A nice little find in the wild

[Suggy]

Had a nice little score today. Found a Rocket and an Ever Ready. The Rocket is a 1956 British no 58 set. Looks great and will look better after a little cleaning. I'm pretty stoked about it! Picked up the Ready just because. I may get brave enough to try one one day

 

[SAMerritt]

Nice pick up! I'm finding it harder to find razors in the wild now.

 

[robellison01]

Go straight to your nearest pharmacy and pick up a pack of GEM SE blades. Pop one in that Ever Ready and prepare to be amazed. It's no different using it than a DE shaving, but my experience has been that a SE shave is soooo much closer than a DE shave. It is the closest thing to a straight razor shave as you will find.

 

[Mick]

You will enjoy using that 1912 SE you picked up.

Many who have tried that razor have put away their DE razors for good.

 

[mdunn]

nice!

 

[rxonmymind]

Another great find for you. I've found that rocket to be a tad bit aggressive for me bit I may tame it one day. Finding a rocket in Texas. How cool.

 

[Glockadoodadoo]

Finding a rocket in Texas. How cool.

No doubt ! You need to buy a lottery ticket !

 

[KyMash]

Very nice score!

 

[Zbig]

That Ever Ready handle is gorgeous!

 

[taco8slo]

Had a nice little score today. Found a Rocket and an Ever Ready. The Rocket is a 1956 British no 58 set. Looks great and will look better after a little cleaning. I'm pretty stoked about it! Picked up the Ready just because. I may get brave enough to try one one day

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Nice looking razors, the rocket looks more like a Parat than a #58...

 

[tacchini]

it is a rocket, but the 58 rocket looks like this.

 

[oc_in_fw]

Get the blades from CVS. Since using carbon steel, I won't go back to stainless. Lay the head flat on the WTG stroke. As you become comfortable with the ER, you can start playing with angle.

 

[dpmtherrien]

Nice finds. Good for you.

 

[Suggy]

Whoops typo, meant 59 set. I think it looks like this. Could be wrong. Now I just need that case...

 

[tacchini]

Whoops typo, meant 59 set. I think it looks like this. Could be wrong. Now I just need that case...

no mate, thats a rocket hd in the 59 case, your one shouuld be in a case like this

 

[Suggy]

no mate, thats a rocket hd in the 59 case, your one shouuld be in a case like thisView attachment 320614

Mine isn't pat pending it has the patent on the inside. I love this forum. All the knowledge and help.

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[Suggy]

Another great find for you. I've found that rocket to be a tad bit aggressive for me bit I may tame it one day. Finding a rocket in Texas. How cool.

Thanks. On a whim I stopped in at the store and bazinga!

That Ever Ready handle is gorgeous!

Thanks, I don't know a lot about the SE's. I do have a GEM Micromatic that I haven't used yet. One more thing to try

 

[Suggy]

Get the blades from CVS. Since using carbon steel, I won't go back to stainless. Lay the head flat on the WTG stroke. As you become comfortable with the ER, you can start playing with angle.

I looked at a CVS and Walgreens today. No dice. Guess I'll have to look at the town on the other side of where I live. I KNOW they're there...

 

[InfernoOrangeSS]

You will enjoy using that 1912 SE you picked up.

Many who have tried that razor have put away their DE razors for good.

I couldn't agree more! Since I tried a 1912, I haven't touched a single DE in my collection. The SE experience is just too amazing!

 

[chilliman64]

the 1912 is an awesome razor and there is virtually no learning curve provided you can control your pressure. I have used mine for face and head shaving and can highly recommend it.