No pics?I havent found a tech i didnt like. But i love the hybrid tech the best
No pics?I havent found a tech i didnt like. But i love the hybrid tech the best
Money.Why in the world would Gillette quit making this razor?
And India: eBay LINK. And I think in other eastern countries too.I had no idea the Tech was being made in China.
This one? Aluminum handle looks very nice up close. Cap and baseplate are?British aluminum spiral handle. That is all.
Someone more knowledgeable than I will have to answer that. Mr. Razor resource site is accurate. I can't recall ever seeing an error, not that I would catch it anyway.Is that one 1963 or 1966 and later? I would have thought 1966, but I am just learning. What mades it a '63? There are no cutouts on the plate.
The Tech baseplates were not date marked at that time. The date is taken from the marking on the blade which accompanied the razor — in that case I4 which is 1963 (I), 4th quarter (4). See the Gillette Dating Information page on the B&B Wiki, HERE.Is that one 1963 or 1966 and later? I would have thought 1966, but I am just learning. What makes it a '63? There are no cutouts on the plate.
Indeed.I know that different styles of base plates and heads were used in different decades. That much I am sure of.
I would agree, barring specialist Gillette historians maybe.I think they can be dated to a time, but not exact years. I might be wrong.
The baseplates with cut outs (which accept the cap locating fins) appear only to have been made in England. I am guessing that this was originally a 7 o'clock design:I am not sure when they stopped having the cut outs for the blade holding bars on the base plate.
Well, you're seeing it now ...I have personally never seen anyone (who has actually used one) denigrate the Hybrid Tech. It is universally loved by all who possess one. You really owe it to yourself to find one. It shaves ‘like buttah.’
Well, you're seeing it now ...
Got my hands on one, and loaded with a new Astra as is my SOP with all new to me razors for benchmarking.
The result? One of the worst shaves of my life... It tore my neck up something fierce, nothing "tech like" about the HT in the least, imo.
I've been DE shaving for 30+ years, own ~100 Gillette DE's, and the only comparable shaves (bloody weeper results wise) for me are the Rex Envoy, and the New Improved SC.
It was so bad that I didn't shave for days, and have used it once since... with better results.
Chalk the bad experience up to operator error, as my approach was "whip it around carelessly like any tech...if it's so amazing, well, it'll be amazing". Lol, it was not amazing.
Anyone wants it, $1,000 takes it, and I'll clean the blood off of it too. LOFL!
As likely demanded, here are some pics:
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Stay tuned for the "how amazing" it is posts lol.
Well, you're seeing it now ...
Got my hands on one, and loaded with a new Astra as is my SOP with all new to me razors for benchmarking.
The result? One of the worst shaves of my life... It tore my neck up something fierce, nothing "tech like" about the HT in the least, imo.
I've been DE shaving for 30+ years, own ~100 Gillette DE's, and the only comparable shaves (bloody weeper results wise) for me are the Rex Envoy, and the New Improved SC.
It was so bad that I didn't shave for days, and have used it once since... with better results.
Chalk the bad experience up to operator error, as my approach was "whip it around carelessly like any tech...if it's so amazing, well, it'll be amazing". Lol, it was not amazing.
Anyone wants it, $1,000 takes it, and I'll clean the blood off of it too. LOFL!
As likely demanded, here are some pics:
View attachment 1430966
The result? One of the worst shaves of my life... It tore my neck up something fierce, nothing "tech like" about the HT in the least, imo.
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