Thread: Lets see what Safety razors you have.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Changing settings mid shave makes things too complicated for me.

Have your servant do it for you.

Originally Posted by 32t

Have your servant do it for you.

That's not in their contract. The'll report me to the servants union. Then they will picket my house.

Man, I HATE when the servants picket!

I just had to share this...

I decided to send a few razors to Chris over at Back Roads Gold for some attention. I asked his opinion on a couple of them and had a few other razors I wanted to be repaired and fixed up or replated. He was kind enough to give me his real opinion and not just say "Yes, replate all". That kind of service is nice to get.

The reason for this thread is to show something he noticed that I hadn't. A very odd thing with a Fatboy Razor. When he was cleaning it up he found that the Knerling was done differently on the bottom half of the handle compared to the top half of the handle. He said the odd part was like what was done on the Black Beauty. This he had never come across so my Fatboy razor is one in a million. LOL. Thanks, Roy!

Now I sent him 5 razors. He did some repairs to a Milord that was missing an endcap. And just fixed up the Fatboy. Then replated three others for me. So here is the pictures he sent me after the work was done. I know he has a much better ability to take pics so I figured his pics are better than anything I could do. Hope you all like them.



What you are seeing is a Milord on the left, then a 1940 Super Speed, Then a Robart, and finally a New Short Comb. I can't wait to give them a few shaves. I'm afraid I might go broke if I start sending him more razors as they look so fine after his touch.

So if anyone wanted to have a Safety razor replated or repaired or whatever, I highly recommend this mans service. The price is fair and he seems to be an honest person. Not just out to make money.

They look fantastic Jerry. Well done.

Those look great - Back Roads Gold gets regular kudos from razor enthusiasts!

The Fatboy is something I've never seen - I've seen whole leftover parts mixed but not anything like that. I'd thought the handles were cast brass, which would imply a dual knurled mold ..

I dont know how they get the grippy made on them. But i figure a tube is run through some type of tube shaped press.
Still , I do agree with seeing razors put together with parts. But this was not the case here. Maybe part of the press that makes the knurling stopped half way though and nobody noticed. Thats all i can think of. Different to say the least.