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What makes a shavette a straight razor? It's intention. It's design and designation.
While many would categorise these as shavettes due to their removable blades and use of what is now designated a "shaper" blade, do understand that these razors were designed originally as face shavers and their blades of the same design were designed as face shaving blades, originally to be stropped (even honed) to prolong their life. As the decades have gone by, these razors and so the blades fell out of favour with face shavers and their companies retargetted them as shapers, even dog groomers in some markets.
From a patent registered in 1909 (US Patent 929058), Edward Weck began producing these disposable blade straight razor under the 'Sextoblade' brand ... and here's a visual run through of some of the models:
The one you'd want - the United States Navy Medial Corps kit, the Weck 'Orderly':
The original market trade sampler:
Early 'Sextoblade' with black scales:
Early 'Sextoblade' with ivory scales:
... a nice example, cased:
... and another cased example with red lucite scales:
Weck 'Orderly':
Weck 'Bantam' ... the Nurse's razor, complimentary to (and slightly smaller than) the Weck 'Orderly':
... later designated as a 'Hair Shaper':
I believe the patent was eventually picked up by Personna, who made a number of styles - this one is quirte early with a slider to push the blade out:
While many would categorise these as shavettes due to their removable blades and use of what is now designated a "shaper" blade, do understand that these razors were designed originally as face shavers and their blades of the same design were designed as face shaving blades, originally to be stropped (even honed) to prolong their life. As the decades have gone by, these razors and so the blades fell out of favour with face shavers and their companies retargetted them as shapers, even dog groomers in some markets.
From a patent registered in 1909 (US Patent 929058), Edward Weck began producing these disposable blade straight razor under the 'Sextoblade' brand ... and here's a visual run through of some of the models:
The one you'd want - the United States Navy Medial Corps kit, the Weck 'Orderly':
The original market trade sampler:
Early 'Sextoblade' with black scales:
Early 'Sextoblade' with ivory scales:
... a nice example, cased:
... and another cased example with red lucite scales:
Weck 'Orderly':
Weck 'Bantam' ... the Nurse's razor, complimentary to (and slightly smaller than) the Weck 'Orderly':
... later designated as a 'Hair Shaper':
I believe the patent was eventually picked up by Personna, who made a number of styles - this one is quirte early with a slider to push the blade out:
