Review: Gillette English Flat Bottom Tech

[lasta]

Can one of you post a side-ways view of your English Tech like this?

DE pics with blade, interesting?

I finally get it! US and UK Techs are nearly identical in geometry, but the US (46-50) has a more rounded/thinner cap edge therefore more blade exposure. Canadian Tech has a bigger gap, but also a thicker cap edge, subjectively feels the mildest to me. Cap edge thickness makes more difference...

www.badgerandblade.com

I suspect there are variations even in the English factory! A lot of people say the EFB is more blade forward than American Techs, I feel mine is about the same. Both Guido's and Rosseforp's safety bar is flat, whereas mine has a deep groove over the side.

Gillette logo is below the center hole rather than above.

 

[Guido75]

Can one of you post a side-ways view of your English Tech like this?

DE pics with blade, interesting?

I finally get it! US and UK Techs are nearly identical in geometry, but the US (46-50) has a more rounded/thinner cap edge therefore more blade exposure. Canadian Tech has a bigger gap, but also a thicker cap edge, subjectively feels the mildest to me. Cap edge thickness makes more difference...

www.badgerandblade.com

I suspect there are variations even in the English factory! A lot of people say the EFB is more blade forward than American Techs, I feel mine is about the same. Both Guido's and Rosseforp's safety bar is flat, whereas mine has a deep groove over the side.

Gillette logo is below the center hole rather than above.

Sure - will do tonight. Just tried it with my iPhone, but that gave crappy results. So will use a DSLR later today. I will do both the Tech and the NEW.

 

[Guido75]

So here are the pictures for the NEW and Tech - hope this is what you were aiming for @lasta.

 

[lasta]

So here are the pictures for the NEW and Tech - hope this is what you were aiming for @lasta.

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Geek out time!

Hmm, fishy, yours look different! Baseplate looks narrower, where's the blood grooves on the side?

 

[Guido75]

Geek out time!

Hmm, fishy, yours look different! Baseplate looks narrower, where's the blood grooves on the side?
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And when you say blood grooves, do you mean these?

I don’t know what I should be looking at right now.

Guido

 

[lasta]

And when you say blood grooves, do you mean these?

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I don’t know what I should be looking at right now.

Guido

These:

 

[Guido75]

These:
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Ok - went upstairs to the den. These are non-existent on my Tech. Just straight down. Like my NEW but without the teeth.

I believe I have this set: http://mr-razor.com/Rasierer/Tech/1948 British Tech fat handle No44.jpg

Guido

 

[Guido75]

Ok - went upstairs to the den. These are non-existent on my Tech. Just straight down. Like my NEW but without the teeth.

I believe I have this set: http://mr-razor.com/Rasierer/Tech/1948 British Tech fat handle No44.jpg

Guido

@lasta, where does this leave us by the way? I searched some around the web and found straight down ones only. Would yours be a special model then? Or a precursor to a later design / model?

I am at least curious.

Guido

 

[lasta]

@lasta, where does this leave us by the way? I searched some around the web and found straight down ones only. Would yours be a special model then? Or a precursor to a later design / model?

I am at least curious.

Guido

Inconclusive, curiosity piqued, satisfaction denied, haha.

Doesn't leave us anywhere, only that there are more Techs than documentations about them!

Yours look like the bonafide English Flat Bottom. Be content in that your Tech is the one that is universally accepted as the best ever!

Mine? Just a 1940's war era issue that has spent more time in POW camps than allied field kitchens. They probably cut the grooves to save brass.

 

[Guido75]

Inconclusive, curiosity piqued, satisfaction denied, haha.

Doesn't leave us anywhere, only that there are more Techs than documentations about them!

Yours look like the bonafide English Flat Bottom. Be content in that your Tech is the one that is universally accepted as the best ever!

Mine? Just a 1940's war era issue that has spent more time in POW camps than allied field kitchens.

O I definitely am! Also considering how I got it. But don’t cut yourself short, because that handle of yours is not that common on Techs - at least not the ones I have seen.

And yes, wouldn’t it be great if some P&G employee found the ultimate Tech catalogue somewhere in their archives and list it here.

Guido

 

[Guido75]

Inconclusive, curiosity piqued, satisfaction denied, haha.

O great…

Guido

 

[Guido75]

Mine? Just a 1940's war era issue that has spent more time in POW camps than allied field kitchens.

And rest assured that my case spent some time visiting yours, because the inside is nothing to be proud of.

 

[FloppyJoe]

The flat bottom tech is awesome!

 

[95strat]

Love my Tech. I have a FB, but I keep going back to my 1948 Australian Tech (made in England).