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    FROM THE WILD, vintage razors recently purchased or inherited...!

    I have two of those. One, my late grandfather's, is on my "rota". and it shaves pretty well. I tried shimming it to mimic the heavier older...
    Post by: John Warr, May 7, 2020 in forum: Safety Razors
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    FROM THE WILD, vintage razors recently purchased or inherited...!

    Took a wander round a car boot sale yesterday morning and came home with these - the laurel blade box is full and untouched and there is a single...
    Post by: John Warr, Aug 5, 2019 in forum: Safety Razors
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    FROM THE WILD, vintage razors recently purchased or inherited...!

    This followed me home on Sunday. Brown Bakelite Wardonia - which does NOT take standard double edged blades.
    Post by: John Warr, Jun 12, 2019 in forum: Safety Razors
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    FROM THE WILD, vintage razors recently purchased or inherited...!

    Thanks - it looks quite nice. I don't suppose you have a PDF of the instructions do you ?
    Post by: John Warr, Feb 25, 2019 in forum: Safety Razors
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    Valet Auto-strop

    Does anyone have an instruction sheet / in-pack thingie for a Valet Auto-strop safety razor they can pdf for me ?
    Thread by: John Warr, Feb 25, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: Safety Razors
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    FROM THE WILD, vintage razors recently purchased or inherited...!

    Many thanks - that looks good - but I had already put a bid in on one :-0
    Post by: John Warr, Feb 25, 2019 in forum: Safety Razors
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    FROM THE WILD, vintage razors recently purchased or inherited...!

    A recent "bag". The Valet blade was in the bakelite Rolls Razor blade case I found on Sunday. The Gilette 195 dates from 3q 1967 and is my current...
    Post by: John Warr, Feb 19, 2019 in forum: Safety Razors
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    FROM THE WILD, vintage razors recently purchased or inherited...!

    Ah. The one on the left gives a different blade gap on either side :-)
    Post by: John Warr, Oct 23, 2018 in forum: Safety Razors
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    FROM THE WILD, vintage razors recently purchased or inherited...!

    And another (but this time a Souplex)[ATTACH] [ATTACH] . There is not a mark on the Bakelite case...
    Post by: John Warr, Oct 22, 2018 in forum: Safety Razors
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    FROM THE WILD, vintage razors recently purchased or inherited...!

    Picked this (Ever ready) [ATTACH] up the other day in a box with 2 strait razors (and a sealskin strop) and (yet another) Rolls. Patent date looks...
    Post by: John Warr, Sep 26, 2018 in forum: Safety Razors
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    The "what is" and " how to" thread for the Rolls Razor

    I have been thinking about honing "off case" and a couple of people have suggested one (or two) thicknesses of insulating tape on the heel of the...
    Post by: John Warr, Jan 29, 2018 in forum: Safety Razors
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    The "what is" and " how to" thread for the Rolls Razor

    [ATTACH] I recently picked up a container of Rolls strop dressing in it's original cardboard box (price 1s 7d) complete with it's own...
    Post by: John Warr, Jan 3, 2018 in forum: Safety Razors
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    The "what is" and " how to" thread for the Rolls Razor

    It has been suggested that I am over-thinking this :-) I await your information. Have a great vacation. :-)
    Post by: John Warr, Aug 23, 2017 in forum: Safety Razors
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    Technical question about Rolls Razors...

    Guilty. I are an engineer :-)
    Post by: John Warr, Aug 22, 2017 in forum: Safety Razors