Souplex Safety Razors

In a recent thread, I asked for suggestions for a change from my noble, reliable vintage Gilletes. One member suggested a Souplex, which I understand were manufactured in Lancashire. Whilst this is not reassuring, it does not mean that Souplex should be automatically dismissed. Has anyone in B & B actually shaved with one of these devices, or am I to be the guinea pig?

I won a Souplex Open Comb razor in the "Remembering Sue" Auction last month -

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/427622-138-Is-That-A-Razor-In-Your-Pocket

Although the razor is lighter than one would expect it gives a really nice shave. i only shaved with it a week so I am anxious for it to come up again in my rotation to see if I like it as much the second time around.

Don't you ever break your rotation? I used to do that stuff with pipes, horses, shoes and Lord knows what else! I still do it, but only slightly. It meant that Wednesdays could be tarnished by a crappy pipe and uncomfortable brogues. And if I saw a single magpie on the way to the office, I was tempted to crawl back to bed..........

You might enjoy reading http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/383550-Shaving-With-The-Souplex-Double-Six

Fuzzypeg said:

Don't you ever break your rotation? I used to do that stuff with pipes, horses, shoes and Lord knows what else! I still do it, but only slightly. It meant that Wednesdays could be tarnished by a crappy pipe and uncomfortable brogues. And if I saw a single magpie on the way to the office, I was tempted to crawl back to bed..........

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I shave with the same razor Monday to Sunday; then on to the next one up. I don't have a set order for which razor to use; only that is different than the one used the previous week. If I have one I really like or a new one it might get used every other week till I am ready to try something else.

Very sensible. We don't need to become enslaved by our own regimes. Mind you in the days when we stuck rigidly to our routines, it might have meant that plain girls got taken out more often; albeit on Wednesdays, by badly shaven men in uncomfortable shoes, with vile smelling pipes!

There's info on mine in the WIKI pages http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/Souplex_Double_Six_Minor

Someone told me that it may not be a minor, I can't even remember where I got the information as to what it was exactly although I remember working hard on it.

It was ungodly aggressive as I did use it several times.

Thanks Mblakele, but I didn't mean the Bakelite jobs, which I just don't fancy.

i have one of the souplex oc razors like the Accountant has shown, for a oc razor its pretty mild, i dont think i have ever had a nick or cut from it, i did change the handle to a webber classic, the handle that comes with it lets it down, never had a bad shave with this combo.

Thanks for that. It is quite a good lookimg razor. Does it work properly with coventional DE blades?

Souplex razors work great with regular DE blades. Another non-Gillette razor with interesting history and variations.