How many different kinds of DE razors do you own?

[vocalistbob]

I wrote 10 - 20 on the Poll because I have 13 in my "rotation", but in fact, I have WAY more than that; probably 25 - 30 that I would actually consider using. This does not include duplicates. I also have a few that I bought because they are interesting or novel in some way.

 

[phule]

I own a Merkur 34C, a 1967 gold-plated Gillette Slim Aristocrat (M2), and a Parker 99R that I bought by mistake.

 

[roosclan]

Have:
Fat Boy
Super Slim Adjustable
Super Speed (3 of 'em)
Slim Adjustable
pre-1940s Fat Handle Tech
1950s Tech
Ladies Pink Star razor (got it for the wife & that didn't work out too well)
travel Tech

I only use the Fat Boy, Fat Handle Tech, and SuperSpeed consistently. I want to try one of the DE89811 models soon.

 

[waine]

Wow, what an interesting thread?

I only have 3.

A cheap RSA brand - "Lion"
Gillette Superspeed Flare Tip (don't know what year, how does one establish this please?)
A SABI - Do not know which model, T1, T2 or T3. It has a chunky black resin handle.

I can see how the RAD phenomena can grip one...

 

[ItsAllGravy]

I've got 4

Merkur 34c HD
Gillette Tech (60's/70's)
Gillette Slim (G4)
Gillette FatBoy (F2)

I plan on picking up a Gillette Rocket HD, Weber DLC and a 1976 W2 Super Speed if one ever turns up for sale.

 

[BigWill]

Lord L6 and Welshi I'm trying to PIF. A Progress long handle is on the shopping list for later this fall.

 

[GencoOliveOilCompany]

Merkur 37c; Gillette Tech; Gillette Super Adj: Gillette Slim Adj; Gilette Fatboy; Gillette Tech; Gillette NEW; Lord L1822; Muhle R41; Muhle R89; EJ DE89.

I rotate thru them in no particular order. The R41 is a Saturday only deal--still trying to tame the thing...it still bites me. I use the 37c the most.

 

[cryhavoc]

Wow, what an interesting thread?

I only have 3.

A cheap RSA brand - "Lion"
Gillette Superspeed Flare Tip (don't know what year, how does one establish this please?)
A SABI - Do not know which model, T1, T2 or T3. It has a chunky black resin handle.

I can see how the RAD phenomena can grip one...

You can check Gillette Date Codes on the bottom of the razors head. It will be a single letter on one side and a single number on the other ie: P1. The letter is for the Year made and the number is for the Quarter made, so P1 would be 1970 1st quarter. Check here for more information http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/US_Gillette_Dating_Information

 

[Niles]

Merkur HD
late 40s Super Speed
Flare Tip Super Speed
New

 

[DEGuy]

An interesting query might be how many DE razors have you owned. I've given away as many as I own, which is eight as of today. When I find a razor I really like, such as the Progress and Jagger DE89, I usually buy two of each--I think it's an razor acquisition disorder adjunct on my part.

 

[Kostas1]

19...

3 Gillette New OCs (2 long, 1 short)
Gillette Old Type
Fat Boy
Slim
Red Tip SS
FaTip
2 Rocket HDs
Rocket Parat
Red Tip Rocket
Brit Aristocrat Jr.
Flare Tip Rocket
Brit WW2 Service Set OC
NDC Super Speed
Knack
Krona Executive Edition
EJ DE89 Barley

 

[PugslyCat]

After having given away a couple of razors last year and another eight this year I only have three left. A Gillette Knack which is still in the package, a red tip SS, and a flair tip SS.

 

[LegionPrime]

I know I have maybe 6 different kinds, but actual razors is more like a dozen.

 

[Dalejr]

I'm not good at counting but over 40 was easy:

British Mark II Presentation Set - Slim

British Mark II - Slim

British Mark II Presentation Set - Aristocrat

Aristocrat, British #15

Aristocrat, British #15

Aristocrat, British #16

Aristocrat, British #16

Aristocrat, British #16

Aristocrat, British #16 (gold plated)

Aristocrat, British #19

Aristocrat, British #21

Aristocrat, British #66 (aluminium Coronation set)

Aristocrat, British #66

Aristocrat, British #70

Aristocrat, British #66 Deluxe (gold-plated)

Aristocrat Junior, British

Aristocrat Junior, British

Aristocrat Junior, British made, Australian set

Popular, British #46 (gold-plated)

Popular, British #47 (nickel-plated)

Popular, British #47 (chrome-plated)

Rocket, British #58 Set

Rocket, British #58 Set

Rocket, British #59 Set

Rocket, British 'Monobloc'

Rocket, British, flare-tipped (gold-plated)

Rocket, British, flare-tipped

Rocket, British 'LD' (gold-anodized)

British, Slim Twist

British, Slim Twist

British, Super Slim Twist

G1000

NEW British #77 Set

British, Super Adjustable

Toggle, gold-plated, 1-9 adjustment

Fatboy Adjustable 'Executive'

Fatboy Adjustable

Fatboy Adjustable

Slim Adjustable

Aristocrat - 1960s Style

Slim Adjustable - Sun Up Set

British Parat, German Set

Regent Tech

Milord Tech

Milady Tech case

Aristocrat - 1940s Style

Aristocrat - 1940s Style

Executive Set (rhodium plated)

President Set (nickel plated)

Diplomat Set (gold-plated)

Super-Speed - flare tip

Super-Speed - flare tip

Aristocrat, 1930s

Aristocrat, 1930s (Deluxe Set)

Sheraton

Big Fellow (New Improved) (gold-plated)

Lady Gillette, blue

Knack ('Prototype')

De Luxe Big Boy (non-matching razor from John)

Big Fellow (New Improved)

Big Fellow (New Improved) (gold-plated)

NEW De Luxe Criterion Gold

NEW Big Boy (Chromium)

NEW Big Fellow (gold-plated)

Double Ring, 1903/04, 'Pat Appl For', no s/n

Double Ring, 1905, s/n 222427

Double Ring, 1904, s/n 27800

Double Ring, 1905, s/n 274939

Single Ring, British (gold-plated)

Single Ring s/n 325462

Single Ring s/n F158354

Single Ring s/n 834520

Single Ring

Single Ring (gold plated)

Single Ring s/n D330935

Single Ring s/n 493180

Single Ring s/n A372534

Aristocrat, flare tipped, 'French Ivory' case

Aristocrat, 'New improved', 'French Ivory' case

Milady Decolletee

Milady Decolletee

NEW Standard (silver)

NEW Ball end

Bulldog (old Type)

Merkur Slant

Eclipse red Ring

NEW Berkshire set

Mayfair DeLuxe Set

NEW Ball end (British)

Debutante Set (old type)

Brownie Set

NEW Bostonian

Richwood (gold-plated)

Richwood (silver-plated)

Bostonian (British)

Bostonian (gold-plated)

Aristocrat (NEW)

Aristocrat, British #2 Set (silver OC)

Aristocrat, British #3 Set (gold OC)

New Improved DeLuxe s/n 4979S

Old Type (gold-plated) s/n M323946

Old Type s/n C103593

Old Type s/n H101369

Tuckaway (gold)

Chesterfield Set (silver)

Khaki Set s/n J 2539 (Property US Army)

Khaki Set s/n G 283635 (Property US Army)

Service Set s/n E367041

Pocket Edition (case only)

Pocket Edition (gold-plated floral case)

Single Ring s/n M268031

ABC Pocket Edition (plain silver case )

ABC Pocket Edition (plain gunmetal case )

ABC Pocket Edition (plain silver case )

ABC Pocket Edition (silver Empire case)

ABC Pocket Edition (silver Empire case)

ABC Pocket Edition (gold Empire case)

ABC Pocket Edition (gun-metal Empire case)

ABC Pocket Edition (silver basket-weave case)

ABC Pocket Edition (silver basket-weave case)

ABC Pocket Edition (black leather case)

ABC Pocket Edition (brown leather case)

ABC Pocket Edition (soft leather case)

Single Ring s/n B493486

ABC Pocket Edition (silver basket-weave case)

ABC Pocket Edition (silver basket-weave case)

Single Ring s/n 850710 (Canadian)

Popular, British #47 (silver-plated)

Ranger Tech

Toggle, gold-plated, 1-5 adjustment S/N 1225

Toggle, nickel-plated, 1-9 adjustment

Fatboy Adjustable 'Red Dot'

Super Adjustable - short handle

Super Adjustable - long handle

Super Adjustable - plastic baseplate, long handle

Super-Speed - flare tip

Super-Speed - flare tip

Super-Speed - flare tip

Super-Speed - TV Special tip

Super-Speed - red tip

Super-Speed - blue tip

Super-Speed - black tip

Super-Speed - black tip

Super-Speed - 1940s style

Super-Speed - black-handled

Rocket, British 'HD'

Rocket, British 'MD'

Rocket, British 'LD' (Paperclip)

Rocket, British 'LD' (gold-anodized)

Rocket, British '1940s style'

Rocket, British 'Parat'

Rocket, British

Rocket, British (gold-plated)

Rocket, British, flare-tipped

Rocket, British, flare-tipped (TV Special)

Richwood, British #81

Old Type, Ball End

Old Type, Ball End (gold plated)

Single Ring (gold plated)

NEW

Goodwill

ABC Pocket Edition Empire Case and Empire Razor

Milady

NEW Standard Set

NEW Berkshire Set

Tuckaway

Super-Speed, British, flare-tipped

Super-Speed, British, flare-tipped (Blue tip)

Super-Speed, British, flare-tipped (Red Tip)

Pioneer Olympic Special (NOS)

Lady Gillette, champagne

Lady Gillette, pink

Slim Adjustable

Aristocrat 1960s style

NEW British #88 Set

Rocket, British #58 Set (aluminium)

Plus some others that are not in the storage cabinet yet. For those more visually inclined pics of most in this thread.

Can you spare me a #16? lol.

 

[Copierguy]

I suspect that if people, such as myself, who said they have 10-20 went and actually counted every razor, they might find they have more than 20!

Two words: Plausible deniability.

i now have 5 DE's and VAD - i've moved to collecting vintage LPs.................

Vintage LPs...............How do those shave?

 

[mgoldmann]

I have three:
Merkur 34C
Merkur 33C
Feather "Popular" TTO
I decided that I wanted to start with one of each kind (a 2 piece, a 3 piece, and a TTO) so I could experiment and decide what my preferences were.

 

[RailroadMan]

I am going to do this before I vote so it will be right. For different types, I am using the product line such as Old Type, not Khaki, ABC, etc...

1. Old Type
2. New Long Comb
3. New Short Comb
4. New Improved
5. Travel Tech
6. Triangle Fat Tech
7. Tech
8. 40s SS
9. Black Tip SS
10. Flare Tip SS
11. Red Tip SS
12. Blue Tip SS
13. Black Handle SS
14. Fatboy
15. Slim Adj.
16. Black Beauty Long
17. Black Beauty Short
18. Slim Twist (blue and white)
19. Knack
20. Late 40s Aristocrat
21. Aristocrat Jr.
22. Senator and Sheraton (just plating difference)
23. Ranger Tech
24. Bakelite Handle Tech
25. British Tech
26. British 3 Piece OC Gillette (not sure yet) Milady Decolletee?
27. British 2 Piece OC Gillette (not sure, LC New type head) Looked it up, New Traveler No. 4
28. Mystery plastic handled 3 piece
29. Mystery 3 piece OC (heavy head)
30. Wilkinson Sword plastic 2 piece
31. Star DE
32. Unknown German 3 piece
33. Schick Krona
34. Muhle R41
35. Hoffritz Slant
36. Merkur 37c Slant
37. EJ DE89L
38. Goodfella
39. Ikon H2O
40. Weber DLC (on the way)

I think that is all

 

[Standlinie]

I like to collect safety-razors in Germany. Here I will show you, what kind of safety-razors I´m collecting:

British Razors
Several different razors: 8 razors, CCs and OCs

French razors
Several different razors: 38 razors, slants, CCs, OCs and adjustables

German Razors
1.) Apollo-razors (german type): 7 razors, slants and CCs
2.) GDR-razors (german-democratic-republic): 11 razors, slants, CCs and TTOs
3.) Merkur-razors: 19 razors, slants, CCs, OCs and adjustables
4.) Mulcuto-razors: 4 razors, slants
5.) Rotbart-razors: 8 razors, CCs and OCs
6.) Other unknown german-razors: 39 razors, slants, CCs and OCs

Gillette Razors (USA and others)
Gillette-types: 39 razors, CCs, OCs TTOs and adjustables

Razors of other foreign countries
Several different razors: 20 razors, slants, CCs, OCs and TTOs

Segal-razors
One-piece-razors: 5 razors, OCs and one CC (adjustable)

Stainless-steel-razors
Several different razors: 12 razors (Feather, Goodfella, Ikon, LUX, Tradere, Weber)

 

[wknicholas]

I have four Gillette DE razors: Ball-end old type, NEW short-comb, NEW long-comb, and ball-end tech.

I also have two Gem SE razors, and five Schick Injector razors (my go-to razor of choice for a CCS)!

 

[merkur59]

I like to collect safety-razors in Germany. Here I will show you, what kind of safety-razors I´m collecting:

British Razors
Several different razors: 8 razors, CCs and OCs

French razors
Several different razors: 38 razors, slants, CCs, OCs and adjustables

German Razors
1.) Apollo-razors (german type): 7 razors, slants and CCs
2.) GDR-razors (german-democratic-republic): 11 razors, slants, CCs and TTOs
3.) Merkur-razors: 19 razors, slants, CCs, OCs and adjustables
4.) Mulcuto-razors: 4 razors, slants
5.) Rotbart-razors: 8 razors, CCs and OCs
6.) Other unknown german-razors: 39 razors, slants, CCs and OCs

Gillette Razors (USA and others)
Gillette-types: 39 razors, CCs, OCs TTOs and adjustables

Razors of other foreign countries
Several different razors: 20 razors, slants, CCs, OCs and TTOs

Segal-razors
One-piece-razors: 5 razors, OCs and one CC (adjustable)

Stainless-steel-razors
Several different razors: 12 razors (Feather, Goodfella, Ikon, LUX, Tradere, Weber)

That is a lot of razors!

I have:
Merkur HD
R41
Fatip
Old gillette open comb
Original DLC weber
Progress