Valet Autostrop Clones??

[4pointOh]

Pretty much what the title says...I know that feather produced a clone and that's why they make the FHS-10 blades that fit the autostrops. Were they very common? Japan only? I've never seen one in person or in pictures and have no clue what they were called. What about other knock offs? Do they exist? How do they shave?

Any info is appreciated, thanks in advance.

 

[Whiterook]

I can't say that I have seen any myself. They probably did refrain from exporting the to the US.

 

[RocketMan]

 

[rasoirdangereux]

Autostrop might be the most copied razors except Gillette in Japan. I've seen 6 or 7 different Japanese Autostrop knock offs like Walet, Prince, etc


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[RocketMan]

I never noticed these knock offs were out there. Thank you for posting. It makes sense, there are boatloads old DE clones, so why would these be spared? There aren’t really many clones of the ASR type single edge razors post 1919 I don’t think. Maybe I just haven’d looked! Thanks for the pics.

 

[Tanuki]

Great to see these! I had not known.

 

[rasoirdangereux]

Here are some pics of Kai version of Autostrop.