I love owning and using vintage Gillettes. They give me fantastic and consistent results. I don't even want to know about any new razors.
How do modern razors measure up to old Gillettes?
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Ive used modern 3-piece, 2-piece and TTO razors. Ive also used a couple vintage Gillettes. IMO, the shave is comparable between the 2 but the vintage ones are just cooler and more fun to use.
Part of it for me is that they made in the USA, part of it is the history behind them.
Part of it for me is that they made in the USA, part of it is the history behind them.
Well done Sir. No 1st hand experience with this dryer but if the poster is accurate then you done well.... really well.
It's funny you brought up the Gold Traveler for $10. That's how I gauge the most expensive razor I would purchase. Putting $10 at 1920 in to the inflation calculator you find today that razor would cost over $135 now. So I figure the highest I would pay for a modern razor is $150. That being said I'm all about the materials. The modern razor I've bought is the Fatip Grande due to it construction of brass. I really enjoy my vintage razor from various manufactures and look forward to modern razors, but I purchase with in reasonable cost restraints. Merely my opinion.
Get a vintage Gillette. No modern made razor under $100 would even enter my mind before a classic vintage Gillette. The old Gillettes are $25-$50 for the majority of them and can often be found at flea markets for $5 to $20 if you keep an eye open. They deliver a great shave and are excellent quality.
I began with a '52 SuperSpeed in 2009. After a couple of years I switched to using the SS in winter and a Merkur 34G in summer. For the past 2-3 years all I've used is the Merkur, but I kept a '51 & '52 SS as backups.
My experience was just one razor, the Weishi 9306, up until a couple months ago, but since then, I've acquired a 65 Gillette Slim and a Schick Krona from god only knows when. The krona had a few small rust spots on the "neck" when it was given to me. Now there's bare brass in their place. When Shaver_Dan got it, the whole thing was covered in so much crud that it was all black.
The 65 slim was immaculate when I got it except for a little bit of scratching on the adjuster knob. no plate loss I can see anywhere though. I've had the Weishi for a little over 4 years. In that time, a decent bit of gold plating has worn off. There's still some kind of plating below that(assuming it's made of brass), I'm GUESSING nickel, but I don't know for sure. If I remember correctly the Weishi is brass.
At least as far as plating is concerned, and as far as weishi, and if I had to guess, probably most other modern Chinese-made razors don't measure up or come close in quality, but they're still an okay introduction to wet shaving. The build quality on the Weishi seems to be okay. It's heavier than a flair tip super speed. I've heard they shave similarly, but I wouldn't know. I do know, though, that the Weishi head is a bit flatter than the head on the slim.
The 65 slim was immaculate when I got it except for a little bit of scratching on the adjuster knob. no plate loss I can see anywhere though. I've had the Weishi for a little over 4 years. In that time, a decent bit of gold plating has worn off. There's still some kind of plating below that(assuming it's made of brass), I'm GUESSING nickel, but I don't know for sure. If I remember correctly the Weishi is brass.
At least as far as plating is concerned, and as far as weishi, and if I had to guess, probably most other modern Chinese-made razors don't measure up or come close in quality, but they're still an okay introduction to wet shaving. The build quality on the Weishi seems to be okay. It's heavier than a flair tip super speed. I've heard they shave similarly, but I wouldn't know. I do know, though, that the Weishi head is a bit flatter than the head on the slim.
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My only modern razor is a Parker 82R Super HeavyWeight Butterfly Open That my wife gave me for Christmas 2010. It's rarely used. I like that old Gillettes. And the old Shicks. I have a Krona DE that is sweet with a Feather. And I have a couple of Injectors that almost feel like Carts but shave better. So I guess I'm old so I might as well like the old razors. And I have a 1932 Goodwill the only DE I have older than me. It's nice too.
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