I'm gonna start by apologizing for not posting pictures. I have been having a heck of a time with that, but I still wanted to discuss this razor.
About 3 weeks ago I picked up a cased Probak razor in near-pristine condition. As some of you know, this is an open-comb razor head that looks kind of like the head of a Goodwill razor. The top plate has 4 tiny pins at the corners to hold the blade in place, and it has indentations in its undersurface. The bottom plate has "plus-sign" shaped protrusions that fit into the indentations.
Using this scheme, the razor holds a blade dead nuts, even though before the blade is loaded it looks like there is a ton of play. The hold on the bottom plate for the handle is HUGE. But, again, it very ingeniously holds the blade perfectly every time.
There is virtually no blade gap at all, and the razor shaves quite mildly. It makes a very tinny sound when shaving that makes it sound cheap, and the feel while shaving is not very good (perhaps related to the sound?). There is a very narrow window of angles within which the blade will cut. The angle is steeper than I normally use with my other razors.
Strange thing is that it gives the most wonderful, smooth, comfortable shaves and leaves the face looking amazing. It's seriously starting to win me over. The more I use it the more I realize what a wonder it is.
Anybody else own/use a Probak? Any thoughts about this razor? (By the way, I don't use it with its original handle; I've paired it with a custom UFO Kaiser. It's a match made in heaven.)
About 3 weeks ago I picked up a cased Probak razor in near-pristine condition. As some of you know, this is an open-comb razor head that looks kind of like the head of a Goodwill razor. The top plate has 4 tiny pins at the corners to hold the blade in place, and it has indentations in its undersurface. The bottom plate has "plus-sign" shaped protrusions that fit into the indentations.
Using this scheme, the razor holds a blade dead nuts, even though before the blade is loaded it looks like there is a ton of play. The hold on the bottom plate for the handle is HUGE. But, again, it very ingeniously holds the blade perfectly every time.
There is virtually no blade gap at all, and the razor shaves quite mildly. It makes a very tinny sound when shaving that makes it sound cheap, and the feel while shaving is not very good (perhaps related to the sound?). There is a very narrow window of angles within which the blade will cut. The angle is steeper than I normally use with my other razors.
Strange thing is that it gives the most wonderful, smooth, comfortable shaves and leaves the face looking amazing. It's seriously starting to win me over. The more I use it the more I realize what a wonder it is.
Anybody else own/use a Probak? Any thoughts about this razor? (By the way, I don't use it with its original handle; I've paired it with a custom UFO Kaiser. It's a match made in heaven.)
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