Everything about this is weird. It's a cage guard which is a design I equate with french makers, but it isn't like a french razor in shaving character. It's extremely mild. It's unbranded. It's brass (the head is anyway, idk about the handle for sure), and the cap is sort of designed to lock into the base with tension grabbing onto the thin posts, spreading them out and securing the blade. There is no play in the blade which is impressive considering how prone to distortion cage guards are in general. Curious if someone has an example in the box.
I've been looking since you first showed this one without luck thus far. Did you post on the French forum (rasage-traditionnel) where one of the cage-heads there might have a clue? Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
Huh. Just when you thought you'd seen it all. Weird (in a good way) indeed. Tuning in for the follow up.
It looks like someone took the head from an OLD, put a new center post on it, and made a quasi-darwin handle. Definitely an interesting design.
It was a production razor. Asked around and at least 4 others exist afaik but no packaging/branding survive for those examples. I can't imagine many surviving well given how prone to deformation this style of razor is and how ridiculously fine the wires are. It would also be very large for a french de
It's a design familiar to French collectors. Famex patent dates to 1929 but there are a number of variations on the theme. I've seen a German example and no reason to think they didn't appear elsewhere. http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/the-famex-razors.57774/ Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
I would suggest the Italian forum. No experience with it myself but it exists. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
Video. Amazing this has less blade play than a lot of current offerings... has a very small window of usable shaving angles and when you hit that angle you relly need to lock it in. Would be a horrible rotation razor because of this imo.
