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Perhaps this should be in the SE section, but it is actually a DE razor ...
Fitting somewhere in between the Roller Safety Shaver and the Pall Mall, Wilkinson Sword experimented with a double-edge razor!
The patent described a "hollow ground wafer blade with two edges" ... secured with a central screw. Upon release, the central screw was removed and the blade captured by a sprung head. The purpose of the razor was to permit the shaver to unscrew the handle and flip the head over, so as to make use of the two edges presented ... I guess since mid-shave, you might experience some dullness in one edge.
I think I would have been inclined to use the downward pointing side to shave the first pass and then use the back edge to shave back up, against the grain, just like the Durham Dorset.
Anyway, here's the razor:
You can see where the Pall Mall came from.
Press the tab at the back and the blade plate opens up, secured at each corner by a retaining tooth.
Now, with those proprietary blades unavailable, with modern single edge blades we can still have some fun ...
So, an experimental double edge razor from the annals of history brought back into use with modern single edge blades.
Fitting somewhere in between the Roller Safety Shaver and the Pall Mall, Wilkinson Sword experimented with a double-edge razor!
The patent described a "hollow ground wafer blade with two edges" ... secured with a central screw. Upon release, the central screw was removed and the blade captured by a sprung head. The purpose of the razor was to permit the shaver to unscrew the handle and flip the head over, so as to make use of the two edges presented ... I guess since mid-shave, you might experience some dullness in one edge.
I think I would have been inclined to use the downward pointing side to shave the first pass and then use the back edge to shave back up, against the grain, just like the Durham Dorset.
Anyway, here's the razor:
You can see where the Pall Mall came from.
Press the tab at the back and the blade plate opens up, secured at each corner by a retaining tooth.
Now, with those proprietary blades unavailable, with modern single edge blades we can still have some fun ...
So, an experimental double edge razor from the annals of history brought back into use with modern single edge blades.