Wet Shaving Talk For 24 May 2024

You’re listening to Wet Shaving Talk powered by Sharpologist.com where we’re dedicated to preserving the art and skill of classic shaving. I’m your host Joe Borrelli and today is May 24th,2024.

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Today on the Show:

 

May Is Single Edge Razor Month !!

Auto Strop Razors and How They Work

Injector Razors: Schick was a Major Competitor

Modern Artist Club Style Razors 

May Is Dedication to Single Edge Safety Razors 

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Valet Auto Strop Razor

 

Personally I love Auto strop razors.  I think the design and stropping system is unique and fun to use. Auto strop razors were only produced for about 40 years or until the 1940’s but still have their place in the wet shaving hobby.  With about 10 models or so these razors were designed to use disposable blades that could be stropped inside the actual mechanism, thus prolonging blade life. 

 

The older models take a despined Gem blade and the newer models take the Feather FHS-10 blades, so they still can be used.  Personally I have a VC1 and VC4 in my collection and love using them. 

______________________________________________________________________________Injector Razors 

Injector razors were actually quite popular and were considered a competitor to Gillette’s Double Edge razors.  Although never surpassing Gillette in sales, there were alot of men who preferred the Schick injector so much that Gillette made attempts to create their own version which didn’t work out.

 

Although there is quite a store behind the Schick injector, it debuted in the 1920’s and was in production until 2001 when the model “O” was discontinued. 

 

Schick still produces an injector for veterinarians. It uses the same injector blades, but the razor lacks a guard bar so I wouldn’t try it.  Schick still makes blades which are readily available online and in some stores ( I found some in a drug store locally ) There are many homages to this razor, which will be discussed in the modern razor segment. 

______________________________________________________________________________Modern Artist Club Razor  

 

   

 

The modern Artist Club Style razor was extremely popular from 2014-2018, and still relevant for today.  These razors take the larger Professional Blades that were designed for hair shapers and shavettes alike. 

 

The Cobra Razor as seen in the image is the first of this design, and several others have emerged such as the Mongoose and Colonel.  These razors shave great and are fun to collect. 

 

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