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Apollo / Ben Hur

Walid said:
Can you post a picture of the box?


@efsk bought it. It's a slant, what did you expect? The slant master will live it be? Of course not. :)
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Yep. I can honestly say I was thinking of efsk (Richard) when I saw that Palmera branded "Ben Hur/Apollo" slant. So good call on your part Walid!
 
Snowbeard said:
Yep. I can honestly say I was thinking of efsk (Richard) when I saw that Palmera branded "Ben Hur/Apollo" slant. So good call on your part Walid!
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The Palmera is not like the here shown Apollo/Ben Hur. It is actually a Walbusch B3. The head is tilted only, not torqued like the Apollo.
But yes, I bought it :)
 
efsk said:
The Palmera is not like the here shown Apollo/Ben Hur. It is actually a Walbusch B3. The head is tilted only, not torqued like the Apollo.
But yes, I bought it :)
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Great! Tilted? Torqued? A picture (or two) is worth a thousand words! Congrats by the way (looks like no one's surprised the Palmera ended up with you).
 
Here's my only Ben-Hur. It was part of a large lot I picked up a couple of years ago.
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Hrudeep said:
A pleasant discovery

I was searching for a old straight razor that I knew was lying somewhere in my house and I found this Ben Hur open comb lying in bathroom cabinet. It was just lying there since decades completely overlooked as to its origins. It's been about five years since I've into wet shaving with DE razors but was totally unaware of its existence.
Oh, and I found the straight razor too

A three-piece razor with a bakelite handle. There was no box or case unfortunately.View attachment 31792View attachment 31793View attachment 31794View attachment 31795View attachment 31796View attachment 31797View attachment 31798
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I like how this Ben Hur OC performs. Are there any similar razors available? Would the Merkur 15 C be comparable to this? I'm looking to buy one and wanted a few recommendations.
 
A few of my Ben Hur family of razors. Truly a unique lot -- and you'll see how they've evolved over the iterations. What a time it must have been for the gentlemen/customers who had so many options to choose from -- how were the decisions made?

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That razor, with a similar head to the 1-piece Ben Hur is actually branded Apollo, not Ben Hur. Apparently, made from a similar mold.
 
Jake said:
A few of my Ben Hur family of razors. Truly a unique lot -- and you'll see how they've evolved over the iterations. What a time it must have been for the gentlemen/customers who had so many options to choose from -- how were the decisions made?

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That razor, with a similar head to the 1-piece Ben Hur is actually branded Apollo, not Ben Hur. Apparently, made from a similar mold.
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Hello Jake. You left out my favourite Ben-Hur/Apollo: the 1st Generation Adjustable, a.k.a. the Mikron!
 
That all-bakelite came in several versions. I've four different ones, three of which are in the following pic. The white heads are differiential, marked. The one not in this pic is completely unbranded. Also see the Hans Jarke brochure, 1936 or thereabouts according to seller, that has one of these as a "Zweischnitt", "Twocut". Other razors on the same page are Glattja (smooth yes) which links an Apollo with a Mulcuto Needlepoint that's branded Glatjanova.
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