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Gibbs Style Adjustable

I am looking to buy a Gibbs Style Adjustable to use as a daily driver. Right now I am getting my best shaves with a 1948-50 Gillette Aristocrat. I have narrowed down my choices to the Yaqi Final Cut in both Chrome and Brass, the Goodfella's Smile Blazer, and the Pearl Flexi Solid Bar. Not a big fan of Stainless Steel so that omits the Rex Ambassador.
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
 
I wouldn't get a Blazer as it appears to be a private label Chinese razor at a higher price than Yaqi.

I think the Pearl is likely to be closer to your Aristocrat in performance. I think the Final cut is more of an aggressive close shaver. That said, I only have the Chrome Zinc Final Cut.
 
I have the Pearl Flexi OC, Yaqi TFC, and Ultima. You'll find all of your choices to be much more aggressive and "blade feelie" than any vintage Gillette save for maybe the Old Type.

I consider the Yaqi "The Final Cut" to be the best bargain in DE shaving going right now. And I like that the Yaqis (either chrome, brass, or stainless) are able to be completely disassembled by hand. Other Gibbs style ones cannot be.

The Flexi and Yaqi brass are close enough in price as to not matter, and Christmas season sales make them more affordable. The Flexi is, I believe, plated brass. The Yaqi Brass, I gather, has something like a clear protective coating. Perhaps like the gold-plated Techs used to have?

One thing you might consider is holding off a bit to see if Oliworks brings back their Gibbs clone after New Years.

Your choices are all sound and none of them will disappoint as far as quality. They will not be care free "autopilot" razors though. They are on the "dangerous" side.
 
The OliWorks SS Adjustable is an excellent, made in America razor made using the Gibbs mechanism. Unfortunately, they are not currently available. The company just released their M3teorite three-piece razor with three different base plates of different blade gaps. They are supposed to re-launch the adjustable sometime next year.

The adjustable is an excellent razor and gives me smooth, BBS/near BBS shaves.
 
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