Compax

[Walid]

Brand: Compax
Model: Compax
Blades: Proprietary wedge blade
Weight Handle: 15.5g
Weight Cap: 53.9g
Weight total: 69.4g
Box: Metal (rigid) Lithographed
Box weight: 332.5g
Origin: England
City: London
Manufacturer: SCM Compax
Year manufactured: Circa 1930 (according to ads of the time)


Very special razor Stropper mechanism in box, 3 settings for agressivness, telescoping handle. Original design.
One of the best pieces in my collection.
I wasn't able to get the blade out and I am not sure if they were selling blades for this.

Now look a the settings

 

[efsk]

Very fucking WOW!

 

[Walid]

Very fucking WOW!

I forgot to post these pics.

 

[efsk]

One of those razors you'd spend a kidney for.

 

[Walid]

Somebody bought a Compax for 300$ as of late apparently. Cheaper than selling a Kidney. I wonder who's the buyer . Hopefully a moderator in this forum.

 

[efsk]

No kidney, but got one. Different color housing than @Walid 's razor has. The razor has five aggressiveness settings, but I believe you can put the slider in any position you want: the markings are indicative.
Absolutely love the telescoping handle and the little screw on the side of the head that is used to unfasten the blade when you want to strop. Marvelous engineering.

 

[Walid]

I am not sure about the Kidney thing , You looked a bit pale last time I saw you.

Ah, the sacrifices one makes to get a rare marvellous razor. But, I totally understand.

 

[Kelly 64]

Hi

I've been reading your post with real interest as I also have a Compax, so I thought I'd try and post a few photos too. Mine's a bit different though because it came in its original box with a lot of other bits! Hope you like these photos

 

[efsk]

Wow! What an unbelievable first post! The instructions on cloth, never seen a thing like that before.
Anybody can explain what the s and d are for in the pricelist?
And welcome @Kelly 64

 

[Kelly 64]

Wow! What an unbelievable first post! The instructions on cloth, never seen a thing like that before.
Anybody can explain what the s and d are for in the pricelist?
And welcome @Kelly 64

Thank you, efsk, I appreciate very much your welcome and your words! To answer your question about s and d, I can tell you that 's' stood for the British coinage called Shilling and 'd' (for some reason) stood for Penny. So, 2 S and 6 D means 2 Shilling and 6 Pence. Back in the 1930s that was quite a lot of money!

 

[Walid]

This is an impressive kit @Kelly 64 . This is the total package. Congrats. Looking forward to new posts from you.

 

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[Walid]

razors.page - US1749051

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I had to use a vpn to see your page. This page is not accessible in Canada.

 

[sɐǝɹpu∀]

I had to use a vpn to see your page. This page is not accessible in Canada.

Strangely, if I use a VPN to connect to the page from Canada I have no issues.

 

[Walid]

It seems to fixed now. All is good then.

 

[Hiding from my wife]

A couple of months ago I came across an empty Compax case. Luckily last week I was able to buy one with the razor inside. I received it yesterday. The bottom of the case is really interesting as it appears to be a demonstrator version which would have been taken from shop to shop to try and promote it / sell it?

 

[efsk]

That is a cool variation on that case. Thanks for showing.

 

[Kelly 64]

A couple of months ago I came across an empty Compax case. Luckily last week I was able to buy one with the razor inside. I received it yesterday. The bottom of the case is really interesting as it appears to be a demonstrator version which would have been taken from shop to shop to try and promote it / sell it?

Hi. Yes, I'd be confident that this is a salesman's sample. A very common practice in the 1920s/30s to produce examples of razors and strops and for salesmen to take them to various retailers to try and get them to stock their products. Hope you don't mind, but am I able to ask you how much you paid for it? Just that I'm seriously thinking of selling the Compax set that I've pictured above, but I'd have absolutely no idea how much to sell it for!! Thanks

 

[Hiding from my wife]

Hi. Yes, I'd be confident that this is a salesman's sample. A very common practice in the 1920s/30s to produce examples of razors and strops and for salesmen to take them to various retailers to try and get them to stock their products. Hope you don't mind, but am I able to ask you how much you paid for it? Just that I'm seriously thinking of selling the Compax set that I've pictured above, but I'd have absolutely no idea how much to sell it for!! Thanks

Hi sorry can't help you with a price I got this at a silly low price , the postage cost me more than the razor I just got lucky