I have a Golf 71 razor from Germany....Unique locking flip-top mechanism seems to work well.I haven't been able to shave with it however,seems it does not take a standard SE blade,nor the odd Feather SE blade...Any of you shavers know ??...proprietary blade only ? http://postimg.org/gallery/hq406r70/
Golf 71 Rasierapparat
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Nice find! I do not own one myself or tried one. I did see that someone mentioned that a double edge blade should fit in the razor.
It takes any DE blade. I shaved with mine a few days ago. It's an odd design but a nice shave.
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OK !...I saw it listed as a SE razor...I'll give it a shot with a nice DE blade now..Thanks for the info !
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Surprisingly good! I hope you enjoy it ... I find it turns a DE blade into an SE blade in more ways than the obvious, the very small blade exposure actually translating as a firm and well held blade, much akin to the feeling of a GEM SE blade when shaving.
Fun razor!
Fun razor!
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Tried the Golf 71 this morning with a fresh red label Gillette SS blade...The razor feels light in general,but the head feels really light...You can hear each and every whisker "pop" as it's mowed down...You have to be careful with this German razor,it shaves very sharply,but I just took normal ,slow even strokes,and the shave turned out very smooth with no problems at all.A very close shaving razor for me...
Beauty! Perfect training for a decent SE razor, like a 1912 ...
Pictures?
--Bob
--Bob
That's very cool. Good luck with the shaves.
Nice mate!
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Very excellent find. AS Wolfgang the German says
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I'm not malocchio, but I recently acquired a Golf 71 and shaved with it this morning, loaded with a new Personna Med Prep blade.
It definitely feels like a single edge rather than a DE. With its light weight, stamped plated brass sheet metal construction and plastic handle it rather reminded me of a Gem Featherweight.
The Personna blade was clearly not as sharp as a Gem stainless SE blade. I noticed some slight tugging and harshness. As far as aggressiveness it was in the middle of the scale, about like a 1912 (or Gillette NEW, to compare it to a DE).
The blade is held slightly curved and closer to perpendicular to the handle than most SE's, so the ideal blade angle was somewhat counter-intuitive. especially with it feeling like a Featherweight in the hand. The head is slightly angled, so it isn't like shaving with a DE. It took me a few strokes to figure it out.
End result was a BBS with no irritation and one solitary weeper. Nonetheless, it's not going to replace my Gems and Ever-Ready's.
--Bob
It definitely feels like a single edge rather than a DE. With its light weight, stamped plated brass sheet metal construction and plastic handle it rather reminded me of a Gem Featherweight.
The Personna blade was clearly not as sharp as a Gem stainless SE blade. I noticed some slight tugging and harshness. As far as aggressiveness it was in the middle of the scale, about like a 1912 (or Gillette NEW, to compare it to a DE).
The blade is held slightly curved and closer to perpendicular to the handle than most SE's, so the ideal blade angle was somewhat counter-intuitive. especially with it feeling like a Featherweight in the hand. The head is slightly angled, so it isn't like shaving with a DE. It took me a few strokes to figure it out.
End result was a BBS with no irritation and one solitary weeper. Nonetheless, it's not going to replace my Gems and Ever-Ready's.
--Bob
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These Golf razors are a fun razor to use, but I wouldn't recommend them as a replacement for the popular SE razors. Though they are much harder to find so worth picking up if you run across one.
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Spidey9 gives a great description....
My Golf 71 arrived today:
This razor has had a legendary kind of status for me since I first saw it discussed as an SE that took DE blades a few years ago.
The other razors I know of like this are the two models of Shakesharp, the Rocnel P and the Focus Dynamic.
The Shakesharps are truly magnificent razors - incredible shavers and good looking too.
The Rocnel P and Focus Dynamic both take half-blades and are quite mild but they have radical designs which make them very interesting.
As others point out the Golf 71 looks like a GEM Pushbutton gone crazy so I wonder how it will shave for me?
This razor has had a legendary kind of status for me since I first saw it discussed as an SE that took DE blades a few years ago.
The other razors I know of like this are the two models of Shakesharp, the Rocnel P and the Focus Dynamic.
The Shakesharps are truly magnificent razors - incredible shavers and good looking too.
The Rocnel P and Focus Dynamic both take half-blades and are quite mild but they have radical designs which make them very interesting.
As others point out the Golf 71 looks like a GEM Pushbutton gone crazy so I wonder how it will shave for me?
