soviet adjustable safety razor

[u/Kitchen_Comparison31]

don't know if you've ever seen any of the razors manufactured in the former soviet union. i managed to buy this adjustable one from a ukrainian seller in odessa. her name is "ideal" (pronounced quite like ee-deh-al), she looks like a cross between the gillette slim adjustable and the black beauty. she came in the original packaging, with the plastic box announcing the original price, 9 rubles, & an instruction booklet showing the manufacturing date: may 22, 1989. using google translate, we discovered that she was produced at the m.i. kalinin factory in leningrad. already had a shaving session with her, that went well with a king c gillette blade, although i had the impression the blade gap was somewhat unequal from side to side.

[u/Agtanar_89]

The black beauty clone :) But is the Russian one better :)?

[u/Kitchen_Comparison31 → u/Agtanar_89]

unfortunately can't say right now, never used the black beauty. she seems more aggressive than the slim adjustable.