July 2015

Paul, I have the identical Kampfe Star but have not used it in a long time.  I'll have to give it another go.

My favorite lather catcher is my 1907 Ever Ready:

Yeah, do ... it's a different shave indeed, even for a lather catcher. Lovely Ever Ready! I have one of those, but it's not as good a condition as yours. I mean to get it replated. I do have a couple of really quite mint GEM Junior Bar/Elite razors which are my absolute favourite razors. I love the 1912, but there's something just a cut above with the GEM Junior Bar.

I have a couple of the GEM Junior Bars but the two lather catchers I use the most are the 1907 Ever Ready and a STAR (different than the Kampfe STAR we each have).  I also enjoy my 1912 GEM Damaskeene and 1914 Ever-Ready SE razors. There is always a discussion going on as to whether or not those last two are lather catchers.  Frankly, I see them as transitional.  In other words, you can see the lather catcher heritage in them but you can also see them evolving into the modern SE razor.

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My two Ladies Eversharp Beauty Razors arrived in the post yesterday........These are short handled Type K 3 versions of the earlier Long Handled Type K 2 Models and are somewhat rare and hard to find......In fact, I have never seen these before....They are as rare as hens teeth.....The Ladies Eversharp Beauty K 3 is the cut down handle model for a Compact Case Set......These have the Hydro Magic Heads and lever function to open for cleaning.....They came with two packs of X 4 NOS Schick Krona Blades.....Cant be bad at that....[Image: eek.png].

One has a Silver Hydro Head and the other has a Golden Hydro Head......I gave these razors the cleaning treatment and they are both in Mint Condition.....If someone had sold these as NOS there would have been no argument.....[Image: rolleyes.png]

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Billy

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Something for the Mrs, eh?

Something for the Mrs, eh?

She left me years ago....How fortunate I am.....

Billy

Well that was a foot in mouth moment ...

Mail call, today

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Olive Wood, Manchurian Bulb 26/50mm

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So I've been traditional shaving for a year and a half now, and I've tried the following razors, with various blades, to find what was best for me:

Edwin Jagger DE89
Parker 26C
Merkur Futur
Merkur 39C

I decided that a slant head is best for me, and ordered up an Above The Tie colossus slant as my first "high end" razor.

I received it today and I'm thoroughly impressed with how it was packaged, and the craftsmanship is orders of magnitude better than any of my other razors. I can't wait to give it try! My terrible pictures don't do it justice.

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An Amazing Frag!