Acquisitions Mon 9th Feb - Sun 15th Feb

pjgh · Monday February 9, 2015

... can you guess what it is yet?

Ever Ready 1909 (Patent 14526/09)

British Made, my best guess is that this was a short-lived "new" Ever Ready, perhaps even a prototype design which was clearly the inspiration for the 1924 patent 'Shovel Head'.

Not only, but also ...

GEM DeLuxe (c.1916) AKA the 'Open Comb Damaskeene'.

Very pleased

Mr_Smartepants · Monday February 9, 2015

Received some green tobacco goodness from my man Stavros!

pjgh · Monday February 9, 2015

^ Mmmm

Tall_Paul · Monday February 9, 2015

Couple of great scores there, Paul. Love the Damaskeene!

AlexNoodles · Monday February 9, 2015

pjgh said:
"snip"

Very pleased

Pardon me but noob question here, in pic 5/7/8 what is the odd thing out/extra metal bit?

papman · Monday February 9, 2015

Thanks TSR for the Gem. My recent arrival competed a great shave yesterday. Will attempt to put a PIC on but my phone does not want to work!

mpf9ret · Monday February 9, 2015

Paul,
Where on earth do you manage to find these great razors, with good looking cases too.
Mike B

dodgy · Monday February 9, 2015

pjgh said:
^ Mmmm

Hiya doin Paul,

Seeing those lovely things reminded me about looking around for some to keep in my fishing tackle box this summer. They're lighter than the usual DEs that go on my line as sinkers, but the SEs might be ok for small pan fish with no current in the lakes.

I see all kinds of those SE things in the wild for almost free. Still too much....heh.

Congrats on the grotesque additions to your arsenal (House of Horrors),

Martin

DamianJ · Monday February 9, 2015

Just ordered a selection of blades.

Polsilver Super Iridium
Sputnik
Astra Superior Platinum
Gillette Rubie (not tried these before)

pjgh · Monday February 9, 2015

Tall_Paul said:
Couple of great scores there, Paul. Love the Damaskeene!

Cheers!

AlexNoodles said:
pjgh said:

"snip"

Very pleased

Click to expand...

Pardon me but noob question here, in pic 5/7/8 what is the odd thing out/extra metal bit?

The bit that sticks out of the end of the handle? It's a stropper - you slide the blade into that and whip it up and down a strop, like a straight. Or, rather, chaps did. Back in these days, blades were ever so slightly thicker, different steel (I presume) and intended to be stropped to use repeatedly.

mpf9ret said:
Paul,
Where on earth do you manage to find these great razors, with good looking cases too.
Mike B

Funnily enough, those two came to me! But yes, it does help to have a reputation for a perverse interest in curious shaving contraptions :blush:

dodgy said:
pjgh said:

^ Mmmm

Click to expand...

Hiya doin Paul,

Seeing those lovely things reminded me about looking around for some to keep in my fishing tackle box this summer. They're lighter than the usual DEs that go on my line as sinkers, but the SEs might be ok for small pan fish with no current in the lakes.

I see all kinds of those SE things in the wild for almost free. Still too much....heh.

Congrats on the grotesque additions to your arsenal (House of Horrors),

Martin

'ey up! Attractive to fish, too, now there's something Ever Ready could boast about!

Cheers! My Museum of Horrors is that little bit more grotesque now

discodaz · Monday February 9, 2015

AlexNoodles said:
pjgh said:

"snip"

Very pleased

Click to expand...

Pardon me but noob question here, in pic 5/7/8 what is the odd thing out/extra metal bit?

that is a stropping attachment, you would take the handle off the razor, attach the stropper, that then can hold the blade so you can strop it like a straight razor. blades were not that cheap back in them days i guess!

AlexNoodles · Monday February 9, 2015

pjgh said:
The bit that sticks out of the end of the handle? It's a stropper - you slide the blade into that and whip it up and down a strop, like a straight. Or, rather, chaps did. Back in these days, blades were ever so slightly thicker, different steel (I presume) and intended to be stropped to use repeatedly.

discodaz said:
that is a stropping attachment, you would take the handle off the razor, attach the stropper, that then can hold the blade so you can strop it like a straight razor. blades were not that cheap back in them days i guess!

Aaaah excellent! So you reverse store it in the handle and it comes out when needed then?

awesome!

pjgh · Monday February 9, 2015

That's it ... I have similar on an Ever Ready 1914:

... with this one, you remove the head and screw the stropper onto the top of the handle instead.

Darkbulb · Tuesday February 10, 2015

This arrived in the mail today.

A Gillette Psycho from the 50's in near-mint (or mint) condition with a working tube-key.
It's heavy, it's great looking and it has a rather interesting history to it. I love it.

merwtje · Tuesday February 10, 2015

pjgh said:
... can you guess what it is yet?

Ever Ready 1909 (Patent 14526/09)

British Made, my best guess is that this was a short-lived "new" Ever Ready, perhaps even a prototype design which was clearly the inspiration for the 1924 patent 'Shovel Head'.

Not only, but also ...

GEM DeLuxe (c.1916) AKA the 'Open Comb Damaskeene'.

Very pleased

Nice, do they look familliar:s

missingskin · Tuesday February 10, 2015

Darkbulb said:
This arrived in the mail today.

A Gillette Psycho from the 50's in near-mint (or mint) condition with a working tube-key.
It's heavy, it's great looking and it has a rather interesting history to it. I love it.

One of the few Tech's from that era that has eluded me, so far !! Not keen on the later ones.

Good catch.....

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