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As I wrote in the TS on the Feather 1500, Feather made a more interesting razors than just those we all know about. One of those is this model 1010: Rather pretty, rather rare, and slanted. High quality chrome-plating, a plastic knob on the end of the handle, cardboard case with blades and...

We all know Feather from their bloody sharp blades, their AS-D2 and their Artist Club Exchangeable Blade Straights (Most of us would say Shavette, but that is ™Dovo/Merkur, so should not be used for other brands.). They made, however, numerous other razors, amongst which this beautiful model...

Funny name for a razor that is not a slant in any way, nor is humpbacked to force a slanted stroke. Still, it is a slant, so I had to have it :lol Original case, original blade packs. No research on company yet, but the patentnumber is US2098851

The Croscut is a slanted (only diagonal, not torqued) SE, produced by the Temperite Co in Philadelphia. They supplied the United Drug Co in Boston, who then sold the razor through their Rexall Drugstores. Patent (Thank you Andreas ) asked for and granted in 1911, ™ in 1912. An United Drug Co...

A brand that pops up on our favorite international auctionsite regularly, yet is bought not that often as it needs proprietary blades. A pity, really, as these are basically B3-derivatives and as such shave pretty good! If only we could put our modern blade of choice in it ... I haven't been...

I'm in the midst of figuring out more about this brand and where it came from, so more on that later (unless y'all have some info, which you are very welcome to share). First some razors. The next few posts will detail this beautiful trio of slants:

Ginge is a razorbrand that originates in a small Danish village. Hard to find any razors by them, they seem to have focused on breadslicers, as did that other Danish brand Raadvad. Basically, this is a copy of the British Shard razor. I have chrome and Nickel ones with a topcap with...

Even though the original slant-patent is British, I've yet to find a British slant following that patent. I did find a whole unique slanted concept, and that is the Shard. The Shard razor is a British invented, British made razor with a patented asymmetrical head, with one end wider than the...

A slant not found too often is the Danish Raadvad. Not that torqued, it is quite an efficient little razor. One of the things I like about it is that is has an open comb. I've not found any other models than this slant, nor did I find any other info.

The RAS Diagonal is a straight copy of the MEM Diagonal. I haven't found out anything other about it than that ... Interestingly, both RAS and MEM claim original patents. No idea which is true, haven't found the patents yet. More descriptive post about razors and head: see MEM. Long handle...

Mr M.E. Mayer had an export-company on the Lokowitzplatz in Vienna. For some reason he branched out into shaving. He patented a parallelogram-shaped head/blade and was granted that patent 10-12-1923. This is European notation, so probably means 10 December 1923. The same head was also used on...

Back in the 1950s-60s, possibly 70s too, Merkur produced more slants than just the 37 and 39. One of thee was this 36. Thin, silver handle, chrome, non-scalloped head, but more remarkable: a short screw! This head can be placed on other handles, although I wouldn't know why. As pretty as its...

During the 1950s-60s (possibly 70s, too) Merkur made more slants than just the 37 and 39. One of those was this beautiful 38, a modelnumber that has since been reused for an ordinary DE. This however is the vintage slant, which resembles a 37 except the handle is much sleeker, the handle is...

Trumpf is a well-known brand from the DDR, probably even from pre-DDR-tims. The CP in the middle of their logo should be the producer, but so far it is unknown who that producer was. It is possible that the less often seen Pneumand razors came from the same manufacturer. Trumpf is best known for...

The things we do for science ... Here I am, working on getting all available and nonavailable slantmodels. just so you all have a nice overview of what there is in the world, and then you get this. One of several brands that used a bad Pakistani copy of a Merkur head. Terribly finished, it is...

The Chicago cutlerer Pomco was founded by Otto Pomper, an American of German descent. Like many others, he sold Solingen wares in his store, amngst which rebranded Merkur razors. Later, he/they designed their own models too, some of which were fitted with Merkur heads. The Pomco 37:

Coles apparently was a New York cutleryshop, that sold razors too. They, like Hoffritz and then some, sold rebranded Merkur razors. Heres My Coles 37:

Founded in New York by a mr Hoffritz, an American of German descent, Hoffritz sold Solingen Razors and cutlery under their own name. Where they got their cutlery from, I don't know, but their razors were rebranded Merkur. Here's my first Hoffritz, a 37:

In Sweden, there was a variation on the Neo-Gam/etc: Sesam. Unknown producer, unknown whether they licensed from Zaiss. Did have their own patent though: 109997, but I haven't found it yet. Although the clamping-mechanism, the 45° tilt, and the baseplate are identical to the Zaiss-offerings, the...

Kabrand used to be a French razormaker. A French forum shows an invoice from 1922, and they existed until after WW2. Apart from straights (very good ones I might add) they made DE's and blades. The DE's came as regular and (non-torqued) slants, all in gold, silver and chrome. Most DE's have a...