Gillette red tip in the medium category? Here's mine regardless.
I love the Featherweight. I don’t know why, but it’s my favorite GEM style razor. And I have a ton of other SEs that look cooler and are supposed to be better shavers. But I keep going back to the Featherweight. I even have two new and unused NOS Featherweights in their cases with sealed blade packs, instruction sheets and the works. One Deluxe and one Standard. Some day i will bust them out and use them. But for now I’ll stick with my beater flea market Featherweights. I will have to break one out for this Mild/Medium August event. Thanks for reminding me that the FW fits this category.20210802
Mild/Medium Efficiency August
Razor: GEM Featherweight Deluxe
Blade: Personna GEM (8 and retired)
Brush: Rudy Vey Lime Swirl (Shavemac D01 2-Band Badger)
Bowl: Captain's Choice Copper
Lather: Martin de Candre Fougère
Aftershave Balm: Nivea Post Shave Balm + InstaSkincare Hyaluronic Acid
Aftershave: Brut Classic
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Superb shave!
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I love the Featherweight. I don’t know why, but it’s my favorite GEM style razor. And I have a ton of other SEs that look cooler and are supposed to be better shavers. But I keep going back to the Featherweight. I even have two new and unused NOS Featherweights in their cases with sealed blade packs, instruction sheets and the works. One Deluxe and one Standard. Some day i will bust them out and use them. But for now I’ll stick with my beater flea market Featherweights. I will have to break one out for this Mild/Medium August event. Thanks for reminding me that the FW fits this category.
How would you rate the Featherweight to a Bullet Tip, David? Mine hasn't seen much use, as I recall it was a smooth and nimble shaver.The Featherweight is such a wonderful razor. I sure love shaving with mine
How would you rate the Featherweight to a Bullet Tip, David? Mine hasn't seen much use, as I recall it was a smooth and nimble shaver.
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I know you asked David, but I’ll add my 2 cents. I have about a dozen different GEM type razors. The bullet tip is one of my least favorite. It does not feel great in the hand. And it doesn’t offer me enough of an improvement in efficiency to make the loss in comfort over the FW worthwhile. The FW is just super smooth. If I am going to go a little more aggressive than a FW, I am going to shoot up to the Micromatic Clog Pruff, which is still quite smooth, but much more efficient, relatively speaking. The Clog Pruff is way more user friendly than the MMOC for me. I have Push Buttons and G-bars and all those middle of the road GEMs, and I like the FW much better. When I go old school and pull out a 100-plus year old,GEM like the 1912 etc, that adds a level of history and nostalgia that the newer razors don’t give to me. But the Featherweight is the one that gives me the most enjoyable shave of that newer GEM group. I hope that helps.How would you rate the Featherweight to a Bullet Tip, David? Mine hasn't seen much use, as I recall it was a smooth and nimble shaver.
No telling how many pucks of MWF I have used. It is many.SOTD
Preshave: Hot washcloth
Soap: MWF
Brush: Men-U boar
Razor: GC.68 SB, Astra SP #6
Post-shave: Nivea 2-Phase Lotion.
Got a perfect lather off the refilled MWF — thin, slick but not drippy. BBS face and comfortably smooth neck.
It's the best thing I've tried so far, out of ~ 6. Maybe I've already found "the one".No telling how many pucks of MWF I have used. It is many.