The Unhearlded G or The "G-Bar"

[Haiku]

I've been a Streamline lover since I first saw a picture of one, but I must say that when I first came across the GEM G - or as I believe they were officially called the "Heavy Top" or some such name, I fell in love.

The G is without question a beautiful razor and I was lucky enough to get one NOS complete with box, blades, cardboard shipping ribbon and dead cockroach. How the cockroach got into the box I will never know.

I find the G to be one of the mildest razors I own, and so rarely use it. I really like aggressive razors - fewer passes means less irritation. And so with SE razors I generally use my Streamline, my lather catcher and one of my favourite SE's, the Shovelhead.

But two weeks ago, I dusted off my G and have been using it non-stop. Great razor, two passes and I get a DFS. I can't get BBS with a mild razor like the G, and so I've stopped trying. And since I've stopped looking for BBS I've found that the G really can't be beat for sheer pleasure of use.

If you don't own a G, get one. If you own one an haven't been using it, dust it off and give it a go.

 

[fcdiscus]

Are nyou talking about the G-bar? An all chromed Gem with a slanted end? Picture?

 

[Haiku]

Here's a link to a buy sell. My razor is this model but mine is in mint condition.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/81564-FS-Gem-G-Bar

 

[SEnSE]

I love the look of the G-Bar, but it just can't hold a candle to the OCMM.

 

[Haiku]

I love the look of the G-Bar, but it just can't hold a candle to the OCMM.

One thing I'd say is that GEM made the best quality TTO razors - bar none. The Micromatic line of razors are all beautiful. No question about that. But the G is as unique a razor as they come.

 

[HoosierTrooper]

One thing I'd say is that GEM made the best quality TTO razors - bar none. The Micromatic line of razors are all beautiful. No question about that. But the G is as unique a razor as they come.

Not only are the Gem Micromatics very high quality, ASR/Gem brought the first TTO razors to the public about four years before Gillette.

 

[stvince71]

G-Bar is still my favorite razor. The look of it and the shave it gives are top notch.

 

[Haggises]

This might explain why I can never find mine.

 

[Haiku]

this might explain why i can never find mine.

lol

 

[Sledgehammer39]

Not only are the Gem Micromatics very high quality, ASR/Gem brought the first TTO razors to the public about four years before Gillette.

+1 Nicely Said!!

 

[Cicatero]

I wouldn't be surprised if Gillette created their TTO because​ of the advent of the Micromatic!

 

[HoosierTrooper]

I wouldn't be surprised if Gillette created their TTO because​ of the advent of the Micromatic!

I wouldn't be surprised one bit that you're right. I can imagine some Gillette big shot strolling through the shaving aisle of his local Walmart in 1930, seeing all of the empty Micromatic bins and getting on his cell phone to call the engineering department and telling them to get busy.

 

[Mick]

I really dig my SE razors, so much so that I started the Single Edge Sunday thread so that everyone who has one is "nudged" into using theirs at least once a week. Yes, I know that some (myself included) use their SE razors much more than once a week but I hope that the Single Edge Sunday topic brings more users to the smooth comfortable world of single edge razors

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/296212-Single-Edge-Sunday-What-Will-You-Use