Not necessarily old or rare, just...odd. Uncommon. Unusual. But you like it enough to shave with it. Mine would be the old Schick Personal Touch, basically a plastic tortoise shell Trac II for women.
I would have to say the Cooper MonoBilt, G.E. Jones Shake Sharp, and the Bigelow & Parkin travel razor would all tie as unusual razors. They all shave great, but I would give the Shake Sharp the win for being the most unusual.
Couple of my straights are so old they're hard to date. Jonathan Crookes M.J.Higgins Past that Single ring 1918 Ever-Ready 1918 as well i think? Mine says patent applied for. All are used from time to time. No display only items here, all are functional and used.
I don't have any that are odd, or even all that old. I have a Super Adjustable from '70, and a Schick Krona that I am unsure of the date, but am guessing it is from around there somewhere. I use them both when the mood strikes. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
My oddest razor is a German made travel razor. It's head strongly resembles a Gillette Old Type. The handle comes apart and the top part nestles inside the bottom part. I found a travel pouch at Maggard Razors and ordered it for this razor. The razor turns out to be a very good shaving razor, so it will probably be my goto razor for traveling.
I am going to say my Joseph Rodgers straight which, coincidentally, is my shave for tomorrow along with some Antica Barieria Colla. Check out the super tiny barbers notch.
Thanks! I found it with the bag & shipper. Blades are still coated in oil. But, I am missing the strop. (This got me 25%discount)
Curley's I D E A L Safety Razor, NewYork U.S.A. A 5/8 frameback with reversible scalloped bar guard. Shown in the open position with tail disengaged to flip sides. An ebay 3pc OC Frankenrazor. Gillette handle on a baseplate stamped "BOSTOM", "N.R.K." The top is not marked.
"Odd" is very subjective. I'm sure the fact that I, among other types of razors, love vintage cartridge razors can be seen as odd. If I were to pick my top five 'odd' razors (subjectively picked), I'd say; 1) The hollow-handled Williams and O'Chelly razors 2) The Gillette Psycho 3) An unidentified Brazilian razor with roller guards 4) The M.Peroni 5) The caged Famex Honorary mentions to... - The Swedish Swing - The industrial Meehan, - The Berkeley Custom Shaver, - The Swedish Strivel, - The Gillette twinjector (Gillette's only injector) - The King Oscillator - The Lerersche #77 - The GEM Damaskeene SE OC model - The Swedish SE Doma - Elgin - Daveo Garanti dual comb - Tre Teste - The Float-o-Flex - Wilkinson Kompakt - Wilkinson T70 red dot - Fully white, plastic Personna injector (only ever seen one) ...and some others
I've got razors that are old (all the way back to 1887), rare, and unusual, but for "odd" the prize goes to . . . The Golf 71 This is a single edge razor that uses double edge blades, with one side at a time exposed. It was made in the 1950's in a government owned plant in what was then the German Democratic Republic, more commonly known as East Germany. It is cheaply made of stamped sheet metal but is a better shaver than I expected. --Bob
Yep, you wind it up and it vibrates while you shave. Not really practical, but the head design is great, especially if paired with a normal handle.
