Thread: the shoulderless Shaving gang!!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Those old Army's are so cool!
What are the scales?

The scales are Bakelite Tom...definitely not the original ones. I haven't gotten around to restoring this blade and replacing the scales with vintage appropriate ones yet. It is a 'cool razor'...and easy to 'Date'!

Originally Posted by Wolfpack34

Wade & Butcher....
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That is frikkin gorgeous indeed Mike.
What's with the pivot pin though? Seems proud of the washer? Was that a WIP pic or just the way the camera angle looks.
And Tom, those John Heiffors are gorgeous. One of the last three blades in my build box is a Heiffor. May need to do that one next if it can clean up as pretty.

Originally Posted by Wolfpack34

The scales are Bakelite Tom...definitely not the original ones. I haven't gotten around to restoring this blade and replacing the scales with vintage appropriate ones yet. It is a 'cool razor'...and easy to 'Date'!

It's a lot newer than 1776, Mike! I think 1876?

Originally Posted by MikeB52

That is frikkin gorgeous indeed Mike.
What's with the pivot pin though? Seems proud of the washer? Was that a WIP pic or just the way the camera angle looks.
And Tom, those John Heiffors are gorgeous. One of the last three blades in my build box is a Heiffor. May need to do that one next if it can clean up as pretty.

That's a nutsy-boltsie, Mike!
These old Heiffors were bought on Ebay back when a seller could refuse Paypal. I remember paying for them over the phone with a credit card. Unused and a bit rusty, I cleaned them up without unpinning them. The boxes are like new. They actually 'snap' as you put the ends on!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

That's a nutsy-boltsie, Mike!

Huh? They make em with nuts and bolts now!!

I should not look at computer screens without glasses anymore...

Here's a bit of a oddity I don't see this grind very often in fact I think it's quite rare it as a shoulder and also a shoulderless grind together my Otto Busch World master.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

That is frikkin gorgeous indeed Mike.
What's with the pivot pin though? Seems proud of the washer? Was that a WIP pic or just the way the camera angle looks....

It's a nut and a bolt Mike...that picture was taken a long time ago before the pivot was pinned. If you look at the pin on the wedge end you can see what the pivot pin ended up looking like.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

It's a lot newer than 1776, Mike! I think 1876?

HAR! That's the point TOM...it was made as a Centennial razor marking 100 years from 1776. SO......easy to date...

Originally Posted by Wolfpack34

It's a nut and a bolt Mike...that picture was taken a long time ago before the pivot was pinned. If you look at the pin on the wedge end you can see what the pivot pin ended up looking like.



HAR! That's the point TOM...it was made as a Centennial razor marking 100 years from 1776. SO......easy to date...

We knew that you knew we knew that.....

Originally Posted by sharptonn

We knew that you knew we knew that.....

Welllllllll...... I knew that you knew that I knew when you said you knew that I knew what you knew!

I just KNEW IT!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Here it is with the Rosette 40 and 80 (cannot tell a difference?), which were NOS and shaved a dream right out of the box.
The Rosettes are a bit wider and shorter and, as I understand, designed by R. Saito for use in his many haircutting/barber schools in Japan to be the easiest to use.
Certainly he hit the mark as the buggers will shave circles around most. Like the 'Porsche' of razors, IMO.
Hopefully, the Dr. Balfanz will be similar?

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Love those Rosette's Sharptonn! Those original scales on those or re-scales? They look very clean and straight!