Comb/No-comb English NEW

I got this English Flat Bottom LC New in a lot of razors a long time ago. I kind of cleaned it up, but it had severe plating loss on one corner, so it sat around never used. I was inspired by @twhite and @GAW9576 to do this modification. Tom had created a DE razor with no comb and @GAW9576 did the same modification I am doing here.

Before I started.


See the plating loss. That is the side that will go.


I clamped it in my vice to remove the comb with a hack saw.


The comb is now gone.

Now I am going to have to dress the cut and deal with the corrosion.






I got most of the grunge off and now have a brush finish on the cap.


I am calling this my Comb/No-comb razor.


Here it is finished with my Razor Emporium Ball End Handle.

 

Can’t wait for the shave report.

 

That's one more way to skin a cat.

 

It will be next week. This week is spoken for.

 

very cool Jim.the brit new rfb is a fantastic shaving razor imo,one of their best.cool mod..

 

Here is the razor I have that was referred to above.
Mine is a new long comb. I don't have an RFB let alone a spare for modification.

 

this is the razor set in its as new form. or this one..

 

I wanted to see if a half blade would work in this configuration. It looks like it will.



It appears to clamp the blade in securely. I will be trying this out next week some time in conjunction with @GAW9576 and will post results here.

 

I figured it would with the little tabs on the bottom of the cap to hold the blafe from shifting forward.

 

I'll keep that in mind if I make another one. This one had a badly bent outer tooth on that side which is why I picked it for the mod.

 

I read that too late. No problem. I don't have guides on my straights either.

 

I had an excellent shave today with my newly modified Gillette New long comb/no comb loaded with a new Bluebird. The JA Henckels Rapide with an 8th use Gem SS PTFE also came out to play.