Gillette Superspeed, Aristocrat and Slim
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I think you could do well with any of those. Which year and style if SS were you thinking?
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YMMV.
Are your whiskers soft or tough? What setting on a Slim do you generally use? This info is critical for anyone to advise you which razor would be a good choice.
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My whiskers are tough indeed In a slim I use 5 WTG then 3 XTG any more I get irritation
There are different generations of TTO's by years, the heads are the same, only the handles are different. 1940-1947, 1948-1950, 1951-around 1966?... I believe there are two more changes after that.
48-50 Aristocrat is probably my best all around razor.
48-50 Aristocrat is probably my best all around razor.
My SS is fairly mild. I use my Slim on 3. They are roughly equivalent on that setting.
I much prefer my English Gillette Aristocrat no 16 to my Slim or the Superspeeds I have had in the past, but that's probably more to do with the look and feel of the razor than any advantage it offers in terms of shave quality. I like to believe it gives a rather better shave, but that might just be wishful thinking. In terms of aggression, it feels to me like my Slim on a pretty high setting. The 48 US Aristocrat I have feels a little milder.
For me both the Superspeed and Aristocrat provide better shaves than a Slim.
Keep trying my adjustable, but other than a nice feel to their weight, I do not find them as great shavers.
Nice additions to a collection. As always YMMV.
Keep trying my adjustable, but other than a nice feel to their weight, I do not find them as great shavers.
Nice additions to a collection. As always YMMV.
I had a late-1940s SS for about a month but then sold it because it was too mild. I bought a 1959 Fatboy and never looked back. I run the FB on 7 and it gets the job done.
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