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Post by PJGH on Oct 4, 2014 14:09:26 GMT -6
Aside from these little fellows looking a bit like Sid the Sloth from Ice Age (yes, you CAN see it), can you spot the difference? Left to right, we have: GEM G-Bar, Star "Featherweight", GEM Featherweight (Gold) & GEM Featherweight. I was just trying to fix what I thought was a busted top cap on the Star (second one from the left) which has the back tab drooping a little. Measuring up against a GEM, I suddenly noticed the difference - yes, the cap is actually larger on the Star than the GEM. Larger, and the same size as the G-Bar! The dropped tab is the same as the G-Bar, so I'll leave it alone on the Star. It's also ridged, rather than smooth like the two GEM Featherweights. Guys, check your "Bars" and "Weights" ... Do we have any GEM or Ever Ready Featherweights with large caps? Do we have any Star Featherweights with small caps? Do we have any G-Bars with small caps?
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Post by drumzalot on Oct 4, 2014 21:54:42 GMT -6
Paul, I had noticed the difference of the Star's larger cap a long while back too. I like this unique difference in the Star FW. I just wanted to add this, I own two varieties of the American Heavy Flat Top. I have an early and later version of the Heavy Flat Top. Though it's not important I just wanted to add that I only see three minor differences between each. The older version has a wider smooth surface running down both front & back of the razor's handle. The later version has a thinner smooth surface running down both front & back of the razor's handle. I weighed both razors several times each (since I own a cheap scale). The earlier G-Bar weighs 58 grams the later G-Bar weighs 60 grams. Also, the "foot" that sticks out the bottom of the earlier G-Bar is just a tad rounder and wider then the later model. This last difference is hard to see in the picture. Other then these three minor differences I can't find any other difference between both. I don't own British versions of the Heavy Flat Top so I can't compare those.
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Post by norfolkdick on Oct 5, 2014 2:35:12 GMT -6
Paul, I had noticed the difference of the Star's larger cap a long while back too. I like this unique difference in the Star FW. I just wanted to add this, I own two varieties of the American Heavy Flat Top. I have an early and later version of the Heavy Flat Top. Though it's not important I just wanted to add that I only see three minor differences between each. The older version has a wider smooth surface running down both front & back of the razor's handle. The later version has a thinner smooth surface running down both front & back of the razor's handle. I weighed both razors several times each (since I own a cheap scale). The earlier G-Bar weighs 58 grams the later G-Bar weighs 60 grams. Also, the "foot" that sticks out the bottom of the earlier G-Bar is just a tad rounder and wider then the later model. This last difference is hard to see in the picture. Other then these three minor differences I can't find any other difference between both. I don't own British versions of the Heavy Flat Top so I can't compare those. Greetings The only differences between the Brit. model Ever Ready flatop and the GEM Flatop are that the Ever Ready has no letter G on the handle, it looks like they simply ground it out on the GEM mould and the striations on the safety bar are lengthwise whereas on the GEM model they are vertical. The plating is a different colour/shade/tone and I think (I could be wrong) that the ER models were all nickled and the GEM's were chromed and if they were not chromed a very different type of nickelling process was used. The shaving differences are in my opinion a big fat zero, both mine give an identical shave. Ever Ready made a few 'gold' plated models which they called the De-Luxe but you do not see many of them. Here is a link to the posting I made about them a couple of years ago theoriginalsafetytoo.proboards.com/thread/569/ready-heavy-flat-topRegards Dick.
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Post by PJGH on Oct 5, 2014 3:08:58 GMT -6
So, there's a gold heavy flat top? That's on the list now.
Yeah, I've had a bloomin' good look at the British (Ever Ready) and American (GEM) heavy flat top and the only difference I can see in mine is the missing letter G on the Ever Ready. I'll have to find an earlier one at some point, too.
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Post by drumzalot on Oct 5, 2014 16:33:47 GMT -6
Dick, that was a good informative post on your link. In the past I have only spotted very few gold E-Bar razors on auctions that were not cheap. I have been trying to land a gold British E-Bar solely due to the gold finish.
Paul, I'm a bit surprised that you didn't know there was a gold finish E-Bar. You have a strong collection of 1912 models, I figured that you had seen just about every SE variation out there.
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Post by PJGH on Oct 6, 2014 6:27:45 GMT -6
I have my eye on one ...
I love these old razors - you think you have it all sorts, one of each and know all the models and then some curveball smashes through the window. Love it! Even re-reading Waits, I spot something new each time. It's all about perspective.
Doing a little more digging, reading, googling and comparing, I think this is simply an "earlier" and "later" model difference. I've found Ever Ready and GEM variants exhibiting this cap from the Heavy Flat Top; all have the raised dot on the side and seem to have the embellished end like the Star in my picture, an embellishment sometimes made from metal, especially on the gold heads but I have seen it on a nickel head, too.
Looks like I now need to find an earlier Ever Ready and an earlier GEM to compliment.
... and a Heavy Flat Top DeLuxe. Fingers crossed it works out.
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