SOTD - August 2022

[Whiterook]

Well I'm certainly no authority on the Schicks, I was using the B&B https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/thr...es.582671/ categories. Interestingly there is a conversation with T White about the difference in the head which suggests yours was the first and changed to the T-bar in 1927. It was decided there were at least 3 variations including the textured handle but for some reason they are all categorised as the A1. It would seem to be sensible to create a 2 and 3 to recognise the these differences,  then yours might be the A1, mine the A2 and the textured handle the A3. I don't know who might decide such things.

Either way I'm loving these razors. I have my A2 and the C3, I've dug them out recently as I await the imminent arrival of a B1. 
These and the early Autostrops seem to me to be fantastical pieces of razor engineering. I hope you are enjoying yours as much as I am.

Actually I have the variant with the T support. I may have worded things funny adding to the confusion. The one I posted a picture of isn't mine, just a picture I downloaded to show an example.
I have an A, B and a C and really like all 3.

I'm not that knowledgeable on these either but I would have thought the center bar to be earlier since later razors use the side support configuration.  This razor recently sold at auction.  The handle is not one I have seen before.

Wait the later razors would include the Schick B which to the best of my knowledge all have the T support. I know there is a rare type C with the side supports though.
Anyway it can definitely all get confusing. Especially when like Grassy said some places reference 3 distinctly different variations as A1s.

That A you have pictured looks really cool.

It may be correct then. My B1 is a T-bar, but my B2 & B3 are side bar.   I think all three C models are side bar.