I have a bunch of razors, vintage and modern. If I was to keep only one it would be my '58 Fatboy. That and a good supply of Gillette Silver...
Very cool indeed. Mine just sit in a pile in a bathroom drawer.
I have at least one of every Superspeed variation Gillette ever made and I can get a decent shave with all of them, even including a Blue Tip....
The English Gillettes - made in their factory in Leicester - are considered to be a step up in quality from USA made ones and are valued/priced...
I've only used mine once but my fingers fall where the knurling is - I never grip a razor by the lower half of the handle - and it never felt like...
Yes, the head is just a little different than the EJ 89 heads... [IMG] Personally I like the handle. The knurling is fine for me and the handle...
W-2 would be second quarter of 1951. There were quite a few variations of these Korean War-era black tips even though Gillette only produced...
Aluminum handled W3 (1951) and steel handled X2 (1952) Black Tip Superspeeds... [IMG] [IMG]
Gillette 195 Fatboy. It's a USA-made icon and for under $80 you can find a mint one with its case, blade pack and instruction sheet. All...
Last week, as a change from my usual Fat Boy, Slim, Super Speed, etc., I dug out my Edwin Jagger DE89 that my wife bought me almost 10 years ago....
I have and use a Vie-Long 12705. While I prefer my badgers and boars, the horse hair brush whips up a ton of lather and I've never had it tangle...
Glenn, Your old site was pretty terrific, but the new one is way beyond that! Well done! Kevin.
Did anyone hear where these products are manufactured? That address is way outside Montreal; not exactly in an industrial area! Oh, and the best...
It's an interesting razor; a '53 Milord with no date code; Gillete started adding date codes after WW2 late in 1950. I assume the center bar is...
I think yours might be a 1953 Milord. Does it have a date code on the underside of the base plate? [img]
Barbicide is the cosmetics industry "standard", hospital grade, broad spectrum disinfectant for sterilizing tools but you have to buy a bottle of...
What you have is a "Gillette Flare Tip Super Speed". That model was made from 1954 to 1966 at which point it was replaced by the Black Handle...
Very nice!
Stirling Sandpiper is my everyday shave soap and splash, just because it reminds me of YSL fragrances that I used many years ago. It's crisp and...
Also, a hunk of wood spinning at over 3,000 rpm can be a bit scary! Length - and heft - in the tool helps stabilize things.
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