I tried my first GEM tonight: the G-Bar. Super smooth shave. Don't be afraid of it.....embrace it! I have a ton of GEM razors and this is the first I've used one. I can't believe I waited so long ! Very intuitive with the angle..a no-brainer really.
I've got a G-Bar and a Micromatic. I'm trying the micromatic tomorrow, but I really couldn't get into the G-Bar. With the short handle and steep head angle, I felt uncomfortable holding the razor.
Don't know my gems that well. It's a brass tto.Which Micromatic do you have?
Which ever one you start one with doesn't matter. You'll soon hear the siren call of the Open Comb Micro-Matic, much like the One Ring calling to its Master. That razor is the pinnacle of razor technology. I get great shaves from a lot of my razors, but the OCMM? Oh... BBS All the time, and the shave easily lasts 24 hours.
No Pressure, good lather and prep and you'll soon be thinking that the decline and fall of western civilization began when production of these marvels was phased out.