Those are awesome! The gold one is sweet, if I buy another that is the one I will look for. Whatever plastic they used was high quality also, it looks great even after decades, and is tough to boot. Thanks for sharing.
Gillette Knack / Slim Twist. Do you own one? Have you tried one?
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I have one, my birth quarter razor (T4). It's the only butterfly opener I own, and also the only vintage DE I own.
It's OK, but I don't use it often. I keep promising myself that I'll make a wooden handle for it, but haven't yet.
It's OK, but I don't use it often. I keep promising myself that I'll make a wooden handle for it, but haven't yet.
The Gillette butterfly heads have a lot of variation, even among the same razor model it seems. I have had five or six different super speeds, for example, but only one had a head that I really liked (and like a dummy I gave that one away). In my experience overall the vintage razors seem to be much less aggressive and many have head angles that I find fussy. I have a perfect gold plated Tech but the head is so mild that if you get the angle wrong you can do a pass and rinse to find that you never cut a whisker off! I love my slim twist, though, and I have one of the "atomic" lady's razors, which also had the butterfly TTO head, and it is a great shaver as well. The adjustables are really nice also if you are so inclined. My fatboy is 62 years old, in perfect condition and works like a champ.
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