Help me pick out a great super-short stubby razor.

Discussion in 'Safety Razors' started by Tim Spencer, Feb 23, 2018.

  1. Tim Spencer

    Tim Spencer Well-Known Member

    Hey guys,

    What are the best options (both vintage and current) for a short stubby razor? I need lots of suggestions so that I can pick something out. This is one of the razor types I don't have yet.
     
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  2. GlennConti

    GlennConti Well-Known Member

    GilletteTravelTechSmall.jpg IkonTuckaway.jpg

    Gillette Travel Tech

    Plus you can add an iKon Tuckaway Handle shown above for $21
     
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  3. Zykris

    Zykris Well-Known Member

    I'll throw out. The suggestion of a 1912 either Ever Ready or Gem single edge.
     
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  4. david of central florida

    david of central florida Rhubarb Rubber

    Find a Tuckaway 20170627_082257_resized(1).jpg I love mine.
    I also have and enjoy the ikon tuckaway handle, but there's nothing like the vintage McCoy.
    Tuckaway 's are great. 20170814_084247_resized.jpg here's mine with an r41 head (was a bit aggressive) but the stubby handle is nice.
     
  5. TobyC

    TobyC Well-Known Member

    Those aren't really short, unless you get a squat head razor in the thin metal case.
     
  6. TobyC

    TobyC Well-Known Member

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    TobyC Well-Known Member

  8. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    Maggard's MRT
     
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  9. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    Ikon Tuckaway with an Ikon SBS head
     
  10. Tim Spencer

    Tim Spencer Well-Known Member

    Show some pictures Enrico.
     
  11. Bookworm

    Bookworm Well-Known Member

    German travel razor (German/Austrian). You can use one part of the handle if you want really short, or screw on the next section if you need it longer. You can also put on a Gillette head, if you wish. (The one on the left has the whole handle, but the head is pesting like crazy. The one on the right I have half the handle, but is otherwise in great shape. )

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  12. Bookworm

    Bookworm Well-Known Member

    Oh -I would suggest the Miss Evans, Dainty Miss, Kewtie, and similar, but I'm assuming you want razors for which you can still get blades.
     
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  13. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    To be quite honest @jmudrick has recently got me looking at the Ikon SBS, due to they may not be available much longer with patent infringements. Though right now still available on ebay for $25 for the head.

    Here's the SBS thread.
    http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/ikon-sbs-2017.57758/
     
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    wchnu Duck Season!

  15. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

  16. Weasel640

    Weasel640 Well-Known Member

    Wow! It looks like whoever their photographer was for that is NOT a wet shaver. They took the photo with the base plate blatantly upside down...

    I'm actually curious about this now... So the bottom most portion of the handle, is it threaded the same so as to fit the head without the extension? If the threading is the same then in theory, you could also use that extension with a regular handle to make it longer as well?

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  17. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Lots of good choices here. Short handled Techs are good razors and these are two of mine. They can usually be found at good prices most of the time on Ebay.

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  18. Bookworm

    Bookworm Well-Known Member

    If it helps, even with the chinese knock-off plates from Vig/ZY, it's sometimes hard to figure out which side should be up.
     
  19. Weasel640

    Weasel640 Well-Known Member

    Ah but with the Merkur Plate it is fairly obvious... It would have taken the photographer all of two minutes to check to make sure he had it assembled correctly. S/he probably spent more time than that getting the lighting right... Being able to use the equipment you have does not make you a good photographer. Knowing your subject and being able to capture a good representation of your subject makes you a good photographer.
     
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  20. jmudrick

    jmudrick Type A Man

    Connaught assures me they will continue to stock the SBS despite the North America patent issue.

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