It's a no-brainer to get both at the prices they go for in mint condition. I find both comfortably smooth and supremely efficient with the Gem PTFE blade.
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From Gem G-bar to Gem MMOC
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They're not so cheap in London UK. The cheap ones here are the ER 1912s, which is why I have a few.
I was able to find the gold/brass finish and it cleaned up well. I had received a GEM Micromatic case with another razor purchase, so I was fortunate. Also got some original GEM “no 5 o’clock shadow “ blades . Too cool .
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I have a MMOC totally brass with no bumps and have not got around to using it yet. From my understanding from other folks that there is not a whole lot of difference if you use a single edge GEM blade. I will let you know when I get around to using it.
Have some great GEM shaves!
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I have used both systems and they have their strengths but I think the Gem mmoc+ Gem 1912 would be excellent choice or Schick E2 injector razor. For economics the Gem beats all SE systems IMO.
Who was the desinger of TTO razor? Can't find anything about it.
Which one ? Micromatic or Gillette?
Here's Micromatic
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Was that the first TTO razor? Pretty cool to look at the patents.
The first in mass production. There were earlier patents not utilized.
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Thanks. If its not too much trouble do you have links to those patents?
Its also interesting that for some reason most of the shaving innovators (the inventor of micromatics, GEMS blade, TTO, slants, injectors (Schick)) all trace their ancestors to Germany (whether ethnically German or Ashkenazi Jews from Germany).
I'm also curious on the first razor with a pivoting head and first adjustable.
Best patent resource is here. razors.click - Main - https://www.razors.click/index.html
Inventor bios are there as well.
I'll check my collection and see if he's missing any of the early TTO patents.
Ed: there are three earlier patents referenced in the Gillette v. Segal suit but none are particularly relevant.
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Inventor bios are there as well.
I'll check my collection and see if he's missing any of the early TTO patents.
Ed: there are three earlier patents referenced in the Gillette v. Segal suit but none are particularly relevant.
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Thanks. I'll take a look. One thing I couldn't find by quickly glancing is the inventor of the valet auto strop style blades that the oneblade takes? I know only feather makes them today but I assume other manufacturers exited in the past. I'm also going to try to find the patent for the Oneblade. I bet that looks pretty cool. Thanks again.
I am 100% convinced that MMOC is one of the best safety razors ever created. SE or DE, doesn't matter. It's hard to even buy a modern product, regardles of the $$$, that shaves better than MMOC.
Henry Jacques Gaisman - google him, he's a pretty interesting figure and unlike most razor company execs a bonafide inventor with patents unrelated to shaving/grooming. He's probably most remembered today for bringing Gillette to its knees over their infringement of his DE blade patent and the resultant "merger" of AutoStrop and Gillette, which, when Gillette's financial shenanigans came to light, wound up being AutoStrop's takeover of Gillette with Gaisman as Chairman of the Board.
Gaisman's Wikipedia entry has some fairly inaccurate stuff on the Gillette patent dispute, but there are other outlets online that have the details, including several entries on the shaving forums.
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