Most common Razors in Oz

**Legion** · 09-15-2010, 08:56 AM

Most of the ones I've come across have been Bengall, Gotta and Birko, with Bengall way out in front. I have found a couple of Automatic Grinding, Ltd from Sheffield too. Are they any good?

**onimaru55** · 09-15-2010, 09:04 AM

Never heard of the last one Legion. You got em shaving yet ? Maybe you can tell us if they're any good.

**Legion** · 09-16-2010, 12:04 AM

I shaved with one of them a couple of nights ago! It is my first attempt at honing but it seemed to work well! It is hard to make a fair judgment, as my beginners honing skills are not going to be conducive to evaluating the quality of a razor... but, all things considered, it shaved well and I was pretty pleased. + I know cutting the hanging hair is not a real measure of anything but when I eventually could do it, with the first razor I honed myself, I felt like Kwai Cheng Kane in Kung-Fu when he snatched the pebble from Masters hand.

Kung-Fu sharp!

**onimaru55** · 09-16-2010, 12:58 AM

Ahh very good Glass hoppa

Did ya ever see this parody on Kung-Fu ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AN9E92AboU

**Adam G.** · 09-16-2010, 01:58 AM

Most common razors i have seen in Australia were Puma and Gotta in the 70s and 80s in Sydney. Old ones are Bengalls, Cadman and a couple of Sheffields. The Eagle on a Globe Springs to mind.
I do have one that is only marked "Brocketts Special" that remains a mystery to me. Never managed to locate a maker or history.
All the others i have have come from O/S, some from SRP others from EBay.
These days fund restrictions mean i make them rather than buy them.

**MickR** · 09-16-2010, 03:47 AM

Originally Posted by Adam G.

Most common razors i have seen in Australia were Puma and Gotta in the 70s and 80s in Sydney. Old ones are Bengalls, Cadman and a couple of Sheffields. The Eagle on a Globe Springs to mind.
I do have one that is only marked "Brocketts Special" that remains a mystery to me. Never managed to locate a maker or history.
All the others i have have come from O/S, some from SRP others from EBay.
These days fund restrictions mean i make them rather than buy them.

Just how many do you go through in one shave mate?! What do you make 'em out of?! Papier mache?!

Mick

**Legion** · 09-16-2010, 05:03 AM

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Ahh very good Glass hoppa

Did ya ever see this parody on Kung-Fu ?

Geez, I haven't seen that for years.

**onimaru55** · 09-16-2010, 08:18 AM

Yeah "the brides of Satan" with Magda Szubanski was a ripper too. Funny stuff from the 90's.

**yogibighouse** · 09-16-2010, 10:13 AM

the antique store i go to too had a new razor it was a pakki razor that was 7/8 and she wanted $90 so i said that i was worth bugger all

but you might be able flog it off to somebody else

**latch** · 09-16-2010, 11:18 AM

A few years ago when I decided to try a straight razor, I got all excited and jumped on eBay. By the time my cheapish old razor arrived, I'd already learned enough to have bought a shave-ready razor instead (from theinvisibleedge.co.uk ). That's the razor I've been using ever since, and it is marked "Griffon" on the tang and "Carbo -Magnetic" on the blade.

The old razor I picked up on eBay? A Bengall!

I've decided to have a bit of a play with restoring it, now that I've learned a lot more about straight razors. To give me a bit more fodder to experiment and learn on, I just picked up a lot of 4 old razors (eBay again).

So I now have 6 razors, and half of them are Bengalls. One of the others is marked "Balmoral, and the last one is an E. M Dickinsons "Invicta".

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