Today I shaved with the first SE razor I ever owned. HoosierTrooper/Tom set me a care package many years ago, that contained a Gold ER 1912 with the Ornate handle...a Gold Micromatic pre-bumps, and a HFT/G-bar.
They were all beautiful and I was speechless! I guess Tom was tired of hearing me extoll the virtues of the Schick Injectors so much!!...


Any how...I had heard enough about the MM to be a little scared of it...But at the time I was mainly usung shavettes I had told Tom I wish I could find a Classic Safety Razor that shaved as close and easy as the Shavettes had gotten for me. So I think thats what inspired his picks.
Long story short, I tried the Micromatic first and fell in love from the first stroke. He also sent some Treet Supers, so my first SE shave was with a Carbon


But NO!! There was no break in period for me. I knew the MM's rep for being a wildcat, but I soon learned she could be a very efficient "pussy cat" if treated nicely!
I had watched the video by MrGuy(
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And handled the razor like that and got perfect shaves from day 1!
Here she is today, after many years of residency at my shave cave.
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To those new to SE's...don't fear the Micromatic...She shaves as good as she looks and she beat Gillette to the TTO punch by a couple years..And did it with more style.
Her mechanism works like an antennaed gadget from the Jetson's! When the door closes as you turn the handle you notice how sophisticated this is. It closes and then robotically slides everything forward just enough to achieve the optimum shaving angle!
Yep...no wonder GEM had so much faith in this razor that they stopped producing anything excepr rhe Micromatic razor from 1929. The production of the 1912 was moved first to Ever Ready for a short time and then to Star. GEM so loved the Micromatic, they put everything they had behind this engineering marvel and it's incredible shaving prowess.
If you find it too aggressive. Experiment with the angle. Some lay it down almost flat on their face...Some drop that angle a bit. I myself put it flat and dropped the angle and followed the sound and feel. Check out that video, and good luck! My bet is most will LOVE IT!!
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