning lather from the vintage Cussons and Culmak Jnr. Plenty of it too.
This "razor" is quite small, however, i did managed to sit it comfortably in my gorilla mits, thumb and forefinger an the top of the knurling and the bottom of the handle sitting on my Pinky, the two remaining fingers resting on the barrel, it felt comfortable enough.
I lathered up and away i went, the angle was very easy to find, i was quite surprised how comfortable it felt, starting with a shallow angle opening up until i was happy with how it was cutting, and boy was it cutting. I completed a full WTG pass without issue and the rinse off felt really good, some roughness on the neck and throat and a bit on the cheeks which i would usually get on the second pass.
T. - na, na, na, na - Angus!!A whole lotta Rosie
Friday 2 August
I was intrigued by this razor which came up on the Bay. On impulse I thought it’s cheap, why not, I like a challenge.
So I give you the oddest single edge shavette I have seen,
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It can’t take a whole de blade or an injector which is too thick but a half blade can be fitted after a bit of a fiddle. The tight clamping of the two halves by the handle grips the blade stopping any movement.
After a good lather I set to work and was amazed at how good it is. I’m no expert with shavettes and more time and patience is required by me when using them than a normal de razor. However, time I didn’t have so had to finish the under chin area with a de razor. A bbs finish is easily achievable with this odd piece.
If anyone has any ideas about its origin please tell.
Enjoy the day fellas!
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That’s great info Tony and Toby cheers. I’ll give the injector mod a try but I found that the head clamped the half blade really well. Also, this way it does allow you to set it depending how much blade edge you want on show. I started to day with a fine edge which was perfect. AlanIt shaved quite well i remember, i still have it somewhere.Everkeen razor rework
So, I picked this little item up ages ago, not sure where from or if it came in a bundle of old tat. I checked a few blade types in to no avail, so into the box of plenty it went. Until today, as it caught my eye. I thought I'd have a play around with it. After a quick measure up I fitted and...www.theshavingroom.co.uk
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