Ok people. I have had the good fortune of getting an Empire razor. It was given to me to see if I could get an Injector blade to work. Unfortunately the blade is not long enough to catch the blade stops. Well not to be defeated, I went to town on an SE blade. I think it just might work. 

I removed the spine and cut the height down to 11mm or 7/16” then put the spine back on. There is enough width to catch. This is an industrial blade as I tried this at work. I will try a good blade and see how it goes. Pretty straight forward mod. 

Badly needed rain at that! It's been months since we had any and that's very unusual for Maine. We're in a severe drought and that too is unusual. The grass has been brown for months, people with marginal wells have no water, forest fire danger is high and Maine is 90% forest (the most in the USA). This time of year the trees lose their leaves and go dormant, but they are weeks early in doing that due to drought stress.
But I woke up this morning to water dripping off of the roof and things outside wet. It's forecast to rain for a good part of the week with up to 2.5" in some areas. We need more than that to get caught up, but any is better than nothing. Slow extended rain is exactly what we need. It soaks in rather than running off into the drainage and out to sea.

Has anyone tried Ogallala Aftershave?  I just ordered a puck of bay-rum shave soap and was curious about the AS.

Well hello everyone! I registered a while ago but then I've been absent for a while, so...good to see you all!
How's everybody doin'? 

Thought I would start the thread for these as I just received mine.

   

   

I recently bought this HERO brand SE razor, but find that when I load the blade, there is a tiny amount of play between the blade and blade stops.  I'm wondering if I could just bend the little brass colored lever forward just a bit to hold the blade tighter? 

I found this Burham Safety Razor on eBay. Made in the USA, it indicates a July 6, 1909, patent date. First pictures are from the auction.

What's wrong with people?
My minimum £5 offer (that's $6.40) was the only one.
Here's my third Hussy:



I blame the seller. The auction title was simply "Boxed Fashion Razor". It went straight under everyone else's radar.

Greetings all -- I thought I'd create this thread for those who are looking to focus and feature their Schicks during SEptember with a "Schicktember".  There's no need to exclusively focus on Schicks (which includes Eversharp, and let's include the Schick-inspired Pal Injectomatics); but when you do shave with a Schick, feel free to post it here!  My plan is to kick this off tomorrow with the first "Schick", the good Colonel's original Magazine Repeating Razor (the Type A).