What are you waiting on to arrive...?

If you look hard enough, this is what $17 shipped will get you on eBay. I'm looking forward to trying an Old Type for the first and last time. Then trying it as a Valencia style slant.

It's surprising to me that I've never actually owned one of these. I attribute it to my long-standing dislike of 3 piece razors, this razor's tendency to have split or cracked handles (this one as well) and my personal preference for razors without plate loss.

Also, the fact that I had a German travel razor, which is very similar.

This particular razor is most likely a frankenrazor, because both the thin cap and serial numbers (for non deluxe models) were phased out in 1921. This is a non serialized, thin cap razor, which means that either the razor was produced in late 1921/ early 1922 which would make it both rarer than it's serialized brethren, and less valuable; or it was paired with a baseplate from 1921-1928, which would make it worthless, from a collector's point of view. The latter is most likely the case. The baseplates remained unchanged between the two models, and the presence of serial numbers is the only way to differentiate between the two.

Either way, it lacks collectible value, despite it's overall good condition. This makes it the ideal candidate for conversion in my eyes.

 

Apparently my phone is low on memory, and can't upload pics. Hopefully the link works.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1918-WWI-G...7?pageci=2d8ad247-c2f9-4cc6-8222-31ac08451697

Khaki set from 1918, head looks to be in decent condition. Handle is hella split and in pieces. Case is in decent shape. Missing mirror.

I'm not really sure what to do with this set.

 

But the historical value! And swapping in a handle from another set would destroy the "historical authenticity" of this set.

I mean, if you ignore the fact that this razor is unusable as is, slantification would obviously destroy it!

Seriously though, I'm going to have to think long and hard about this. I have no issues with slanting a razor, but a WWI era set...eh.

 

True. I mean, from a certain perspective, you could even say I'm adding value to the remaining sets by withdrawing this one from the "collector's" market.