Today's antique faire finds: a Stahly vibrating safety razor and... I actually don't know what the other thing is, but I bought it anyway.
There are no brand markings on it, only "Patented Feb 9 1915" on the bottom. The bottom twists like the Stahly blade and it seems like the top might rotate. There is a sharp round circle at the top and the dealer seemed to think it was for sharpening blades, but he wasn't sure. Any ideas? Time to do some research.
Update: Apparently the mystery item is a wind up Collins safety razor. I guess it has circular blades and when you wind it up the blades rotate? I've never seen something like this before.
Action shot of the Collins wind-up safety razor. Would you shave with this? It's a moot point since unlike the ubiquitous double-edged razor blades that work in almost any safety razor, they used proprietary, round razor blades that are no longer in production.
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