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Curley's IDEAL Safely Razor
I thought the cleverness of this razor was pretty interesting in how it was designed and functions.
I did break it down and clean it up so if a Mod feels this should be in the Restoration forum please move it. But I thought seeing all the pieces would help explain just what it does a bit more clearly.
The blade guard can be used on either side. To get it to swing over there is a catch which pivots off the hinge pin. It's released by pressing up on the tail and it hinges , along with the thumbnotch, out of the way of the blade guard.
Once it's released you swing the guard to either side, press on the tumbnotch snapping this piece back in place and it locks the guard in place.
The blade, which is just a flat piece of steel can be removed. At the heel end of the blade there is a tiny hinged locking mechanism which can swing out of the way, drive the blade back a bit and it will release.
The blade guard can be adjusted relative to the edge by sliding the guard off the blade and turning a small barrel fitted to the end to make your adjustments.
The guard can also be left off to use it as a conventional frameback,, or hone the blade should you not fit in a replacement.
I didn't drive the blade out , out of fear of damaging it and not being able to find a replacement for it.
I just couldn't leave it alone seeing the rust on the guard locking mechanism so i did a gentle cleaning to remove the rust but didn't push i to far because I didn't want to remove the patent dates located along the spine.
The patent dates read, Sept 21 1886,,,, March 5th 1889,,,and June 12 1900. I know this doesn't relate to the date of the razor but I like seeing them on here just the same.
The original pin on the hinge only was Nickel with tiny washers as is commonly seen. I made very small SS washers to duplicate it and used a Nickel pin to duplicate the look. I also took out the scratches on the scales.
Hope you enjoy it.
I've been told they show up on eBay. I don't go there so this was new to me.