Just for grins, if I wanted to see how they shave, which one would you recommend as a beginning razor ?
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Single Edge Razor question
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I'll be the first to say a 1912 style (Gem, Ever Ready, Star, etc). Great to start with, and great to stay with! Pick up a pack of Gem Personnas from the drug store and you're set.
I have a 1912, G-bar, and a Featherweight. I prefer the G-bar (I think it is a smidge more mild than the 1912), but I think I will be in the minority. The 1912 is great also and it will probably get more recommendations.
Yeah I bought a lot of SE razors from a guy on Ebay, most of them were NOS and don't have a scratch on them! In there was a mint Gem 1912, can't wait to shave with them all! I do have another Gem 1912 that I will use instead of the minty one.
You seem to have your answer!! And, I would agree - 1912 style.
You seem to have your answer!! And, I would agree - 1912 style.
And you will most certainly be grinning when you realize what you have been missing!! It will be a EUREKA moment!
And you will most certainly be grinning when you realize what you have been missing!! It will be a EUREKA moment!
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Thanks folks, about to post a WTB, unless anyone here has one they would like to sell.
I like the Gem Micromatic Clog-Pruf. All SE's are aggressive but this one is a little less so than most. It gives me the smoothest shaves.
Schick L type. Not aggressive but fun to shave with.
Another vote for the CP as your first SE.
I tried to sell those two models at what I thought was a good price for the pair with no luck.
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=171551&highlight=featherweight
Yes these two razors are frequently overlooked, but if you are looking to try shaving with an SE blade both the Contour and Featherweight are very forgiving and good shavers. I learned SE shaving with a Featherweight before trying other types. Very good for a newbie IMHO, especially the Contour and it is usually possible to buy them for excellent prices such as the ones you have for sale.
garyg
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Yes these two razors are frequently overlooked, but if you are looking to try shaving with an SE blade both the Contour and Featherweight are very forgiving and good shavers. I learned SE shaving with a Featherweight before trying other types. Very good for a newbie IMHO, especially the Contour and it is usually possible to buy them for excellent prices such as the ones you have for sale.
This is another one of those wetshaving "It Depends", or the oft mis-used ymmv . The Contour & Featherweight are both, well, duh on me, lightweights. If that is the weight of your normal DE they would be good. However, if your normal DE is a Sledgehammer Slant, Fatboy, etc, then the Micromatics have a lot more mass & momentum. Depends on your shaving experience, techniques, and desires.
Here the Micromatics rule, but the others sneak in now & again
+1 But for a beginner, you can't go wrong with the 1912.
Gem micromatic gives amazing shaves and is a bit more forgiving than the 1912. Don't forget a Schick injector in all its incarnations. Gives great shaves, easy to use. Personally I have been using the micromatic alot and like it more with each use.
1912 or Micromatic.
My first shave was with a push button and hated it.
A few months later , when I tried the bullet tipped micromatic I loved it.
The GEM Damaskeene was even better.
As a side note, it was the Ted Pella blade that I found I did not like and changed to the Walgreen's blade which I do like. The coating on the TP irritates my face.
So 1912 or MM,
You can't go wrong,
JB
My first shave was with a push button and hated it.
A few months later , when I tried the bullet tipped micromatic I loved it.
The GEM Damaskeene was even better.
As a side note, it was the Ted Pella blade that I found I did not like and changed to the Walgreen's blade which I do like. The coating on the TP irritates my face.
So 1912 or MM,
You can't go wrong,
JB
I love my Granddads Feather weight. 
i'd say a 1912 is perhaps the best place to start. they're excellent. i also love the g-bar and my bullet-tipped micromatic is solid as well.
i also have a featherweight, but for reasons i can't explain it feels more "scrapey" than the others. i think it may simply be a case of slight differences in alignment/tolerances.
start with a 1912.
i also have a featherweight, but for reasons i can't explain it feels more "scrapey" than the others. i think it may simply be a case of slight differences in alignment/tolerances.
start with a 1912.
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I, too, vote for the 1912. After you get your technique down then you might try the more aggressive Micromatic open comb, then maybe a 1914 Ever-Ready, then a Clog-pruf, then maybe a 1901 ER lather catcher, then a Gem Jr. Bar, then....
