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Post by wchnu on Sept 9, 2012 2:47:25 GMT -6
I am one of the group that should use the '14 more. It gives great shaves. As for the cut outs on the side of the blades. If I remember correctly those came along because of the Micro Matics which came later then those. I do not have any blade issues with the 1914 or 1924's I have.
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Post by RocketMan on Sept 9, 2012 10:35:32 GMT -6
I recall that being my experience but I will try and dig one out this week and give it a run. I lost my favorite 1914 in the last few months - first and only lost razor - so I have to dig around for another of those too. I will try to give them both a whirl this week.
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Post by ShadowsDad on Sept 9, 2012 15:13:20 GMT -6
Yes, despite my criticism of it as being too mild for me, it consistently gives me a great shave everytime I pick it up. In that regard it's "Damaskeene like" . A great razor for the morning after a night of bad ice cubes.
FWIW, No issues here at all with cut out blades.
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Post by bjorney on Sept 11, 2012 10:07:30 GMT -6
Any tips to keep the blade from sliding back away from the stops on a 1914? Modern blades have a smaller spine that the old blades had. I think I'll try a spine transplant from a vintage blade to see if that helps. I love the shave from the 1914, but when the blade moves it loses its aggression.
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Post by razorx on Sept 11, 2012 17:01:15 GMT -6
Any tips to keep the blade from sliding back away from the stops on a 1914? Modern blades have a smaller spine that the old blades had. I think I'll try a spine transplant from a vintage blade to see if that helps. I love the shave from the 1914, but when the blade moves it loses its aggression. I'm new here and not very knowledgeable about SE razors but I have an ER 1914 and use it with modern GEM Personna Stainless Steel Blades without any problems,it's a great razor.When I got mine I cleaned it up,did some minor alignment and while I was at it I gently tweaked these small springs outward a tiny bit to exert a little more forward pressure on the spine of the blade. The blade sits rock solid against the blade stops,I have 100% trust it's not moving anywhere.
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Post by HoosierTrooper on Sept 11, 2012 17:29:00 GMT -6
I have several '14's, both the early models with the knurled handle and small blade stops, and the later ones with the smooth hexagon handle and larger stops. I don't have a problem with the blade moving around in any of them.
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Post by razorx on Sept 11, 2012 18:17:32 GMT -6
I have several '14's, both the early models with the knurled handle and small blade stops, and the later ones with the smooth hexagon handle and larger stops. I don't have a problem with the blade moving around in any of them. Learned something new here....That the smooth hexagon handle helps to idenify the later 14's.I've only got one 14,it's one of the early knurled handle,small blade stop versions.....got the pic above that I drew arrows on off the net.
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Post by HoosierTrooper on Sept 11, 2012 18:45:27 GMT -6
Around 1920 or so they switched to the different handle, and the blade stops are big enough that the blade actually fits under them. Here's an ad from 1916 showing the knurled handle: And here's one from 1923 showing the hexagon handle: And a couple examples of each one that I own:
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Post by razorx on Sept 11, 2012 19:26:00 GMT -6
"Tripled nickled and guranteed for ten years"
Those ads are good stuff....Guess I should be able to squeeze a few more years outta mine LOL
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Post by bladerunner on Sept 11, 2012 21:33:42 GMT -6
"Tripled nickled and guranteed for ten years" Those ads are good stuff....Guess I should be able to squeeze a few more years outta mine LOL You have to love that! These days you buy 'stainless steel' kitchen and bathroom fittings that cost hundreds of dollars and they start rusting after 3 years.
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Post by ShadowsDad on Sept 11, 2012 23:13:40 GMT -6
The Touring set is indeed pretty fantastic IMO. I fell in lust with it instantly. Nice ad. That's mine. I call it my '14/'25.
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Post by bjorney on Sept 12, 2012 9:29:38 GMT -6
Any tips to keep the blade from sliding back away from the stops on a 1914? Modern blades have a smaller spine that the old blades had. I think I'll try a spine transplant from a vintage blade to see if that helps. I love the shave from the 1914, but when the blade moves it loses its aggression. I'm new here and not very knowledgeable about SE razors but I have an ER 1914 and use it with modern GEM Personna Stainless Steel Blades without any problems,it's a great razor.When I got mine I cleaned it up,did some minor alignment and while I was at it I gently tweaked these small springs outward a tiny bit to exert a little more forward pressure on the spine of the blade. The blade sits rock solid against the blade stops,I have 100% trust it's not moving anywhere. Hmm. Mine looks different. I have the older model with the small stops, but I don't think mine has the two spring-blades that push the blade forward. Maybe mine is defective? I'll post a picture. The springs in your picture look like the ones in the 1924 model heads.
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Post by razorx on Sept 12, 2012 19:30:58 GMT -6
Hmm. Mine looks different. I have the older model with the small stops, but I don't think mine has the two spring-blades that push the blade forward. Maybe mine is defective? I'll post a picture. The springs in your picture look like the ones in the 1924 model heads. I "drew" the orange arrows,but that picture was from the net,it is as correctly identified by Hoosier Trooper & Shadow's Dad an image of the later hexagon handled version of the 1914 with larger blade stops. I have the same older version as you own with the smaller blade stops,the picture below is one I shot of my 1914 a few minutes ago,you can see the "spring-blades" I described. As I mentioned I didn't do any thing drastic to them,they weren't symetrical when I purchased the razor,so I needed to even them out and did so with a bit of bias towards providing a bit more pressure against the blade. My 1914:
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Post by bjorney on Sept 13, 2012 12:44:26 GMT -6
Hmm. Mine looks different. I have the older model with the small stops, but I don't think mine has the two spring-blades that push the blade forward. Maybe mine is defective? I'll post a picture. The springs in your picture look like the ones in the 1924 model heads. I "drew" the orange arrows,but that picture was from the net,it is as correctly identified by Hoosier Trooper & Shadow's Dad an image of the later hexagon handled version of the 1914 with larger blade stops. I have the same older version as you own with the smaller blade stops,the picture below is one I shot of my 1914 a few minutes ago,you can see the "spring-blades" I described. As I mentioned I didn't do any thing drastic to them,they weren't symetrical when I purchased the razor,so I needed to even them out and did so with a bit of bias towards providing a bit more pressure against the blade. My 1914:My memory of my 1914 was apparently faulty. Mine did have the springs, but they were not doing much. I adjusted them a bit and now the blade stays up fromt where it belongs!
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Post by wchnu on Sept 13, 2012 16:12:36 GMT -6
Great that it is working better. Always is amazing how you can tweek these razors to work better. The classic stuff is awesome.
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