What are you waiting on to arrive...?

Gotcha. I was editing my post while you were posting, to add the one you just posted about.

 

I had forgotten about that one. Now that's just something else I need to keep an eye out for, AKA put in my watchlist. lol

 

My Stahly does not spin either and I don't believe they were intended to. When you look at how the base plate is built it was merely designed to move while it vibrated.

 

Having seen one, a month or so ago, where both guards on it did spin, and now seeing the patent information, I believe there are different variants out there.

 

Quite possible. So many things were attempted over the years. Mine looks riveted and is solid. Spinning it would break it no doubt. There may be others that do though.

 

When you post pictures of yours, I have resurrected the old Stahly thread in the Safety Razors forum.

 

very cool.the earliest likeness i have seen to a safety guard.

 

Picked up an F4 dated Toggle, looks to be in good condition with the original paint still intact.
Paid more than I would have liked to but nowhere near as what the seller was asking.

 

Looks very fine condition! Congrats!

 

Remains to be seen in person and tested. I've had a few Toggles in the past but sold them. It is not like they are as rare as it is made out to be but as long as people are willing to pay COVID inflated prices still, that is the market like it or not.

 

cool score..

 

Congrats!


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Thanks Gary

 

Three mismatched Gillette sets................

 

I paid way more than I wanted but I love my A1 Auto Strop the best and really wanted an A2.......

 

I've had the privilege to use one with the option to keep it afterwards and I passed because it was too mild. With that said it is still a nice collector piece and maybe you'll find it a better shaver.

Also the razor qualifies as a unicorn. Your's is the first one I've seen for sale in 5 years. I've seen a few before but they were already owned and not for sale. There is only 1 Type A that is even more unicornish than that one and it is a Type A with a floral handle like the Gillette pocket edition razors. I've never seen one of those except for in an old catalog.

 

Thanks, if anything like the A1 it'll be a smooth and efficient shaver for me. Not sure how the 2 compare but have to know

 

Best way to find out. One reason I think that razor is so rare when I did some research on Autostrops I found that they only sold those in Canada and England between about 1916 - 1919. In the US they went directly to Type B razors in that time frame. The type B razors didn't show up in Canada or England until around 1919.

 

Here is my shave with it from last year.
https://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/injector-se-party.23113/page-1468#post-1778668