I hear t of people go after birth year razor s. My question is was their any good razors made in my birth year?? 1981??
It's just a matter of fun. I have 4 1957 razors. That being said I believe you could find a Gillette Black Beauty 109 for 1981.
There’s not really a bad year for DE razors. I have one birth year razor. Did not intentionally look for it , just ran across it. If you like birth year razors go for it.
I have some birth year/birth quarter razors. Purchased 'em for fun and I'm glad that I did. I'm not actively looking for more, but if tripped across another one, I'd probably snag it. Looks like you have some options...
I'm a firm believer in playing with numbers ........ if you take your current age and subtract it from your birth year you could pick up a nice 1939 British open comb Popular #47
I have a birth quarter Gillette Tech that I got by accident -- it was in a lot that I bought because it included another razor I was after! I had no idea what the date codes were since they weren't listed. To the OP: try to find a black-handled Gillette Superspeed from 1981. Great razor! Shouldn't be too hard to find one.
I also collected birth year/quarter razors. I have all three (C4) Flair Tips (regular, blue and red tips) in cased sets and a Tech in cardboard box.
Actually, the biggest nonsense that exist in the traditional shaving world is the belief that blade chatter is a thing.* Why so hard on the guy? People collect what they want to collect. Who are you to say? *It's either that, or the Veg smells good.
Actually, I will have to take it back. You are right, could be the chatter, could be the Veg... Lots of folklore going on.
Shave with a razor where the head is loose enough that the blade is not secure, if you still believe blade chatter is not a thing then I don't know what to tell you.
As far as 81 birthyear razors, besides the Gillette DE razors you also have Schick Type L and M adjustable injectors and though not fully confirmed but most likely still being sold at a minimum are the Gem Contour II SE razors. You'd have to know which handle types on those are the later model ones.
So what I am hearing is that I should be looking for a Gillette black handle super speed?? B1 for 1981?? Where is a good place to look for one??
Any black handle Super Speed or adjustable B1 - B4 for 1981. B = 1981, 1/2/3/4 = what quarter of the year it was made. 1 = Jan - Mar, 2 = Apr - Jun, 3 = July - Sept, 4 = Oct - Dec.
Why? What's wrong with wanting to own a razor from the year you were born? I'm looking for a 1953 Gillette, by the way ...
Given that, yes. I've heard that Gillette recommended that for a wider blade gap. I've also heard people claim that a blade will chatter even when all is snug up tight. That's what I won't buy.
Snug up tight for most razors yes I agree it shouldn't chatter for about 99% of the razors out there. With that said there is almost always an exception and in this case those are Wardonia razors because of the way they clamp blades.
