Love my Bullet tip GEM Micromatic

[kevdogg329]

Couple of months ago, I was PIFFED a Bullet tip GEM Micromatic SE razor with a few blades to try. I find myself more and more defaulting to it as my favorite razor, over an injector and DE razors. I recently acquired 100 GEM PTFE blades off eBay, and use one last night in it. BBS shave (something I normally cannot achieve in a DE).

Anyone else have a similar experience with theirs?

 

[BSAGuy]

I haven't found the love for the Gems yet, but I think it is because I need some of the PTFE blades. I really want to use my SE's because I have some pretty cool ones (Damaskeene and others).

Sounds like you have your MM dialed in so congrats on that.

Shave away and enjoy.

 

[DrumZalot]

I had the same experience as you did a long time ago. It wasn't a great experience with just the Flying Wing but with almost every SE razor ever made! There is a whole world of SE shaving to explore you are on the right track. Once you go single you never go double edge.

 

[kevdogg329]

I haven't found the love for the Gems yet, but I think it is because I need some of the PTFE blades. I really want to use my SE's because I have some pretty cool ones (Damaskeene and others).

Sounds like you have your MM dialed in so congrats on that.

Shave away and enjoy.

Blade exchange a couple. eBay and tryablade . Com can help as well. Also Ted pella has blades.

 

[kevdogg329]

I had the same experience as you did a long time ago. It wasn't a great experience with just the Flying Wing but with almost every SE razor ever made! There is a whole world of SE shaving to explore you are on the right track. Once you go single you never go double edge.

Wish the SE world was larger, but grateful to be a part of it.

 

[Calabash]

I have a 1912, a Micromatic, and a G-Bar, and like all three as long as you have a good blade and have the correct razor angle to the face...great shaves are to be had.

 

[santamariasteve]

Wish the SE world was larger, but grateful to be a part of it.

The fact that the SE world isn't larger saves us a LOT of money in the big picture.