Well I snagged my first vintage razor at a antique shop. $5 for a Berkeley Shave Selector. It's a 3-piece closed comb. Not able to find much info on it and it's definitely not as fancy as most of the other vintage items but the price was right. I have seen the giant Berkeley adjustable around but have come up with nothing on this model. Anyone seen one of these? Thanks.
First Vintage Razor (Berkeley Shave Selector)
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That is an adjustable as well. There is a spring loaded plate in the base plate (or the plate bolted to the baseplate functions as a spring in and of itself, I forget)and the more you tighten the razor according to those markers, the plate in there distorts into a different radius reducing the aggression by changing blade attack angle relative to the bar. It's not an easy razor to find.
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Very interesting. Here is a picture of the other side of the bottom plate and it has another plate/shim exactly as you described. It's the shiniest part on the razor.
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That is the adjustment plate.
Just line that arrow on the collar of the handle to each given x or o and try it out at each aggression.
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Just need to clean it, disinfect, and will give it a whirl. Will report back on the shave in the near future.
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