Safety razor advice

[Accy cyclist]

There's a razors forum?
I need to click on this link to see what the topics could be!

Razors and other shaving and barber stuff have a big following. My barber mate across the road from me could talk the hind legs off a donkey about such stuff. He sometimes tells me how he spent the night watching barber techniques on you tube.

 

[rikki]

http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/forum.php

I looked.
They have a Pen section. I dare not go there.

 

[Nibor]

there is a forum about torches never mind razors http://www.candlepowerforums.com/

 

[ufkacbln]

Timescale... I love productive text!

Try soaking it in some water with bicarb and a bit of lemon juice.

I thought it was a brilliant description of all the muck that builds up in the hinge and handle over time

 

[Dec66]

I tried the @swee'pea99 approach this evening, with mole grips and oven glove.

The handle turned, the guard did not open. A quick bit of leverage applied from a skewer made half the guard fall off.

I have therefore declared that the razor is FUBAR, and it's been consigned to the bin.

The moral of the tale; don't buy Chinese-made rubbish from Amazon, no matter how attractive it appears from a value standpoint.

I think an Edwin Jagger is in order.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Chinese made butterfly razors will always seize up eventually, most of the advice you had here would have worked on a Gillette. It's the quality of materials used that's key here. Enjoy the Edwin Jagger if you go that way, I have a DE87 and love it, top quality. I also have a Muhle R41, Merkur 34C and Merkur 37C slant bar.

 

[Profpointy]

I tried the @swee'pea99 approach this evening, with mole grips and oven glove.

The handle turned, the guard did not open. A quick bit of leverage applied from a skewer made half the guard fall off.

I have therefore declared that the razor is FUBAR, and it's been consigned to the bin.

The moral of the tale; don't buy Chinese-made rubbish from Amazon, no matter how attractive it appears from a value standpoint.

I think an Edwin Jagger is in order.

There's something to be said for the rubber-handled one as it's less slippery to hold which is what I got for my 2nd one to leave in my going away for work bag. There's aslo something to be said for the longer handled one which I haven't tried. The only slighly knurled one is a touch slippery. They're all about £20 to £25 and are basically the same bar the handle. Worth getting the plastic blade cover - even though it's a fiver rather than 10p it should be - I cut myself when travelling as I was rummaging for it in my bag.

 

[Nibor]

The Traditional Shaving company have a 10% off offer this weekend with the code BANK10 if that helps.

 

[tyred]

Look on Ebay for a 1950s Gillette Tech - the pinnacle of shaving technology IMO.

 

[Dec66]

The Traditional Shaving company have a 10% off offer this weekend with the code BANK10 if that helps.

Thanks! I shall investigate

 

[T4tomo]

Yes decent knurling helps with grip.

Slight excessive but I have a travel case for mine, hold spare blades too....
http://www.shavelounge.co.uk/edwin-jagger-leather-de-safety-razor-case