Vintage techs. Started classic shaving with modern DE razors but it seems like the modern razors just don’t appeal to me anymore
when you say heft, do you mean as in the heavier weight?
My one splurge for shaving was my Rockwell 6S. I was not going to spend $250 on a razor that I might not like. I found a discount on the 6S and bought it for two reasons. 316 stainless and the 6 plates. I almost always use plate 4, and have yet to use plates 1 or 6, so it fits my aggressiveness requirements with room to change.Well, I'm cheap. And old enough that "bling" don't do it enough for me anymore. Would I LIKE to own a Wolfman? Heck yeah. Could I justify the expense to the War Department to be able to own one? Heck no!
So I don't have much experience in using modern razors. And I love holding a razor in my hand that is a "hunnert years old" and thinking about the ones that held and used it before me.
So until my rich childless Unkle dies I'm using old stuff.
am i right in thinking that gillette seem to be the most popular of old school vintage razors?
yea there seems to be more gillette vintage razors available out there from what ive seen as a noobIf "popularity" is synonymous with sheer numbers, then yes. Most people who own vintage DE will own Gillettes, simply because there were so many of them made and they are so easy to find and afford.
That said, it would be hard to make the case that, in general, vintage Gillette products are more popular because they do a better job than vintage Stars, or Clixes, or Kronas, or Gems, or some of the better vintage stuff made in the Soviet Union. It's just harder to find and more expensive to own a vintage Clix EZ Flow, or a Russian Rocket copy. And many an individual will reach for their Krona or their GEM while their vintage Gillettes go unused.