The "Not Gillette" Vintage DE Thread

No. That's the case for one of these:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...h-December-2013-Rotbart?p=5696231#post5696231



The razor is German for sure, but not Rotbart. Unlike many other German brands, you can easily ID a Rotbart because they all have marks.

nuclearblast said:

No. That's the case for one of these:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...h-December-2013-Rotbart?p=5696231#post5696231

The razor is German for sure, but not Rotbart. Unlike many other German brands, you can easily ID a Rotbart because they all have marks.

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Hi,

Am I the only one chuckling?

Stan

KQY61 said:

Hi,

Am I the only one chuckling?

Stan

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Hey chuckles, if you can stop laughing for a while can you tell me what the razor is? Now I will have to find a razor for the case.

Don't worry about that. It's a nice score. Those German handles are very cool, and who knows, it might be a great shaver.

Germany produced countless no name razors and many of them are great shavers.

But you should definitely try to find a Rotbart OC like the one I posted, the shaves are great!

nuclearblast said:

Don't worry about that. It's a nice score. Those German handles are very cool, and who knows, it might be a great shaver.

Germany produced countless no name razors and many of them are great shavers.

But you should definitely try to find a Rotbart OC like the one I posted, the shaves are great!

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I was going to use my Star tomorrow for that first time, but I might try the no name instead. I have to put aRotbart on the radar.

Roderick said:

I was going to use my Star tomorrow for that first time, but I might try the no name instead. I have to put aRotbart on the radar.

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Please try the Star!
I have several of those no name German razors and do not find them to be all that great. I am, however, very interested in your opinion of the Star ...

DrAwkward said:

Please try the Star!
I have several of those no name German razors and do not find them to be all that great. I am, however, very interested in your opinion of the Star ...

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The blade is loaded in the Star. I will use the German one another day.

Roderick said:

The blade is loaded in the Star. I will use the German one another day.

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Roderick said:

Hey chuckles, if you can stop laughing for a while can you tell me what the razor is? Now I will have to find a razor for the case.

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Hi,

Sorry. It was the use of the word 'marks' what did it.

It is very likely a Generic. There were several metal foundries in Solingen supporting the razor business. They made razors without any ID for the private label trade. As in department stores. So, the only ID would be on the box. Also, some of the straight razor makers bought the same generic parts and sold them in their own boxes.

Stan

Thanks chuckles! ☺ the generic is aluminum, very very light. I used the Star this morning and loaded with Rapira it gave me a very good shave, as good as any tech.

Star Bakelite.

nuclearblast said:

No. That's the case for one of these:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...h-December-2013-Rotbart?p=5696231#post5696231

The razor is German for sure, but not Rotbart. Unlike many other German brands, you can easily ID a Rotbart because they all have marks.

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I am reading something here...



... which looks exactly like the "Rotbart Mond Extra" writing on mine (which has a slightly different head though):

Haegar said:

I am reading something here...



... which looks exactly like the "Rotbart Mond Extra" writing on mine (which has a slightly different head though):

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Whaddya mean, different head?

Seriously, what am I missing ... they look the same to me.

fordfather said:

Star Bakelite.

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Here another one:



The case of mine seems to be PVC. not sure about the baseplate and handle material. The cap is some kind of metal which seems to be heavier than Aluminum - it think it most likely is some Zinc alloy (no brass where the plating has gone).

nuclearblast said:

Whaddya mean, different head?

Seriously, what am I missing ... they look the same to me.

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Look at the teeth: the profile seems to be slightly different (and on the inside of the base plate of mine there's the whole usual blurb engraved).

Haegar said:

Look at the teeth: the profile seems to be slightly different (and on the inside of the base plate of mine there's the whole usual blurb engraved).

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Idk ... I think it's because of the angle of the picture, but still they look the same. Like the one I have, all 3 are the same:

nuclearblast said:

Idk ... I think it's because of the angle of the picture,

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Agreed. And a bit of overexposed hights in the pic with the red background.
But the I don't get your remark here:

nuclearblast said:

The razor is German for sure, but not Rotbart. Unlike many other German brands, you can easily ID a Rotbart because they all have marks.

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Haegar said:

But the I don't get your remark here:

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Don't you agree this handle screams ''Hergestellt in Deutschland''?



But AFAIK, all Rotbarts have some kind of marks, in fact all I've seen are pretty explicit and say ''Rotbart'' ...

Edgar, I think you either were, or now are messing up things.

Haegar said:

Edgar, I think you either were, or now are messing up things.

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I was replying to this post.