| Top Plate || Bottom Plate |
| A || A |
| B || A |
| B || B |
| A || B |
the new Fatip is diffrent than those mulhe 09 razors. Fatip stopped making Muhles heads on 2009....I have:
- AoS/Joris Horn - purchased used from eBay
- Joris Major - purchased new in 2011
- Muhle Pre-2008 R89 - purchased from Bull Goose
- Muhle Pre-2008 R41/Fa Tip - purchased from the BST
My Joris Horn has a different top plate than my Joris Major. The base plates are the same.
My Joris Horn has a different top plate and base plate than the Muhle Pre-2008 R89.
My Joris Horn has the same top plate but a different base plate than the Muhle Pre-2008 R41/Fa Tip.
My Joris Major has the same top plate but a different base plate than the Muhle Pre-2008 R89.
My Joris Major has a different top plate and bottom plate than the Muhle Pre-2008 R41/Fa Tip.
My Muhle Pre-2008 R89 has a different top plate but the same bottom plate than the Muhle Pre-2008 R41/Fa Tip.
In other words there are two different top plates and two different base plates. I'll arbitrarily label each type 'A' and 'B'.
Top Plate Bottom Plate Joris Horn A A Joris Major B A Muhle Pre-2008 R89 B B Muhle Pre-2008 R41/Fa Tip A B
I'm not sure why my Joris Horn and Joris Major are different. I purchased my Joris Horn on eBay and the seller listed it as an 'Art of Shaving' razor. I don't know how old it is either. Maybe AoS tweaked the razor when they rebranded it or maybe Joris changed the design recently. I can't say with certainty.
I'll put up some pictures tomorrow.
the new Fatip is diffrent than those mulhe 09 razors. Fatip stopped making Muhles heads on 2009....
It is a different head design, thats why we went for an outside vendor and paid double the price, or else we wouldve saved 50% and went w Fendrihan...why would i spend more money on a same head razor that i can buy here? you know i like to save money.
I checked fendrihan. No dice
Nice pic James. I didn't know about the differences in caps!
The manufacturer of the Fatip made a few different styles of that razor, which were rebranded variously. The chrome Mühle in your photo (3rd from the left) is the Fatip 42107. The nickel-plated, skinny one on the far right is a Fatip 42100. There's a gold-plated Fatip (42115) that was sold under the Premax brand in Australia.
Morocutti has a nice list of Fatips, although you cannot purchase from them online. Their website is in Italian, but if you click on "Rasoi" (razors) and then "Rasoi di Sicurezza" (safety razors) you'll find their catalog.
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Fendrihan doesn't sell the Pre-2008 R89 anymore and when they did, it wasn't for 50% of JeffE's group buy price. I got mine for ~$40 shipped. It was listed there as the Muhle R99, not to be confused with the Muhle razor case, but they're out of stock now.
Anyway, you can see the differences between the razors in my attached pictures. From left to right: AoS/Joris Horn, Joris Major, Muhle Pre-2008 R89, and Muhle Pre-2008 R41/Fa Tip.