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I just saw Phranks post about his Le Grelot frame back with a removable blade, and it reminded me that I also have one similar. It's an Ad Arbenze razor that I can't seem to find any info on. It should clean up nice once I get around to it. But these framebacks with removable blades sure are neat!
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Arbenz was the "Authorized" UK dealer in them. So far I've seen eight different names stamped. And..I begin to think that the unstamped tangs are the real Le Coultre's. He didn't patent his.Quote:
Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY
~Richard
Thanks for the info Richard. I guess my next question is, these removable blades, they're not suppose to be disposable, are they? I'm sure I can put an edge back on this thing, right????
No they were not Disposable,most came with multible blades,Tape the spine and hone away.Quote:
Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY
I had one in Ivory back in the day.
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Me too and I love it!Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
A large magnet is a good holder to clean the blades flat on a wet/ dry abrasive paper stuck to a flat surface with a layer of water. A small steel detail brush. or a toothbrush with more effort and time required, does the blade groove.
Rolling X stroke does the trick...quickly!.
~Richard
Thanks guys!
On the subject of removable-blade framebacks ---- I picked up a LeCoultre recently with a bit of cosmetic challenge. It honed very easily and shaves nicely but--but--but-the blade doesn't feel tightly seated. It has both lateral and end play, not falling out, just not as tight as I thought it should be. The screw that fixes it in place is turned all the way in. Normal? Junk? Repairable?
I'd remove the blade and run the screw all the way in and out a few times to ensure the threads are clean.Quote:
Originally Posted by stimpy52
Often they mung up from only turning to a certain stop distance their whole lives. Also clean out your blade channel well while the blade is out.
Good luck,, let's see some pics..
Get another set screw,yours is probebly worn out.Quote:
Originally Posted by stimpy52
I would guess that the screw will seat further into the spine with a good cleaning. I use a broken round toothpick to screw in and out to clean the threads.Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
What threading????
Some of them had a screw that went into the spine till no head showed. Others had the regular screw with a head. and...not all had the same threading. but I have tried about 40 different threads and sizes from clocks, metric, and guns and still have not had a success.
~Richard
Here's my 7 day Jaques Lecoultre set. Each blade is numbered 1-7.
Great set! seldom seen with a screwdriver and the blade pack in the set anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by engine46
Thanks!
~Richard
So YOU got that....:cenQuote:
Originally Posted by engine46
That's a beautiful set, you scooped me in the last nano-second...thought I had it...well played sir, well played! :chapeau
Thank you Richard. I see them on eBay just as a single razor a lot of times but I have two complete 2 day sets plus a 5 day set a friend pawned to me but I gave him the option to buy it back & he mentioned it the other day that he was putting in some over time & will probably be getting it back. I love my 7 day set! Very rare & hard to come by.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geezer
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Originally Posted by Phrank
I figured it out Andrew........
Thanks for the compliment on the 7 day Lecoultre set!
I was watching that all week...stunning set, great find for you! :tuQuote:
Originally Posted by engine46
I just snapped that you were watching that auction too! I paid a price for it but it was worth it because they are very hard to come by these days. I always see a lot of singles out there w/o a box & extra blades. I have Lecoultre in my saved watches so I get an email every time one pops up! I have a few saved watches going but I'm about in the no buy mode for now until I get me a part time job that will work with my disabilities.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
Here's my Swedish frame back with a removable blade. If any of you have one of these, the blade will slide right out the front! These blades were made to slide out. I have 2 of these razors & I think I saw that they come out in one of my books I use for references. If they have been in there a long time which most have, they are just slightly tightly in there from dirt & grime. They apparently had replacement blades or may have come in sets.
Have actually re-tapped a couple that had bad threads to a standard SAE set screw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geezer
Adolf Arbenz was a French cutler working in Jougne in the French Doubs, about 30km from Pontarlier, where most of the French absinthe was produced at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY
Jougne is not that far from "Le Sentier", where Lecoultre was established at the time. It is safe to assume that, indeed, the mechanism is the Lecoultre mechanism.
Therefore, Arbenz used a marketting trick at the time, mainly used in the world of absinthe : the Swiss cross meaning "Swiss quality" (which was the highest grade for absinthe).
I am currently working on mine. A friend of mine (Thaeris) put some ivory scales on it, and I intend to perform a scrimshaw on them, in hommage to my other passion (which is easy to guess at this point).
Of course, the blades are non disposable, and besides the known set, you can find leather purses for the other blades :
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re #7 - the problem could be that the blade is not original - I have 3 Lecoultre razors with different sized blades - so maybe yours was swapped over at some stage.
I'm always on the look-out for them because one of my razors is all brass but the blade is wrecked.
Thank you all for the posts! I am learning more every time I look at this thread!
~Richard
I'm always on the lookout for extra blades as well so if I run across any, I will let you know. I even wrote to a person in France who sells a lot of French razors on eBay but he never replied.Quote:
Originally Posted by UKRob
As with others have said. The hole is probably dirty or has grime in it & like Richard said, he uses a toothpick to clean the threads out on those which makes sense. pixelfixed also said this: Have actually re-tapped a couple that had bad threads to a standard SAE set screw. That is also another alternative. Try cleaning the hole out with a toothpick & run the screw in & out a few times using a thin lubricant & it might break that grime loose that is in there. That's what it has to be from what you described. If that doesn't wrk then UKRob might be right because there are a couple different size blades that go in them.Quote:
Originally Posted by stimpy52
Me too. I'm really glad I decided to post. I wasn't really sure what I had. I actually got the blade while on my way to our last meet at Mikes house in Orangeville.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geezer
Save some for me guys!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by engine46
I had seen that same thing done before. Maybe it was Pixel that wrote the post!Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
