Williams DE Razor

Gairdner said:
How does it shave, Dave? It looks quite the beast. I imagine it’s fairly light with the handle not being one piece of heavy brass. I like the handle with its lines and the central ‘W’. Very cool indeed.
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Thanks, it is a great smooth shave during the shave and can be decieving. Always feel slightly raw afterwards as it lulls you into a sense of mildness that causes you to get heavy handed and repetitive in strokes in the same area. It's a brass razor that after struggling with leaving it as found I finally had it replated in bright nickel. Light and and good shaver from by gone days if mindful of angle and pressure. Have a great day !
 
I've seen a flat-pack razor (concept?) ... it was a Wallet Razor, or something like, which basically you folded the flat plate in half and the head was formed as you did that. Open it up, pop the blade in and away you go. Since DE blades are also very thin, the whole lot could be kept in a wallet.

This is the origin on that concept and it's a lovely piece of shaving history.

You have a good stash of Williams soap of various ages and vintages, so set for many years of fun with Williams!
 
Thanks, I'll need to do a post on vintage travel razors.
 
They didn't pack flatter than the wonderful Bigelow-Parkin:


 
You didn't mean this twin blade did you? You need to flip thru the photos to see the packing. Sounds like you had something else in mind.

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Very similar concept ... same with the Kai cardboard razors.

No, what I saw was that you kinda pinched the sides and that pulled together the handle stem and formed the head, just like your Williams razor. It was a double edge razor.
 
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