GEM Micromatic Bullet-Tip

[oversaturn]

I found this a couple of days ago at a flea market. Bought it for a song. It seems to be a GEM Micromatic Bullet-Tip, am I right?

I never used a Single-edge before. What should I expect? Is it mild, aggressive...?! What are your thoughts about it...?

Detail of the blade box: "Avoid the 5 O'Clock shadow"!

Instructions (in Portuguese! Yeeeaah!

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With the blades inside the blade box, all very nice an tidy:

Another photo:

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[RABIDMONKEY]

YuP , thats a bullet -tip nice and minty looking to. Are the double edge blades rusty or still shave ready ? Congrats again

 

[RABIDMONKEY]

YuP , thats a bullet -tip nice and minty looking to. Mild but good shaver . Im very fond of mine .Are the double edge blades rusty or still shave ready ? Congrats again

 

[oversaturn]

Well... I have no intention to try that blades... They seem to be too old to be shave ready, and God knows where they have been stored!
After all, I bought this at a flea market...!

 

[urr-lord]

Nice.Just an observation on my part.My brass micro seems to "drag" across my skin,unlike my chrome one or my featherweight.Any one else experience this?-

 

[TheVez2]

Nice Score!!! I've never seen a blade box like that before. That's one of the mintiest GEM sets I've seen.

 

[Haggises]

Nice pick up.
Just pop along to a Wl-mart, CVS, Walgreens etc and pick up a 10 pack of single edged blades.
I got a nice smooth shave from the Flying Wing, keep that dot real close to the face and you'll be right.

 

[InsecureSpike]

wow that looks a sweet set there fella! great find!!
you'll get a nice shave from that flying wing

 

[MacDaddy]

That's awesome! I love the Portuguese instructions, too. I imagine "Olho-Guia" for "Guiding Eye" is probably OK, but does the "5 o'clock shadow" idiom work the way they've translated it: "sombra das 5" (which I assume is pretty much literally, "shadow of 5")?

As far as how it shaves, I would say that the Flying Wing is more or less the Super Speed of the SE world -- pretty mild, but still effective. If you usually prefer a more aggressive razor you might find yourself more drawn to the Flying Wing's older siblings, the OCMM or Clog-pruf. But if you like more moderate-to-mild razors the Flying Wing is probably right up your alley.

 

[oversaturn]

That's awesome! I love the Portuguese instructions, too. I imagine "Olho-Guia" for "Guiding Eye" is probably OK, but does the "5 o'clock shadow" idiom work the way they've translated it: "sombra das 5" (which I assume is pretty much literally, "shadow of 5")?

No, you can say that the translation is correct... a literal translation of "5 o'clock shadow", in Portuguese, would be "sombra das 5 horas". But "sombra das 5" is OK, and sounds better!

As far as how it shaves, I would say that the Flying Wing is more or less the Super Speed of the SE world -- pretty mild, but still effective. If you usually prefer a more aggressive razor you might find yourself more drawn to the Flying Wing's older siblings, the OCMM or Clog-pruf. But if you like more moderate-to-mild razors the Flying Wing is probably right up your alley.

Thank you for your insight. The comparison with the SuperSpeeds is pretty enlightening.
It's not easy to find these blades in Portugal, but a gentlemen from another board already offered to send me some. I'm looking forward to try them!

 

[Haggises]

d'oh. failure to note location of poster makes advice look stupid.
Sorry bout that. Enjoy the shaves!

 

[HoosierTrooper]

What an excellent gold plated Flying Wing! I can't add anything to what Porter has already said, except congratulations.

 

[Captain Coconut]

Beautiful find there!

 

[Cicatero]

The vintage blades probably aren't as sharp as they originally were as carbon steel can go dull just from oxygen in the air, you should try it out with some recently produced blades.

 

[Sledgehammer39]

Nice haul!! I find the Bullet Tip to be a mild razor.

 

[Member357]

Nice. I'll get myself a Bullet Tip someday, although not sure i'll find one that nice. Enjoy!

 

[Mick]

Bullet tip is my favorite SE razor.

I hate to say it but that one looks too nice to break out and use.

If you are going to get new blades and use it DO NOT get box cutter blades. Make sure you get razor/shaving blades. Buy them from a pharmacy. The stainless PTFE coated blades will be marked GEM on one side and stainless on the other side.

 

[Cicatero]

Bullet tip is my favorite SE razor.

I hate to say it but that one looks too nice to break out and use.

Yeah, you can get a nice user for $10-15 and keep that one for lookin' at.