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At first glance I thought everything was normal. Then I noticed the wedge was missing and replaced with a center pin piece. The pins all look to be original. Was this some kind of a fix someone did a long time ago? I'm giving serious consideration to making a wedge and re-pinning the whole razor. This is my 1st Puma BTW.
Thoughts anyone :thinking:
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Looks like the wedge is missing.
Probably original to the razor ......... see this thread for more examples ;
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...win-losin.html
Thats amazing,have had alot of Pumas but have never seen one like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
I would really love the opportunity to look at the pins on one of them,,,
Some of us are very very good at making things look original, but normally we can tell if then have been changed..
Yes, I have seen that on other razors but not a Puma before. I would think it is original like Jimmy. It is different and kind of neat really. Nice find.
Bob
Just in thinking about it, maybe, just maybe they were banging out their razors and ran out of wedges that day. They had plenty of center pins, didn't want to delay production to wait for the batch of wedges, and nobody cared about stuff like that back then. I mean, who would have thought guys like us would be obsessing over the razors they were supplying to the barbering trade ?
Glen, the 3 pins, both sides, are absolutely identical, and obviously professionally done. I'd bet the razor against a donut that it is factory original. Plus, the one Joed had was also a Puma duck with the same color 3 pin scales.Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
I can guess that since the spacer on the end seems larger than the center one and it makes the scales quite wide down there that the razor could possibly have come with a comb guard which clipped on the blade. This would have allowed the razor to close with the comb on it?
Are these pictures any help?
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A great find, I would leave it as is. A rare item if it is factory original.
Those look original :shrug:
Might be something as simple as what Jimmy posted or something as complicated as what Tom mentioned
Different and interesting to say the least
I have no idea about the originalness of the "wedge" but it's pretty interesting. I would be inclined to leave it as is.
This one was probably made in the '50s ? It is a great shaver, which is why I still have it 5 years later. Here are some more pix of the pins/spacer. Both sides and a shot of the center pin spacer along with the one at the wedge end. The two spacers are both 4mm ;Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
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I can't say whether it was original or not, I would take Glen's word. That said, the pins look like the match.
I love the look and would leave it that way. I have a Taylor's EyeWitness~The 3000 Special that is pinned like that. I am not sure if it was original or repinned by the gentlemen from whom I got it, but I love it..
