Gibbs Replica Razor

It was worth $5,000 up until the point when he sliced open the box seals.

 

It was just a cardboard box until he opened it. Obviously not a speculator.

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Good video. Answered some questions i had. Hmmm i wish i still had the aluminum version . But i liked the heavy head a little more.

 

I bet the Aluminum has a bit better balance, but I think I'll trade that for the extra weight.

 

It does have better balance and I prefer it to the unmodified brass one. but with a brass sleeve the brass 15/17 is perfectly balanced. For whatever reason i do like the handling on my Progress better though (and prefer the shave on the Apollos).

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Pics Aluminum stock, modified brass.



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Jeff, what length is your sleeve ? Getting Claudio to do one for me and never measured the one I had before that was a little longer and required the extension also........

 

Claudio's looks to be about 53mm.

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Thanks

 

Haha, thanks Jody and Jeff, spot on

Yup. I’m personally in this to touch history - and not to store away wonders in dark drawers. YMMV of course, but I make a point to shave with all my razors, even my Techmatic and my Davies Rythmic. This Gibbs razor package was sealed up along with hundreds similar ones on the same day in the late 1930s - never intended to not be used.

 

My Heritage Gibbs replica came in the mail a couple weeks ago but I was away until last night. Got to have my first shave with it this morning and it didn't disappoint. Thanks @Dave in KY for your youtube video on fixing the backwards baseplate. Mine had that problem too but I'm glad it's an easy fix. My shave this morning was with the razor on N just like I usually use my real Gibbs and I used a Rapira Swedish Supersteel blade. The result was an effortless BBS with absolutely no alum tingle afterward. Need to have a few more shaves with it to be sure the results are consistent but it seems to be close enough to a real Gibbs to me.

 

It really is a fine shaver. Is it identical to the OG? No but, it's very close and arguably one of the best replica/clones in the market today.

 

It would have been a very competent & quality shaver if the all stainless version had come to fruition. Unfortunately, it was not in the cards as of this posting and Heritage Collection did not get the response from the wet shave community that it needed to proceed forward in potentially making it happen. This Brass & Zamak version though is still an excellent razor that delivers quality results punching above its weight class in terms of shave performance. Of all the clones, copies, replicas or dupes, however one wants to classify them, this one to me was the closest that assimilated most to the OG Gibbs Reglable. It offers great cutting ability with above average smoothness & comfort. For the money, it was an excellent alternative to the much pricier and very hard to find Gibbs (in good to excellent condition) while also eliminating the need to modify blades as has to be done to use the original properly. Interest has died down significantly concerning the Gibbs except for the diehard collector and the Heritage Replica is exactly that, a replica of a legendary razor that one could argue was ahead of its time. Nevertheless, this replica is a very competent razor that delivers a very close rendition in performance to the Gibbs Reglable.