A brilliant razor! I am fortunate to have the Trio - Blue Tip (B1), Flair Tip (B2) and Red Tip (B4)...love them all but I truly enjoy the Red Tip this time of year when I let the beard grow a little between shaves. In fact that will be the Vintage Gillette SOTD tomorrow.

If I may ask what size is that Captain’s Choice bowl? I have a Fine Accroutements bowl that I use and love but the Captain’s Choice look right up my alley....

5.25 x 1.25 this is the large version, works real good.

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5.25 x1.75 this is the corrected size, sorry about that.

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Thanks for the info...

British Fat Handle Tech

Gillette Red tip / Gillette Stainless

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1956 Gillette Red Tip SS
Wild West Brushworks - 26mm tuxedo - “Elway”
RazoRock - Saturnia Soap and matching AS
Personna Blue (3)

Just a 2 passer today and quite a good 2 passes indeed.

The steel handled sibling of the Black Tip Super Speed I posted yesterday was rather annoyed and put in a demand for equal coverage so I brought it out today and fed it a fresh blade.

As you'd expect, at 46g this one weighs a little more than the aluminium handled one but the head looks identical and it shaves exactly the same.

X2 1952 Black Tip Super Speed...



I do like the bright blue cases these Black Tips came with.

Very nice I have a W4 with the aluminum handle which I love...(shhhh, I would like to get a steel handled one too...but she who must be obeyed would kill me)...

I understand completely. I also have a SWMBO!

She has been very good with my “hobby”...LOL

mine likes my hobby too..

A few shaves later with blade wear both still shave about the same. Excellent shaves all around just you need to work each a little differently is all. I can't really call one as better than the other.

Razor - Gillette Superspeed (circa 1947-1952) (Re-plated in Nickel Finish by Razor Emporium)
Blade -
Shave Brush - Custom Created Handle by an "Unknown" Artist (Fitted with a synthetic 26mm Knot by Nathan of Envy Shave)
Shave Soap - Shulton Old Spice (circa mid 60's-late 70's, fits 3.75 ounce mugs from the era)
Shave Mug - Shulton Ship Grand Turk - Tempered Glass (sold 1964 thru 1978) with Custom Lid by Nathan of Envy Shave
Aftershave - Shulton Old Spice (circa 1980's)
Deodorant - Shulton Old Spice (circa early-mid 1980's)
Fragrance - Shulton Old Spice Long Lasting Cologne Spray (circa 1980's 'tester bottle' made for store display only, extremely rare.)
"Grand Turk Ship" Shaving Stand by Desire Metal Works

Here's mine for tomorrow.

22/12/18flat bottom tech..

awesome set up and pic sir, thank you for sharing it here, gary

Love the shaving stand! Very cool!

Taking it way back today. I was feeling sentimental today, and busted out grandpa's razor. It is a NDC ball end tech. I'm not the Gillette expert, so please correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe it is a mid 50s model.

nice razor Aaron, date codes started again in 1951 after a 20 odd year ndc period./if yours has no code it would be from 1946-50..not a gillette expert either.an enthusiastic collector at best..