Good day gents.a cool TSD member gifted me a new Personna 74 blade recently.Today i started a test to see how many shaves i get.If anyone would like to follow along and join in please do.more the merrier.any cool info,history,ads,thoughts or feelings about them are welcome also.cheers. thursday-shave #1 brit hybrid tech personna 74 semogue 830 arko alt innsbruck very smooth,effortless 2 passer,no issues. felt similar to a "spoiler" blade.
I'll also see how many shaves I get from a 74 blade.............. #1 - Gillette Red Tip #2 - Gillette Ranger Tech #3 - Gillette WW II Gold Tech #4 - Gillette New Short Comb (Canada) #5 - King C. Gillette #6 - Gillette Flat Bottom Tech (England) #7 - Gillette HD 500 (England) #8 - '46-'47 Gillette Aristocrat #9 - Gillette Old Type Open Comb #10 - Gillette Super 84 #11 - Cooper Monobilt #12 - Merkur 34C #13 - Merkur 45 Bakelite #14 - Gillette New Standard #15 - Gillette Flair Tip Rocket (England) #16 - Gillette WW II Bakelite Tech #17 - Clix E-Z-Flo 500 w/Custom Handle #18 - Gillette WW II Black Handle Gold Tech #19 - Gillette Fatboy (G3) #20 - Gillette HD500 (England) #21 - Gillette Featherweight Tech #22 - Gillette Black Handle Flair Tip #23 - Gillette WW II Gold Tech #24 - Gillette Aristocrat Adjustable #25 - Gillette Red Tip #26 - Gillette Flat Bottom Tech (England) #27 - Gillette Post War Gold Tech #28 - Feather Popular Razor #29 - Schick Krona #30 - Gillette WW II Gold Tech #31 - Clix E-Z-Flo 500 #32 - '48-'50 Gillette Aristocrat #33 - Gillette Red & Black DeLuxe #34 - Gillette WW II Contract Tech #35 - Gillette Fatboy (F3)
Nice kit and pic. Enjoy. This is one of the vintage blades that unfortunately I never tried in DE. I had a couple injector blades but it was long enough ago that I don't remember how they shaved.
For anyone new to this thread, Personna 74's were introduced in the 70's as a competitor to Gillette's stainless blades. Unlike any other blades before or since, they were made of tungsten steel and had titanium coated edges. The name "74," is a reference to Tungsten's atomic number, 74. They were made for only a couple of years because they had succeeded too well, and made a blade that lasted too long to profit from.
very cool..imagine a "used blade return" policy in which the company could reuse the raw material to make new blades.far fetched i'm sure..
I've used them in the past, when they weren't so expensive. Got upwards of 30 shaves with them. Wish they were still around but, as mentioned, not profitable.
#3-smooth and sharp.pdp #63 gave a nice lather to glide on.may change the razor--or not,no practical reason to.
Once, years ago, you said I was wrong to believe blade companies on purpose made blades that didn't last long, for that very reason, when they could have been made to last longer. Glad to see you came around!
I did? Sounds plausible. I've changed my mind several times this year already about things I thought I knew about shaving.