SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
I just got some injector blades (well, like 2 months ago..) and haven’t given my Jectah a fair try. Maybe I’ll give the Wilkinson Sword blade a break tomorrow and pull out my I2 Hydromagic.
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TobyC
"I shaved a Tribble once..."
That's a lever action with a detachable box magazine!
TobyC
"I shaved a Tribble once..."
As time permits, I'm working on two brushes, both are gonna be pretty cool I think. I also now have one that I've wanted for a while, usually they are falling apart, but this one looks pretty good. The hair is beyond hope, but that's OK, I have new hair waiting.
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
but that's OK, I have new hair waiting.
TobyC
"I shaved a Tribble once..."
This stuff came today.
This is actually what I was looking for.
I took the tube from the '20's ball end with missing ball and put it on the '20's single ring with no tube, now I have two complete Single Ring Gillettes. One is a 1906 thin cap, the other is a thick cap '20's.
All this is as received, nothing has been cleaned.
This is actually what I was looking for.
I took the tube from the '20's ball end with missing ball and put it on the '20's single ring with no tube, now I have two complete Single Ring Gillettes. One is a 1906 thin cap, the other is a thick cap '20's.
All this is as received, nothing has been cleaned.
TobyC
"I shaved a Tribble once..."
Lousy pic
Vintage Durham Duplex DuBarry razor
Personna Durham Duplex Pathology blade
Vintage Whiting Adams Boar brush
Vintage Williams shave soap
Captains Choice Venture aftershave
Awful shave! Felt like I was using Graham-Field med prep blades, the shave results were OK, but it felt like each hair was being ripped from it's socket.
Vintage Durham Duplex DuBarry razor
Personna Durham Duplex Pathology blade
Vintage Whiting Adams Boar brush
Vintage Williams shave soap
Captains Choice Venture aftershave
Awful shave! Felt like I was using Graham-Field med prep blades, the shave results were OK, but it felt like each hair was being ripped from it's socket.
mrdoug
"TSC's Shave Sales Deal Finder"
Ouch! That sounds horrible Toby. For some reason those razors make me think of carpet cutters. Guess they shave like one too? On the positive side, the handle is nice on those. Good display piece.Lousy pic
Vintage Durham Duplex DuBarry razor
Personna Durham Duplex Pathology blade
Vintage Whiting Adams Boar brush
Vintage Williams shave soap
Captains Choice Venture aftershave
Awful shave! Felt like I was using Graham-Field med prep blades, the shave results were OK, but it felt like each hair was being ripped from it's socket.
Wishing you better shaves next time.
I have some Actual Durham blades. I tried to shave with one a while back in my Durham DE. Even though they were packaging still...those blades had deteriorated. I read about the personnas...and was thinking of trying one, but it seems the consensus with the pathology blades is pretty much the same as yours!
TobyC
"I shaved a Tribble once..."
Thanks man.Ouch! That sounds horrible Toby. For some reason those razors make me think of carpet cutters. Guess they shave like one too? On the positive side, the handle is nice on those. Good display piece.
Wishing you better shaves next time.
The original blades must have been good when they were new, they made and sold millions of the various Durham Duplex razors, maybe I'll try some vintage blades one day. I love the handles, I've had one for years on a Tech, and I bought three complete DD razors just for the handles, but I wanted to give one a chance before putting the head in the "parts" drawer. It's going in the parts drawer!
TobyC
"I shaved a Tribble once..."
Thankfully someone gave me a couple of blades to try before I bought some, and he warned me that they weren't smooth and comfortable. I wonder sometimes if we are spoiled by modern blades, maybe shaving in the '30's and '40's wasn't a pleasant chore.
With a name like "Pathology", they've got to be bad news!
TobyC
"I shaved a Tribble once..."
Yep, smooth and comfortable aren't really requirements when you want to slice diseased tissue.