Firm Blade

[efsk]

One of the weirdest razors I know of is this Firm Blade. Apparently based in Portland, 4913 SE Powell Blvd somewhere around 1945, it has a wooden egg for a handle and uses a proprietary, curved SE blade. Apparently there's a version without wooden knob, and I've seen a pic of one with a different knob.

 

[gvw755]

Is this for shaving your face or what other body part?

 

[The King]

Does it require separate blades and how is the blade secured?

 

[sɐǝɹpu∀]

Nice one.
Waits compendium and the patent claim that its a razor for half DE blades.
Waits: "Uses one-half of a Gillette-type double-edge blade"
Patent: "The blade ... is substantially one-half of the width of the ordinary wafer blade"

The patent is on my to-do list.

 

[sɐǝɹpu∀]

Here's the patent:
https://razors.page/patents/US2421205/

 

[efsk]

Upgraded my Firm Blade. This one has case, papers and blades, and you can see the difference between Firm Blade and ordinary blades, which might explain how I could not get half an ordinary blade to fit.

 

[efsk]

Also found another version, in a plastic case with a used blade slot, and no wooden knob on the handle. Instead, it has a magnet to help pick up blades.