Brillant

[efsk]

Looks like I've not, until now, posted any of my Brillant razors. Time the change that.
Brillant was a DDR-razorbrand. The made some really nice plastic/plastic-metal slants that shave pretty well.
Recently however I found a razor made by Brillant, steel, and differential in the sense that one side is regular and one side is torqued. I've seen these before, but never by Brillant. This being completely steel makes me think 1950s at the latest. No idea how this one shaves as I haven't tried it yet.
Funny: the knob is marked as if it is an adjustable razor. It is not.

As you can see the razor is rather coarsely teethed. Also, on the next pic, there's a dot on the cap and a dot on the handle. These need to be aligned in order for the cap to fit properly,

Putting the cap on backwards makes it not fit correctly:

Cap clearly shows it is torqued:

Rust. So neither brass nor zamac.

 

[Snowbeard]

Brilliant! ..I mean Brillant.

 

[TobyC]

Brilliant! ..I mean Brillant.

You know, I didn't even notice that it didn't have an i in it.

 

[efsk]

Here's a Brillant slant from later days, as exemplified by the aluminum handle. I've a slight fondness for Brilland slants, as they perform regardless of type/generation.

 

[efsk]

Another slant. Came to me NOs, with original packaging. Head is more or less the same as above, handle quite a bit neater.
EVP means Einzelhandelsverkaufspreis, the state-determined price at which this razor was allowed to be sold.

 

[efsk]

This is a cool razor too. Looks a lot like the Merkur 75, except that one is only tilted and this one is torqued. A real worthwhile razor.