Upside Down Baseplate Appreciation Thread

[StewB]

The enjoyment generated by this thread brightens my day. Thanks B&B!

 

[slimshavy]

There’s a lot for auction now that includes a very rare Gillette prewar fat handled upside down baseplate. I was tempted to bid, but I already have 3 techs, and one of them is a very similar post war fat handled reversed baseplate. I mean really, how many upside down baseplate razors do I need to own?

Your Regus Patoff collection could always use another.

 

[LJBraaten]

Your Regus Patoff collection could always use another.

You’re right! I do believe it is also one of those!!

 

[StewB]

The Regus Patoffs with reverse baseplates are especially rare and valuable.

 

[McKinneys]

Pouch it upside down.

 

[Filudo]

You all seem to know a lot about razor assembly and such. I’ve been having problems with my Leaf razor. Can’t seem to get a good shave, and I get lots of nicks and weepers. Anyone else having this problem?

Don't panic, this can be easily fixed: use a Gem blade from the hardware store, and it will work just fine.....

 

[McKinneys]

Zero waste if you turn your baseplate upside down.

 

[slimshavy]

Someone is selling this on the bay. The upside-down baseplate is almost quaint, given their difficulty solving the handle puzzle:

I only hope someone buys this before the seller tries to stick a blade in ... somewhere.

 

[StewB]

I have trouble with spoons because many times the concave parts are upside down.

 

[TheAristocrat]

A downright dirty duo with a third wheel! Wetshavers shield your eyes to this atrocity!

 

[emwolf]

so grateful this thread continues!

 

[PintoPlain]

I always assumed a tech baseplate could be used upside down to protect the blade (or fingers) when not in use. When I started shaving I used a tech of some type and always inverted the baseplate when not in use.

Or was I mistaken?

 

[emwolf]

I always assumed a tech baseplate could be used upside down to protect the blade (or fingers) when not in use. When I started shaving I used a tech of some type and always inverted the baseplate when not in use.

Or was I mistaken?

I've heard that since joining B&B, but we shared a Tech and a Super that was shared between me and my three brothers and we never inverted the base plate on the Tech. We also rarely changed the blade.

 

[PintoPlain]

I've heard that since joining B&B, but we shared a Tech and a Super that was shared between me and my three brothers and we never inverted the base plate on the Tech. We also rarely changed the blade.

I started using a tech before the internet, never mind b&b. My dad gave me a plastic handled Gillette tech with two or three blades. It was NOS at the time. I just tore it open and used it until I couldn't get DE blades anymore. Then had to move on to carts for a decade or so. I wish I had started with straights, but that was never an option.

 

[Dobric]

 

[Useless shaver]

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[emwolf]

current (Feb 2024) listing on Ebay

 

[Joezamboni]

I’ll just add this methbilly razor from an old eBay listing I saw a while ago to mix things up

 

[RAD patient]

I’ll just add this methbilly razor from an old eBay listing I saw a while ago to mix things upView attachment 1793997

WTAF

 

[Guido75]

Someone is selling this on the bay. The upside-down baseplate is almost quaint, given their difficulty solving the handle puzzle:
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I only hope someone buys this before the seller tries to stick a blade in ... somewhere.

Ehhh… that handle doesn’t screw into anything either in this configuration.