efsk
SE Super Freak
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Post by efsk on Aug 15, 2015 1:06:41 GMT -6
I've shown this razor elsewhere so it's possible you've seen this already. It's nice however and does belong in a forum celebrating the SE. The tin can has lost it's paint, which can happen. According to Waits this razor dates from somewhere in the 1890's. Type of compact packaging I'm sure you've seen before. Stamps! Medals! Patents! Adjustmentscrews clearly visible. I only recently discovered that's what they are :-) Probably not original blade. This is a A. Henkels, and some illegible text stating "Gron Noon" or something like that. Lathercatcher holds two passes easily. Shaving is a treat, my only difficult spot with this razor is the upperlip area directly under my nose. Stubles are removed to the point where you don't see but to feel them. Nicely ground blade.
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Post by bayamontate on Aug 15, 2015 12:44:45 GMT -6
That is super cool!
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ShadowsDad
Gem Star
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Post by ShadowsDad on Aug 15, 2015 14:20:11 GMT -6
Dittos
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spidey9
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Post by spidey9 on Aug 15, 2015 14:34:26 GMT -6
Beautiful set! What country was in manufactured in? Its design is obviously heavily influenced by the 1887 Star Kampfe. Note the little slotted hole in the end of the handle that mates with the stropper. This allows the handle to be used as a wrench to turn those adjustment screws.
Are you shaving with that blade? If so, how did you restore the edge? One nice thing about a lot of the early wedge blade lather catchers (Kampfe, Gem, Henkels, Heljestrand, etc.) is that there appears to have been some standardization - they all take the same blade.
--Bob
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efsk
SE Super Freak
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Post by efsk on Aug 15, 2015 14:56:12 GMT -6
Thanks all. The part "Stubles are removed etc" is obviously referring to the upperliparea, the rest of the face gets smooooooth :-) According to Waits and an advert shown in that book, this Razor is from Leipzig, Germany, and produced by Berndt, Lax & Co. That the slotted hole is to be used as a wench is something I found out only this week. Marvelous design, well thought-out.
I did use this blade. The edge was corrected on a DMT, grit 600. Next the blade got the same treatment as all wedges and straight razors in my collection: bevel setting on Naniwa 2000, next Naniwa 5000, 8000, 12000, and finished on a Charnley Forest with oil. Stropping on clean leather only, the CF gives a wonderfully soft edge, whereas CrOx gives an edge an initial bite I don't like.
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Post by kcb5150 on Aug 15, 2015 19:04:09 GMT -6
I'd be willing to bet the same ppl who made the comfort lather catcher made that. The comfort and this one seem to be more or less 1:1 copies of the kampfes of that period.
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efsk
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Post by efsk on Aug 16, 2015 0:47:35 GMT -6
Having a Comfort, in a similar tin, they are really quite alike. They obviously have different markings, the Comfort does not have adjustmentscrews (does have an identical grip however, including slotted hole) and where the hole to screw the grip in is depressed on the Rose, it is elevated on the Comfort. When I get to it, maybe I could make some side by side photo's.
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RocketMan
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Post by RocketMan on Aug 16, 2015 23:59:08 GMT -6
This razor is a great example of the german style of razors. It is hard to say if these were german copies of the Kampfe's razors, or if their German training and education in the cutlery business was a reflection of german technology. Here's a Comfort
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snuff
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Post by snuff on Aug 17, 2015 0:22:06 GMT -6
Very nice one Richard!
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Post by kcb5150 on Aug 17, 2015 12:41:24 GMT -6
Just like mine. That razor is amazing... I don't have the comfort wedge so I use a star wedge in it.
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Post by birdlives on Aug 17, 2015 15:46:43 GMT -6
RM, that Comfort looks new....like you just picked it up at the local Drug Store yesterday.....How does that one shave?
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Post by kcb5150 on Aug 18, 2015 0:41:50 GMT -6
With a wedge and the handle extension in place, it is balanced, and very smooth/stable. I really like the more box shaped lather catchers over the C shaped ones for that solid feeling.
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Post by kcb5150 on Aug 18, 2015 0:45:37 GMT -6
I also really admire how beautifully simple the packaging is with these. One hell of a travel setup.
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RocketMan
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Post by RocketMan on Aug 18, 2015 20:05:44 GMT -6
RM, that Comfort looks new....like you just picked it up at the local Drug Store yesterday.....How does that one shave? Sweeeeeet! Wedge blade or modern wafer blade work With a wedge and the handle extension in place, it is balanced, and very smooth/stable. I really like the more box shaped lather catchers over the C shaped ones for that solid feeling. I agree they do have a solid feeling which makes for a comfortable shave. With a wedge blade in place it is very much a solid and sturdy shaving frame. I have to admit I also love the handles like these for shaving with. Great feel and grip. The OP's razor has a terrific handle.
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efsk
SE Super Freak
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Post by efsk on Aug 19, 2015 0:54:53 GMT -6
Rose (right) and Comfort (left). The only real difference is te adjustmentscrews and the knurling: O, and the tin can the Comfort comes in is about half a centimeter higher than the tin can the Rose comes in.
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