Well not quite a 'newbie' but a newbie here at TSD. I started with traditional DE in March last year. On my 44th birthday after three decades of shaving with multi-blade cartridge systems, and a brief dabble with an electric razor I had an ephinany. My wonderful wife have given me a Merkur 38c razor, Edwin Jagger super badger brush, some of the ubiquitous Proraso eucalyptus and menthol shaving soap and a variety of blades. For the first time in almost 30 years I enjoyed shaving! After a couple of weeks of enjoying the shaving experience and browsing some on-line forums I discovered that Gillette included codes showing the date of manufacturing on many of their razors from the 1950s to 1986. Soon I followed a well trodden path and purchased a razor from my birth-year, a 1966 Flare Tip Super Speed. It was kinda cool shaving with a razor that was made the same time I was born. It has a timelessness about it, a certainty and tranquility knowing that the carefully crafted metal in your hand has been through a lot of years and stood the test of time - just like me! Of course one thing led to another. As you know Gillette manufactured a couple of different models of razor in 1966, so I got a couple. Then I discovered that there were some really beautiful looking models around and before you know it I was a collector - I think. I now have more than a few vintage razors stretching from 1903/04 Double Rings through to the modern Merkur (you can see pics on this thread). I've not used them all yet ( and the NOS ones I will not touch) but I'm getting there. Some I like more than others and some I like with one brand of blade but not another. Anyway, that is a little about me. Hopefully I'll learn more about you guys as time goes on. Happy shaving!
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pretty small compared to your set-up, But im more or less happy with what I have only one or two items more I want to add two more razors TOPS! and same goes on brush and soap/cream
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