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Wow, a Schick adjustable will be great if you can find one for a good price, have you thought about the Supply Provisions SE razor, you can still get 20% off and should be shipping at the end of the month.
Affordable SE razor
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Not to buy @Blademonkey but I have my name on the adjustable passaround.They seem costly to buy. As to the Supply will research that too. As someone new to this I will weigh opinions carefully before spending cash lol.That soap we were talking about was last impulse buy!
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I can't comment on the Colonial yet, as mine is currently proceeding through the system in the UK. I can however tell you that, when I bought it last Friday, it cost £62.81,which includes shipping. I expect about another £22 in VAT and Royal Mail charge.
Twin blades for injectors aren't that easy to find in the UK, and, besides that, not all vintage injectors will handle them. I expect @Fergiebilly could tell us more, if so required.
If you decide to keep an eye open for a vintage injector, on auction sites, it pays to get your searches set up with email notifications. As it happens, the other day I woke up at 5 am, checked incoming stuff, and saw a BIN PAL for £9.50 plus £3.30 postage. A closer look revealed that it was new, still in the unopened cellophane-wrapped box, with a full blade dispenser. About 3 minutes later, I'd bought it.
If, by the way, this sounds like "teaching granny to suck eggs", then I apologise.
GEM Featherweights are a vintage non-injector SE, and rather different to the ones hitherto discussed.
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When one looks at the various low (-er) cost options available for SE razors using AC blades, I have to give the blue ribbon to the Colonial.
The machining is first class, albeit simple. The shave is (to me) a perfect balance of comfort and efficiency. The manufacturers are beyond excellent to deal with, and stay active on forums letting people know what is happening.
It is also a pretty lightweight razor, (right around 45 grams) so you may need to be prepared to factor in the cost of another handle if that is where your preferences run. I have been rather surprised by how well it shaves for its weight. I find it much more efficient than the Hawk, which weighs in right around 40 grams.
As far as the glide and comfort difference between DE and SE, I don't know if SE's glide any better, but I find them so much more comfortable that I have all but stopped DE shaving.
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Interesting facts about the Colonial weight. It's not far off the Alumigoose, which is 50 grams, and which, in all honesty, I think I prefer to my stainless version. I used to get a bit fussy about handles, weights and sundry permutations, but can't get too excited about that nowadays; with the result that I have a box of 3rd party handles in various metals and weights that don't see much action. I just wish the post would hurry up with my Colonial, as your comments make me even more eager to give it a go.
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There's a Facebook post today showing a plastic 3D-printed prototype for a Claymore Version 2, currently undergoing trials.
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I am a little fussy on weight with the AC and DE razors, because I prefer to shave with the "no pressure" approach, and I really don't like to do any kind of buffing strokes with an AC type of blade.
By those standards, I found the Hawk to be a bit of a disappointment with the factory handle, but to be an excellent shaver after I switched to a 100mm, 85 gm handle. That is part of the reason I am so enamored with the General, because even being so close in weight to the Hawk, it just feels much more substantial, and would shave the sand off of sandpaper.
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there is a massive difference in how they shave compared to each other. Even if you put a DE blade into a SE head, like say a 1912 the shave is different...
The best way to describe the feather weight is like having a fatboy set on 5, but with the weight of an aluminum handled zamak head travel tech.
The best way to describe the feather weight is like having a fatboy set on 5, but with the weight of an aluminum handled zamak head travel tech.
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I see that the opening bid £4.99 / postage £5.50 gold and black handled cased PAL on eBay went with a top bid of £7.50. It looked in quite good nick, and although the post was a bit on the high side, I personally would think that an all-up price of £13.00, from a UK vendor, made it a reasonable buy.
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At that price it was a very good buy, always good to see a case, even if the case has wear the razor may well be good.
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That unused black handled one was a steal at 10.50£ , swings and roundabouts I suppose.
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the market on vintage SE razors is odd at the very least.
Some days you can find that new, unused, gem featherweight or g bar with "guiding eye" in the original box with the original shipping pamphlet for 5 dollars. And other days youll see rusted, bent, broken feather weights or partially crushed g bars sell for 30.
Some days you can find that new, unused, gem featherweight or g bar with "guiding eye" in the original box with the original shipping pamphlet for 5 dollars. And other days youll see rusted, bent, broken feather weights or partially crushed g bars sell for 30.