What was your first safety razor, and do you still use it?

Hmmmm... My first Safety Razor was a Muhle R89.... I still use it quite often....... The Rockwell 2C is currently my go to... Plate 1 and 3... Wish the handle was longer... Does anybody out there know if the Maggard MR6 handle fits the Rockwell head plate??

 

My first was an all-plastic Zorrik (Indian) from the dollar store, followed very quickly by a Merkur Progress.

 

Mine was a Ming Shi that had Big Roc etched on the doors. The razor was advertised on fleabay as a red tip clone. I pif'd it shortly after joining TSD.

 

Das kool thanks for the insight.... I dont currently own a Gillette Razor but thanks for the prompt response.

 

Mantic jump on my issue my brotha..... Help the Silks out...

 

Thanks Sir... How did the MR18 Shave on the 6S plate...... ? The two indentations are my concern..

 

My first was a Merkur 34c that I purchased from Amazon in the spring 2010. IIRC, I think it went to @battle.munky in trade for a Sheraton.

I don't remember the details, but no I don't and haven't used it in a number of years.

 

I still have my first safety razor! It's a 1968 N2 Gillette Slim Adjustable. I use it once a year. I purchased it in '68 during my freshman year in college. I had been using a Norelco Electric Razor for a few years but wanted a closer shave. I had the razor replated (24K gold) in 2013.

 

Very cool, Mark!

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Wow......Very nice sir. All you need now is the matching gold teeth

Here goes Mine Muhle R89


++ Father & Laws old Black Beauty

 

my first razor i bought was a g-2 fatboy for the man cave. the first one i used was a ej 89 .used it a few times but by then my vintage gillete bug started. my arist jr was my mainstay for a while ,sold the ej 89.

 

My first, well over 50 years ago, was a Gillette Rocket that my dad gave me; he bought himself a new one!

I used it for a few years but during my twenties I moved from the UK to the USA, to Canada, and then back to the USA. Somewhere along the way it got lost and I succumbed to such nastiness as Trac IIs, Atras and for a very short while a Braun electric that I hated.

Up to about 5 years ago I was using disposables but when I stopped working, and stopped rushing out the door at 6am every morning to commute into Manhattan, my wife bought me an EJ DEL89L with a matching stand and brush. I was absolutely fine with that razor - and I still like and use it - until I foolishly started looking at websites such as this one and that precipitated a bad case of RAD that I think I have just about under control.

Of course, I'd trade all the vintage Gillettes I now have for my dad's old Rocket.

 

Never owned a safety razor until 2014. Weishi. (Micro-touch One). Still use it occasionally.
Been falling down the rabbit hole ever since.

 

Great,Thanks for all your help !

 

IIRC it was a hand-me-down TECH or SuperSpeed from Dad and I think I still have both of them but if I must be honest, I never paid attention to things like date codes and one TECH looks pretty much like another TECH and one SuperSpeed looks... well, you get the idea. The problem is that I've added maybe a herd or three of Techs and SuperSpeeds over the last sixty years or so and to point to one and say, "That's It!" requires a strong suspension of critical analysis.