I had shaved with single edge razors before; specifically the G-bar, and some of the newer models. I had never tried to shave with a 1912 until this morning.
D.Irving has been lauding the merits of the 1912, and since I never had any problems with single edge razors, I decided I might as well give one of my old 1912 flip tops a try . . . Amazing!
As far as I can recall in using other SE's, I don't remember ever getting a BBS shave so easily . . . two passes and put the razor away!! This is really better than what I usually get with my DE's. Considering that I certainly am not very practiced in using a SE, I still have trouble believing such a good shave came so easily. I looks to me like ASR got it right almost a hundred years ago.
Thanks Dave, for arousing my couriosity about this old shaver. For those of you who haven't tried this razor, you really are missing something.
Regards,
Tom
D.Irving has been lauding the merits of the 1912, and since I never had any problems with single edge razors, I decided I might as well give one of my old 1912 flip tops a try . . . Amazing!
As far as I can recall in using other SE's, I don't remember ever getting a BBS shave so easily . . . two passes and put the razor away!! This is really better than what I usually get with my DE's. Considering that I certainly am not very practiced in using a SE, I still have trouble believing such a good shave came so easily. I looks to me like ASR got it right almost a hundred years ago.
Thanks Dave, for arousing my couriosity about this old shaver. For those of you who haven't tried this razor, you really are missing something.
Regards,
Tom