Thread: Curley's IDEAL Safety Razor.

I posted this in the general Razor forum thinking many may not visit here and see this piece. I also thought the break down photos would help explain the workings of this piece.
The thread is here
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ely-razor.html
with a bit more of a description and a few more photos.
Interesting what they came up with over the course of time.
I never saw one ( that's not saying much ) but i thought the clever ideas here were just too much to pass by. I had to have it for the collection.
I didn't remove all the patina because one,, the blade is just too thin to do much with and I don't think I'm going to find too many more. And two, the patent dates on it I just had to keep.
As I said in the other post I've been told they show up on eBay. I don't go there so this was new to me
Just an interesting addition to the collection showing the variety of ideas that came and went.

If any moderators feel this is too redundant please remove a post.

Awesome save. Definitely a great addition to any collection!!

Ray

That is indeed awesome.
i saw something with a similar idea many years ago from China. designed to safely and easily shave heads 100 years or so ago. Your one has a much better execution of the idea.
Thanks for sharing.
Adam

Yeah, it's a neat addition to be sure. Just wish it was in better condition but it looks fitting the way it is now. I'll keep it , try it , and it has a good home.

I have one of these razors - Yet to try it though. I will try to get some pics one day.

WOWWW, almost a safety razor ...

A Very Nice Razor, how does it shave?
Is the Feeling more Safety Razor like or more Straight Like?

Haven't used it yet as I have quite a handful of others ahead of it. I'll use it both with and without the bar. I'd imagine without it will be similar to other frame backs I have like this. With the bar I'm guessing similar in feel to a Rolls maybe. I'll find out shortly.

Just picked up one of these for 20 bucks... I'm excited to try it out

Thats sound logical what you say, but im curious of your Feedback after you tested it :-)
Im looking for a Curly for my collection, but it deepends on the way it shaves too and if
it shaves not that special way (i have a lot of french Framebacks) than i wouldnt buy one.