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Post by drumzalot on Nov 30, 2013 23:22:53 GMT -6
Tom, I am in the same boat as you with the 1924. My personal experience has been that it feels very mild but it bites easily. Every shave for me ends up with one or two weepers. I use it once in a while because I really like it and mine is in near mint condition. Oh well.
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Post by ShadowsDad on Dec 1, 2013 22:51:38 GMT -6
FWIW, I use a blade for a few shaves with a milder razor to "take the edge off" then I'll put it into the '24. Yup, it's an aggressive little razor, the feeling is extremely deceptive.
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Post by drumzalot on Dec 2, 2013 18:10:28 GMT -6
Nice tip Brian, I'm going to do that the next time I take the 1924 for a ride.
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Post by birdlives on Dec 3, 2013 13:59:35 GMT -6
It appears you've been smitten by the 1924 bad! Yep...You got that right...That ER'24 just knocked me out! I didn't see it coming...lol But you we're also right, when you told me you thought I was going to like the 1914 alot...I've got a couple shaves with that one under my belt and that one absolutely floored me aswell...What can I say....I'm one happy Shaver... Now it's like "The Clash of the Titans' in my shave-cave...the '14/'24 showdown...with the Damaskeene waiting to take on the winner...lol
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Post by birdlives on Dec 3, 2013 14:20:49 GMT -6
FWIW, I just acquired another '24 with a handle attachment that I've never seen before anywhere. No mention of it in Waits either. I didn't need it, but I thought it was unique enough that I wanted it. Normally, I'm not a collector. Does anyone know anything about this? You probably already corroborated your theory...But for the heck of it and the love of the '24... JB deMesquita was not one for the "whatever is in the parts bin" kind of thinking...He patented every change...from 1909 thru 1915. The one on the left was pat'd in 1914....the one on the right was 1915 on...that's why there are so many more like the one on the right... So your theory of the one on the left coming first was 'spot on!'
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Post by ShadowsDad on Dec 3, 2013 21:52:51 GMT -6
Thanks! Actually I hadn't. Where did you sleuth that info from? More info about the design... Cool!
FWIW, generally I've found simpler designs evolve from more complex designs, that's why I wrote what I did.
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Post by birdlives on Dec 4, 2013 9:22:27 GMT -6
Where did you sleuth that info from? More info about the design... Cool! From JB de Mesquita's original drawings...the 1909 below has an open comb, but the 1909 Yankee top looks like the '24's...The 1909 New EverReady is just a little different, like the comb is more like the ER 1914...I'm sure there are drawings for those two also but I haven't seen them...
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Post by birdlives on Dec 4, 2013 9:34:34 GMT -6
so here is the 1909 Yankee in the flesh....So with seeing how close it is to the 1924, can we refer to the Shovelhead as a pre WWI design?? I don't see any bigger differences between JB's 1909 razor and his ER'24 than there is between the Damaskeene, 1912's and 1912 Jr's...just different handles and a little fine tuning here and there...But then I'm a novice with these SE razors...You cats have forgotten more than I know about these guys...What do you think...? Attachments:
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Post by ShadowsDad on Dec 4, 2013 23:42:36 GMT -6
It looks like a '24 to me. But from 1909.
Very interesting.
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Post by birdlives on Dec 28, 2013 18:55:42 GMT -6
Check it out! Here's a newspaper advertisement from 1914 showing an Ever Ready '24 styled razor made in England and sold in 1914...
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Post by drumzalot on Dec 28, 2013 21:21:50 GMT -6
Lloyd, the advertisement isn't showing up.
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Post by Alan on Dec 28, 2013 21:49:12 GMT -6
It might have got stuck in customs.
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Post by birdlives on Dec 29, 2013 4:48:14 GMT -6
It might have got stuck in customs. Ha,ha,ha...Alan, you killing me...lol...It probably did...Here let me try again.. It's an E-Bay Razor Ad from a 1914 newspaper from England. It looks exactly like the 1909 New Ever Ready and says British made...Looks like when the ER 1914 came out, they didn't stop making the Shovelhead, but only moved its production to England...I'm thinking the ER 1924 is really an ER 1909/24...
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Post by birdlives on Dec 29, 2013 8:04:07 GMT -6
Did ER ever make any ER1914's in England? and how long did they keep the 1909 Shovelhead in production there?
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Post by broadsword on Jan 3, 2014 9:29:22 GMT -6
A little picture of my three 1924's. I love the LuLu temple one - apparently it is still going. The razor looks as if it has never been used, so I am a lucky boy.
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