Thread: Red Imp razors

My Case red imp 132 is a great razor, but as mentioned the scales came warped. I was able to steam them and hold in place with small wedges while cooling. Now they are straight and open and close nicely, but the gap at top is a bit wider than the bottom. The wedge sits nicely and isn't even close to hitting the blade. Not perfect, but if you didn't know to look you wouldn't even notice really.

Have several of both and all are great shavers. Doubt one could tell the difference, honed properly, they may have been made at the same factory.

The 132 was the wedge 133 the hollow grind.

Scale shrinkage is one of the first signs of Cell Rot, so keep an eye on it. Sometimes if just sticking, you can file the wedge down with a needle file to clear the tip. Duct tape on the flats will make safe file, or a couple strips of a soda can on both sides of the file will protect the scales enough to file the wedge. Some inexpensive needle file sets have files with safe flats.

If it is stuck in the scales, you will have to unpin or risk chipping the blade.

Case Cutlery and the Case family(s) had long and deep ties in the Cutlery industry, they made and had made cutlery by and for other brands. It was not unusual for a Solingen companies to stamp a razor with one brand for export and stamp their name on the show side or back side for in country sales, a- la Anton Wingen/Double Duck and others.

So, the Case and or Morris/Ludo razors may be one an the same. It would also explain why the 132/133 numbering convention is consistent.

What ever the case, they are great shavers, but if shrinking keep an eye on them or rescale.