Thread: Coming out of the *Clauss*et

Here's mine
Ivo

Whew..... for a brief moment I was starting to think there weren't many nice Clauss razors out there... thankfully I was wrong.

I'll have to find my stupid camera and take a shot of two of mine.... after all I guess I did start this thread.

Oh and NICE blades guys.... I'm envious!

Christian

Here's my Clauss. It is a "Barber's Extra Special" that I haven't had time to clean up yet.

Norm

It took everyone a while to post but it's finally catching on....there is a new one now on the Swedes....!

Forgot a Clauss. "Gold Nugget"

Alright, here are my two Clauss razors. The top one with the faux tortoise scales is a 5/8 Special 47. It's tarnished, shows plenty of hone wear, has been used and abused by me more than any other razor I own and I LOVE it! I will reach for this blade more often than I'm willing to admit to myself, just because we're like old friends and I know I can get a decent shave from it, even if it's a bit dull as I've learned to tweak it on the Swaty. In fact, this is my test razor for new hones, strops or anything else I want to test (except for metal polishes apparently).

The other razor is a 13/16 New Departure Razor, has a slight sway in the spine with a matching edge. I really like this one, once I got my coticule and spent a few minutes honing it, the edge came to life and probably is the best shaver in my stable now. It appeared to be darn near NOS, the only thing that made me think someone had used it was that there were a few rust spots + little marks where the scales touch the blade. On the other hand this blade had never been honed properly either, probably just the factory edge as I had to spend quite a bit of time setting the bevels. The grind on this blade isn't the best either... it's not even on the backside but it does not seem to hamper the performance. Oh well, on to the lousy picture.

Just got mine off ebay and did a search on the brand name it lead me here so here it is . also if any one can let me know of an approximate value that would be great I bought this in a lot and took a gamble on a bad photo. I have not done any thing to clean it up I actually just picked it up from the post office .

Nick

I was afraid I wouldn't enjoy shaving with my Clauss, as it is very lightweight and hollow ground. The conventional wisdom seems to be: heavier razor for heavier beard. Anyway, I sent it to Josh Earl for a honing, and it is singing it's way through the whiskers. Great razor!

Norm

Notched Point
Florid *celluloid* scales
mirror finish
and of course...shaving.

Gloat.

Found this at the flea market for a couple of bucks.