Rubbing my jaw this morning, trying to figure this out ...
After last week's stuntshaving with the R41 (will revisit in a few weeks) went for a first shave today with a new razor, an English-made Gillette Slim Twist, N-marked (1968), looks new/unused.
It's entirely possible some of Gillette's best design work could have come at the tailend of DE shaving, is what I am now thinking.
Now. I have an American-made Knack, a fun and mild shaver with unique handling characteristics ....
Image:68_Knack_1.JPG
And I have the English-made (common) Slim Twist with the white "toothbrush" handle ... another mild shaver.
http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierer/One-Piece solid guard bar/1970 (P2) Slim Twist.jpg
But the one I just shaved with is the Slim Twist with the black "straw" handle, this one ...
http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierer/One-Piece solid guard bar/1983 (D3) G2000 Slim beschriftet Logo.jpg
Now, it feels cheap. Obviously Gillette was at a point where the bean-counters were squeezing, and production was forced to become more cost-efficient. The handle is just a plastic straw, basically ... (which will never corrode). The head is just stamped parts, and the neck collar is noticeably cheaper and smaller than the Knack or the white toothbrush-handle Slim Twist. Don't like the collar.
But the shave.
First, the vertical striations are highly effective, something I noted years ago with Fatip Piccolo. The handle's long, making a good lady-leg shaver if needed. There's no weight to this model, so a long handle doesn't add weight.
Shaving with it I was disappointed. Too mild. I felt no warning signs as with a Single Ring or R41. So I just shaved normally. Perhaps like a Blue Tip.
Got to the ATG stage. Went after problem spots and ATG aggressively and felt ... nothing. No "Rash Ahead" warnings. Just a normal shave. No discomfort.
Rinsed, and found a glass-smooth face. What's going on here!? I was expecting stubble, shadow, like a too-mild razor leaves. Instead, it's like a perfect shave.
I am still trying to figure this out. Did they make a super-cheap, late-in-life, really good model? And then, overseas?
It seems so!
Who has, uses, likes, the English, straw-handle, cheapie Slim Twist?
AA
After last week's stuntshaving with the R41 (will revisit in a few weeks) went for a first shave today with a new razor, an English-made Gillette Slim Twist, N-marked (1968), looks new/unused.
It's entirely possible some of Gillette's best design work could have come at the tailend of DE shaving, is what I am now thinking.
Now. I have an American-made Knack, a fun and mild shaver with unique handling characteristics ....
Image:68_Knack_1.JPG
And I have the English-made (common) Slim Twist with the white "toothbrush" handle ... another mild shaver.
http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierer/One-Piece solid guard bar/1970 (P2) Slim Twist.jpg
But the one I just shaved with is the Slim Twist with the black "straw" handle, this one ...
http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierer/One-Piece solid guard bar/1983 (D3) G2000 Slim beschriftet Logo.jpg
Now, it feels cheap. Obviously Gillette was at a point where the bean-counters were squeezing, and production was forced to become more cost-efficient. The handle is just a plastic straw, basically ... (which will never corrode). The head is just stamped parts, and the neck collar is noticeably cheaper and smaller than the Knack or the white toothbrush-handle Slim Twist. Don't like the collar.
But the shave.
First, the vertical striations are highly effective, something I noted years ago with Fatip Piccolo. The handle's long, making a good lady-leg shaver if needed. There's no weight to this model, so a long handle doesn't add weight.
Shaving with it I was disappointed. Too mild. I felt no warning signs as with a Single Ring or R41. So I just shaved normally. Perhaps like a Blue Tip.
Got to the ATG stage. Went after problem spots and ATG aggressively and felt ... nothing. No "Rash Ahead" warnings. Just a normal shave. No discomfort.
Rinsed, and found a glass-smooth face. What's going on here!? I was expecting stubble, shadow, like a too-mild razor leaves. Instead, it's like a perfect shave.
I am still trying to figure this out. Did they make a super-cheap, late-in-life, really good model? And then, overseas?
It seems so!
Who has, uses, likes, the English, straw-handle, cheapie Slim Twist?
AA
