I started in December, with a Parker 29L. I still have it & use it. Though I am just beginning to experiment with a Super Adjustable.
1. What was the first DE/SE/injector you obtained? The first DE I had was a 1973 Gillette Super 109 (official name) - aka long handle Gillette Super Adjustable, aka long handle Gillette Black Beauty The first SE I owned was a 1930 open-comb GEM Micromatic. The first Injector I owned was a Schick Type E2. 2. Do you still own or use that same model razor? The only one I still own is the 1973 Gillette and it is still used in my rotation
First non cart razor is a royal keen kutter straight razor. Then I got a 1942 gold Gillette tech. I still am searching for a great condition se to be my first. I still have the tech and the keen kutter. The tech is in amazing condition with the gold still looking new so I'll hold onto it.
Merkur 34C. I still have it, but it was put away two years ago and not used since. It got replaced as a daily user by the better performing Edwin Jagger DE89L.
No. My first DE was a FlareTip SuperSpeed. Just too light of a razor for my liking, plus I just do not like TTO's. I go through a lot of razors though, but will always keep the following as part of my rotation: Tech head on iKon Bulldog handle, EJ DE89L, Gem 1912 Damaskeene, Gem G-Bar, and a Merkur 1904 OC head paired to various handles.
This might be cheating a bit, as my very first razor was a DE, around 1971 or 72. I wasn't raised with old school wetshaving, though because I used canned shaving cream, and had no idea what a shaving brush was. My memories of that first razor are vague. It was a TTO, probably Gillette, maybe even adjustable. I was 14 or 15, didn't know or care about models, and it was just whatever Dad gave me. It's long gone. At some point I went first to Trac II and then Atra. My first DE when I started up again, this time with soap and brush, was a Weishi. It didn't work out that well for me. I found other DEs I liked better, then SEs, then injectors. I PIFed the Weishi to someone else starting out on another forum, never heard from him again. That could be interpreted in different ways.
First DE was a Parker 82R First SE was a GEM 1912 I still have both of them, but I don't use the Parker very often - it's just not one of my favorites. I do, however, still use the 1912 on a regular basis.
Started with a Merkur 34C HD and no, I've found Merkurs and my face don't match up. I quickly moved to a Super Speed.
1. A Gillette slim 2. I have it, but don't use it much anymore, partly, because I need to clean the limescale out of the TTO mechinism ( my water really IS that hard), but also because I currently love my futur more.