I received my first GEM razor, a Featherweight, on October 2nd of this year. In the past few months, I have amassed a decent small collection of razors. I wanted to share and get some feedback on which razors that I don't have that you would consider essential "must-have" GEM style razors.
Out of all the razors I currently have, I think my favorite is either the MMOC (effortless BBS) or the G-Bar (beautiful and a smooth shaver). I've had a number of shaves with the Featherweight and it's just not as good as the others. I'll put the Ever-Ready Shovelhead in the same boat. The 1912 seems like a good shaver and I think I owe it some more shaves to see how I do with more experience. The Pushbuttons aren't bad but they lack the weight of the MMOC and G-Bar which I prefer.
So that would make my order of preference:
Out of all the razors I currently have, I think my favorite is either the MMOC (effortless BBS) or the G-Bar (beautiful and a smooth shaver). I've had a number of shaves with the Featherweight and it's just not as good as the others. I'll put the Ever-Ready Shovelhead in the same boat. The 1912 seems like a good shaver and I think I owe it some more shaves to see how I do with more experience. The Pushbuttons aren't bad but they lack the weight of the MMOC and G-Bar which I prefer.
So that would make my order of preference:
- MMOC
- G-Bar
- 1912
- Pushbuttons
- Shovelhead
- Featherweight