June 2024

[TobyC]

I found these little beauties at an antique shop while I was on vacation in North Carolina.

Nice!!!  But.....is that one suppose to open?

I found these little beauties at an antique shop while I was on vacation in North Carolina.

Nice!!!  But.....is that one suppose to open?

That looks like a "66" and should not be opened I think.

I didn't look that close when I bought it. I found out that it opened when I got home. Apparently a previous owner clipped a tab. Not something I would do, especially to a razor in such good condition. The razor is in otherwise excellent condition. So for the $9 I paid for it I'm not exactly upset that it isn't supposed to open but now does.

Just make sure the blade is clamped tightly or it may shift off of the stops and be dangerous. They made them unopenable because opening them can reduce spring tension.

[TobyC]

Both sides of the fork are supposed to push the bottom plate up to keep it tight, there also used to be a tab in the middle to prevent opening. It may be loose on one side.

[GAW9576]

I found these little beauties at an antique shop while I was on vacation in North Carolina.

Nice!!!  But.....is that one suppose to open?

I found these little beauties at an antique shop while I was on vacation in North Carolina.

Nice!!!  But.....is that one suppose to open?

That looks like a "66" and should not be opened I think.

I didn't look that close when I bought it. I found out that it opened when I got home. Apparently a previous owner clipped a tab. Not something I would do, especially to a razor in such good condition. The razor is in otherwise excellent condition. So for the $9 I paid for it I'm not exactly upset that it isn't supposed to open but now does.

Just make sure the blade is clamped tightly or it may shift off of the stops and be dangerous. They made them unopenable because opening them can reduce spring tension.

Thank you for the heads up. I kind of already knew that but it doesn't hurt to be reminded. I shaved with it today (which I will post soon) at first because I hand loaded the blade and closed it (because I was using the Persona 74 that was in my Schick A). At first the blade did end up on top of the blade stops. But I inspected everything before trying to shave and caught the error and corrected it. Once corrected everything was good to go and it shaved wonderfully. By the way it's good to have you back here.

[TobyC]

I found these little beauties at an antique shop while I was on vacation in North Carolina.

Nice!!!  But.....is that one suppose to open?

I found these little beauties at an antique shop while I was on vacation in North Carolina.

Nice!!!  But.....is that one suppose to open?

That looks like a "66" and should not be opened I think.

I didn't look that close when I bought it. I found out that it opened when I got home. Apparently a previous owner clipped a tab. Not something I would do, especially to a razor in such good condition. The razor is in otherwise excellent condition. So for the $9 I paid for it I'm not exactly upset that it isn't supposed to open but now does.

Just make sure the blade is clamped tightly or it may shift off of the stops and be dangerous. They made them unopenable because opening them can reduce spring tension.

Thank you for the heads up. I kind of already knew that but it doesn't hurt to be reminded. I shaved with it today (which I will post soon) at first because I hand loaded the blade and closed it (because I was using the Persona 74 that was in my Schick A). At first the blade did end up on top of the blade stops. But I inspected everything before trying to shave and caught the error and corrected it. Once corrected everything was good to go and it shaved wonderfully. By the way it's good to have you back here.

Thank you sir!

[Wchnu]

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I found these little beauties at an antique shop while I was on vacation in North Carolina.

Nice!!!  But.....is that one suppose to open?

I found these little beauties at an antique shop while I was on vacation in North Carolina.

Nice!!!  But.....is that one suppose to open?

That looks like a "66" and should not be opened I think.

I didn't look that close when I bought it. I found out that it opened when I got home. Apparently a previous owner clipped a tab. Not something I would do, especially to a razor in such good condition. The razor is in otherwise excellent condition. So for the $9 I paid for it I'm not exactly upset that it isn't supposed to open but now does.

Lol. Indeed