They were one of several companies that produced military razors during wwii for the us government On a cardboard case that i. Simplex and clix were common, neither aggressive Since picking up the phoenix bakelite slant i've looked at the material in a new light It always seemed a cheap material, used mostly on budget razors, but it serves the purpose well While the paa and merkur 45 are obvious modern versions, it seems every producer, gillette, gem, clix, star.
Top row left to right Nos gillette wwii tech, simplex 7 military, and 2 clix (first one is nos) Gem junior, gem junior, gillette gold tech, gillette pre war tech, gillette post war tech, 7 o'clock made in england, neillite 400, slant stroke, and another simplex 7. Everyone's face skin, beard christi's, growth pattens is different Both could be right or wrong. Ranking by blade gap sizethe following, based on a measurement of blade gap and razor weight, will hopefully agree with most of the impressions of the shaving community
Inaccuracies are bound to result, and therefore multiple listings for the same razor are possible and even desirable If there is only one measurement of a given razor gap, it assumes. I don't think it is a clix, but it looks a lot like one of their models Bradworld dances with wolfs it reminds me of the clix 500 razor, which i shaved with today for cheapie sotd week You can read about it in my shave journal if you are interested But the swing seems like it is a bit more efficient based on your review
I usually keep and eye out for the swing razors, but they seem to be running a bit high. Click to expand.i have a clix brand glass razor blade hone/stropper Picked it up on the bay for cheap Same concept of what you're doing with a water glass Works really well on modern and vintage de blades I use it on my blade before each use.
The below is copied from an earlier thread Just for conversation sake, here's some wwii era razors i have
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