I have a Griffon cutlery Magnetic.
I don't grow whiskers made of steel as far as I know so wonder why magnetic razors where made and what if any are the advantages.
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I have a Griffon cutlery Magnetic.
I don't grow whiskers made of steel as far as I know so wonder why magnetic razors where made and what if any are the advantages.
I once saw someone say that it was claimed to draw blood (iron) to the surface and something or another benefit from it. But, the consensus in that thread seemed to believe marketing BS was the reason.
Marketing. As far as I know. I have a few marked that way also.
Funny you brought this up. I just finished honing a J. Voos D.Sohn. assuming its before Dorp got involved, and became Dovo. It says " Magnetic" on the blade face.
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I believe I read somewhere, that the magnatizing of the steel compacted the molecules, tighter together. Making it a better steel, so to say. :shrug:
That looks familure. I think I have one. Or had one. Lol.
Back in the day there were no consumer laws of any kind so a manufacturer or retailer could make all kinds of wild claims about his product hoping some sucker would believe it and buy it.
Griffon was based in New York. Big distributor. Had a factory in Solingen.
Making steel with electricity was new at the time and seemed to result in lots of claims.
Never had a bad Griffon in good nick. Carbo-Magnetic. How the steel was made.
I wonder if that had anything to so with the use of an induction smelter in the manufacturing of the steel.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
I wonder if that had anything to so with the use of an induction smelter in the manufacturing of the steel.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
I also have a couple that are magnetic. I have heard too that it was supposed to draw the whiskers out to the surface for a cleaner shave or that it drew the razor closer to the skin. :shrug: Again, snake oil.
It seems that magnetic was just pretty much a marketing thing. My razor shaves well so that's all that matters.
I suppose it might be useful if the wife drops a pin and can't find it :D
Yeah, it's marketing alright.
I've seen magnetic and electric.
It gets even more ridiculous you know.
In the early 1900s, following the work of the Curie family, a product being radioactive was a hell of an argument.
For example, Badoit was sold as "the most radioactive water" (which it still is in France at least).
And at the same time, Fontenille produced a whole sub brand of (quite often very pretty) Radium razors.
I've never seen the Radium razors claimed as radioactive, but the visuals are clearly about that lol
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(picture courtesy of the Coupe Chou Club wiki)
It would be interesting to scan those with a Geiger counter.
I would not shave with a radioactive razor but that is just me.
Well, you know, some people (yours truly included I must admit) do collect and use vaseline glass which actually contain uranium.
And it's been proven relatively safe.
And as stated, people still drink Badoit, even though it's radioactive enough for it to have been forbidden to some nuclear reactor workers (or so I have been taught 25 years ago by a someone working in the field)
I really don't think a razor could be radioactive enough to have a noticeable effect.
HEY! I have one of those. Shaves wonderfully and gives the skin a healthy glow! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggelos
I also have some Vasaline Glass and a couple of radioactive stones (minerals). I also spent quite a lot of time walking around on the Uranium Tailings when I lived in Elliot Lake which until the mines closed was the Uranium Capital of Canada.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggelos
The tailings are radio active with warning signs everywhere, I wouldn't want to camp on them but a walk was harmless enough.
On a totally different subject, my wife has to wear eye shades to sleep at night because she says I glow.
As you said, a razor is unlikely to be radioacive enough to be dangerous but I have to wonder why it would have been done if it was, and the intended benefit.
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Now I know what your problem is, Steve. :rofl2:
Is that what.thats all about? I have one that says "Radiumite" and I was never sure why you would put that on a razor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggelos
“ I also have some Vasaline Glass and a couple of radioactive stones (minerals). I also spent quite a lot of time walking around on the Uranium Tailings when I lived in Elliot Lake which until the mines closed was the Uranium Capital of Canada.
The tailings are radio active with warning signs everywhere, I wouldn't want to camp on them but a walk was harmless enough. ”
FYI - After it’s life as a mining town, Elliott Lake morphed into a retirement community. This allowed it to skip the ghost town fate of many other mining towns in northern Ontario and elsewhere. Seemed like a good idea since it had a complete infrastructure in place which included a hospital, shopping mall, houses, water, sewer and other utilities.
I wonder if the presence of the radioactive waste was ever considered either has a plus or a minus when the planning was taking place. Glow-in-the-dark seniors would make it easy to spot anyone wandering away from a care facility at night.
I know all about Elliot Lake, I lived there for 10 years before moving to Kingsville.Quote:
Originally Posted by DZEC
You are quite right. After the mines closed the mining companies (that owned the houses) were going to bulldoze them and let the woods move in. A lady talked them into letting her buy them in the name of a new enterprise called Retirement Living.
She bought the houses from the mining company for $1 each.
Retirement living is non profit and they wanted to be able to make money so they floated another company called Nordev.
Nordev bought the Elliot Lake Mall (Algo Mall), it had some real problems with the structure and leaks but Nordev wouldn't do anything about it.
I don't know who remembers the Elliot Lake Mall collapsing and killing two people.
After the collapse there was no shopping in Elliot Lake to speak of, I remember driving 2 hours to Sudbury and 2 hours back again because I needed some socks!
Elliot Lake the Retirement Living Town with the lovely commercials and ads in the magazines is in no way a retirement town.
There was apparently a 2000 person waiting list for a doctor when I lived there 4 years ago, to make an appointment to see my doctor required waiting 3 months for an appointment.
The paths outside the doctors were never cleared of snow and ice.
The garbage was not allowed on the street before 8am the day of collection and had to have a lid, no loose bags or they wouldn't take it and a person got a fine.
Everything cost more because apparently we were too far from the nearest big town.
Gas was a lot more expensive, even Canadian Tire costs more than further south.
The few restaurants were closed by about 8pm.
Elliot Lake is an old boys network, the hospital they say is so old it needs replacing and doesn't even have sprinklers. When I lived there they were trying to get funding for it.
It was about 50 years old and built by the mining companies, it seemed fine to me and in England where i am from originally, 50 years is a new hospital.
There are two nursing homes in Elliot Lake and there is a very long waiting list for them, one is actually owned by Retirement Living.
My house (which was built as a tempory house intended to last as long as the mines) was so close to the neighbours that the wall shook when the guy next door slammed his car door.
You better buy a domestic car because you won't find any import dealers unless you go to Sudbury or maybe Espanola but I don't remember any.
Elliot Lake is also damn cold.
All I can advise if anyone is thinking of retiring to Elliot Lake is DON'T.
This is what the guy 4 doors down from me did one winter (Christmas).
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Funny timing. I pulled this one out of the to do box tonight to look at for a restore. I had forgotten what the etching said.
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Got recently this one....
But didn't work with beautiful women yet... :rofl2:
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Not to dereail the thread, but looks like we may have been neighbours. I grew up and lived in Leamington for 25 years. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by STF
The original Magnetica razors were made by Daniel Peres, Magnetic Steel from Solingen.
Peres was ahead of his time, he also reinvented the “English Polish” among other inventions. He made cutlery, scissors, and razors under the Barrell Brand and for other companies under their brands.
One of the best shaving razors I have shaved with was an old D. Peres Barrell Brand that I honed 2-3 times a year for several years for a customer. It was a French shoulder less grind that took a wicked edge and shaved a dream.
I have been looking for one like it for years, still have an active eBay search for D Peres razors and have bought a few Magneticas but have never seen another French Grind.
All my Peres’ Barrell Brands are shavers.
Hello,Quote:
Originally Posted by celestino
I love it here, apart from those fish flies.
Haha! Yes. Those things are obnoxious to deal with in the summer. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by STF
Still....better than the black flies, or deer flies.!
We had Black Flies in Elliot Lake, there a real pain but not scary like those huge dangerous man eating Fish Flies that lie in heaps against the road side and cover the door of the stores so I have trouble going in.Quote:
Originally Posted by outback
What's more they stink when they are killed.
At various stages during the summer we get black flies, deer flies and horse flies. Nasty critters. The mosquitos are buzzing throughout the spring and summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by outback
We’ve had a relatively mild winter and have kept the house warm enough using our wood stove that I’ve even killed a few mosquitos in the last week. Maybe our Ontario mosquitos are starting to adapt to the cold weather.
