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Post by sharpspine on Aug 13, 2011 12:36:36 GMT -5
I just heard about this razor from someone and think it looks amazing. The only downside it appears is that it uses a proprietary blade which can be next to impossible to locate. The razor is a self sharpening razor. You shake it with some honing paste compound on the blade and it sharpens itself. Does anyone here have any experience with this razor that appears to have been made out of Ohio? Are these pretty much just a collectors piece? If not, I'd love to hear how it shaves! Attachments:
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Post by wchnu on Aug 14, 2011 16:14:05 GMT -5
I have found that most of the time those are just show piece's. They always seem to be like the snake oil gimmicks. Look good but really were not that functional. I will admit that I have never tried to use one but then again I have used a lot of different razors.
So I would say a pretty addition to a collection but not much use as a shaver.
Fuzzy
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Post by Possum on Aug 15, 2011 4:51:31 GMT -5
According to the Waits Compendium it was patented in 1932. Two models the Syncrokeen 1 & 2. There is a 1934 ad in the Compendium (I could not copy and paste it), that says you can get "two to four years service ... unlimited clean, quick, low-cost shaves. Positively GUARANTEED."
Sounds too good to be true.
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Post by rocketman on Aug 16, 2011 19:21:26 GMT -5
I picked up a ShakeSharp which is a rather similar item. Shook the heck out of that thing!!! Still like shaving with an grass sickle. I don't imagine this one would be a heck of a lot better really. It is interesting that people kept buying products that suggested you could successfully resharpen blades over and over. But, this razor being in the 30's suggests that people were buying the argument for decades. I bet there must have been some folks that really dreaded their morning shaves!! "I gotta go shave honey!"  |
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