When I started wet shaving 4 years ago one of the first razors suggested to me here was the red tip superspeed. A good razor but I soon went down the rabbit hole and was smitten with British Gillettes. Be it a NEW or Aristocrat I found that the U.K. versions had more heft and shaved my face better.
Well I finally found a Red Rocket that had a stuck TTO, plate loss and uneven doors. After a replate good as new!
This beauty weighs 68 grams and feels very solid compared to it's American doppelganger. A stamped III can be seen under the head, to differentiate the baseplates from the blue and flair tip rockets.
The shave it offers is nearly identical, but the extra heft makes it more efficient somehow. A couple of bumps by my chin when i was on autopilot. Supposedly the Rocket has a larger blade gap then the American version, although I don't have the tools to check right now.
Seems to pair well with smooth blades like Nacet and GSB. The knurling makes the razor easy to maneuver, and to me Gilletes best design, even beating the bulldog style knurling.
Naturally the rocket mechanism feels much smoother when opening. On to the pictures!
Well I finally found a Red Rocket that had a stuck TTO, plate loss and uneven doors. After a replate good as new!
This beauty weighs 68 grams and feels very solid compared to it's American doppelganger. A stamped III can be seen under the head, to differentiate the baseplates from the blue and flair tip rockets.
The shave it offers is nearly identical, but the extra heft makes it more efficient somehow. A couple of bumps by my chin when i was on autopilot. Supposedly the Rocket has a larger blade gap then the American version, although I don't have the tools to check right now.
Seems to pair well with smooth blades like Nacet and GSB. The knurling makes the razor easy to maneuver, and to me Gilletes best design, even beating the bulldog style knurling.
Naturally the rocket mechanism feels much smoother when opening. On to the pictures!
