Yes, that's right. The much-beloved Gillette Superspeed in many of its incarnations is my only officially hated razor (except for electric razors, which I really, really hate).
I've got one from 1949, several from the 50s, a red-tip, a blue-tip, a black-handle, a slim adjustable, and a fatboy adjustable. I've tried them all, multiple times, over the past year (all with the Swedish Gillette blades).
Why you poor, deluded man (you may be asking) do you hate SS razors? Glad you asked!
They all give me the most uneven shaves. I can do a two-pass shave with touch ups and still get patches that feel like they haven't been shaved - as if the razor just decided to skip that part of the beard. "Um, no, not shaving that little patch on the chin today. Not gonna do it." Or the neck on another day. Or near the ear on even another day. Other places will be BBS or excellent.
There are two other Gillettes that allegedly have the Superspeed head that don't give me this problem: the Knack and the Lady Gillette.
The black-handle Superspeed did the best of all the self-identified Superspeeds, still a little sloppy, though.
Non-SS Gillettes don't give me any problems - I love the Aristocrats, Pocket Editions, Techs, NEWs, open-comb, safety bar, etc. It's just the SS razors.
So dear, much-loved-by-many Superspeed, you and I just don't see head-to-head (shall we say). I know many people love you and enjoy the shave you give. And that's OK. I'm just one guy spitting into the wind.
There. That feels better.
I've got one from 1949, several from the 50s, a red-tip, a blue-tip, a black-handle, a slim adjustable, and a fatboy adjustable. I've tried them all, multiple times, over the past year (all with the Swedish Gillette blades).
Why you poor, deluded man (you may be asking) do you hate SS razors? Glad you asked!
They all give me the most uneven shaves. I can do a two-pass shave with touch ups and still get patches that feel like they haven't been shaved - as if the razor just decided to skip that part of the beard. "Um, no, not shaving that little patch on the chin today. Not gonna do it." Or the neck on another day. Or near the ear on even another day. Other places will be BBS or excellent.
There are two other Gillettes that allegedly have the Superspeed head that don't give me this problem: the Knack and the Lady Gillette.
The black-handle Superspeed did the best of all the self-identified Superspeeds, still a little sloppy, though.
Non-SS Gillettes don't give me any problems - I love the Aristocrats, Pocket Editions, Techs, NEWs, open-comb, safety bar, etc. It's just the SS razors.
So dear, much-loved-by-many Superspeed, you and I just don't see head-to-head (shall we say). I know many people love you and enjoy the shave you give. And that's OK. I'm just one guy spitting into the wind.
There. That feels better.