Vintage DE with long handle

Discussion in 'Safety Razors' started by JPJ, Sep 13, 2014.

  1. JPJ

    JPJ Active Member

    Hey all! New to DE's.. I was gifted one by Gemmicro when I purchased a straight razor lot from him ... Very appreciated and I love it ...

    Anyhow here is my question ...

    I'm looking for a DE razor with a long handle ... Maybe 4"-5"+ is there such a razor at reasonable cost?

    If so I'll make a WTB thread but wanted to find out first ...

    It'll actually be for a friend of mine who just sent me about 30 different blades to try ...

    Thanks all
     
  2. Shriike

    Shriike New Member

    I don't have much experience, but I thought I wanted a long handle too at first, I came to realize if you only use a three finger grip having a very long handle isn't that helpful
     
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  3. Bristle Me

    Bristle Me Insufficient

    There's lots of longer handled safety razors available.

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    Progress Adjustable & Merkur 20C





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    Parker 91R Parker 98R


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    Maggard MR-7

    The Maggard and Parkers will be roughly in the 20-35 dollar range and are usually pretty good in quality.

    The Merkurs are in the 35-75 dollar range and are very good in quality.

    There may be something out there with an even longer handle, but these are the one I know about.

    Oh, welcome to The Shave Den! :signs046:
     
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  4. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    Your title says Vintage DE with Long Handle. I am thinking the Gillette Black Beauty adjustable.
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  5. GDCarrington

    GDCarrington Burma Shave

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  6. Ryan B

    Ryan B Knight of the Soapocracy

    Or pick up a Weber Classic handle... They'll go with almost any three piece razor head.
     
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  7. Bristle Me

    Bristle Me Insufficient

    :signs081:

    I missed the "vintage" part. Sorry.
    Jayaruh's Black Beauty comes to mind first, they are very nice.
    But, this comes to mind also. Schick Krona.

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    I just saw one on ebay that looked to be in pretty good shape. Asking price was about $10.00
     
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  8. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    The Gillette Star razors. Yeah, marketed for for women, just don't tell your face, it'll never know. A fantastic razor.
     
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  9. Joelio

    Joelio Well-Known Member

    All good suggestions: Super Adjustables, Kronas and the Gillette Stars are all great and have long handles. The stars have the longest of them (meant for shaving the ladies legs!)
     
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  10. SRNewb

    SRNewb Well-Known Member

    The Gillette Star(actual name Lady Gillette) is a great choice, as is the Krona. I have both, and both are great razors, with the Lady Gillette just edging out the Krona in build quality IMHO, and the Krona giving a bit better shave, again IMHO.
     
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  11. Slow Joe

    Slow Joe Relishing his obsession

    I can vouch for the black beauty, it is a nice long handled adjustable DE razor.
     
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