I gave a Schick Krona to a young man who needed to use a DE WTG only to fight ingrown hairs. Still glad I gave it to him, but wish I had another.
What's the razor you most wish you hadn't parted with?
- Thread starter Kent Kimmons
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Probably my grandfather's late 40s-early 50s Superspeed, the fourth DE razor I used. Actually I'm not sure if it was my grandfather's — it might have been one of my older uncle's — but I miss that razor.
I got really shaken up by how close it shaved; I was left with very red skin all over my face and a sense I had managed to shave much closer than I was aware of while I was shaving. It's the only razor I felt I might hurt myself without knowing I was doing so.
At the same time, I loved the feel of it and the design. The weight was perfect and it was an incredibly smooth shave (thus the ability to shave too close without realizing it). I loved the dense knurling on the handle.
I gave it away because I was too scared of using that particular razor and didn't see myself using it again.
Looking back at it now, though, I wonder if what I thought was too close of a shave was actually a skin reaction to the soap, which I had reactions to later, or the combination of the soap with a really close shave? My memory of it is too fuzzy to guess with any confidence anymore, but it would be nice to try it again.
I got really shaken up by how close it shaved; I was left with very red skin all over my face and a sense I had managed to shave much closer than I was aware of while I was shaving. It's the only razor I felt I might hurt myself without knowing I was doing so.
At the same time, I loved the feel of it and the design. The weight was perfect and it was an incredibly smooth shave (thus the ability to shave too close without realizing it). I loved the dense knurling on the handle.
I gave it away because I was too scared of using that particular razor and didn't see myself using it again.
Looking back at it now, though, I wonder if what I thought was too close of a shave was actually a skin reaction to the soap, which I had reactions to later, or the combination of the soap with a really close shave? My memory of it is too fuzzy to guess with any confidence anymore, but it would be nice to try it again.
Both razors falling into this category I have replaced. A NDC Super Speed and a Rex Envoy. Neither shave as well as my Wolfman WR2, but, for nostalgia sake they stay in my den.
My dad's Gillette blue tip. I learned to shave using it, many many years ago, and I'm not sure whatever happened to it. 
I learned to shave with a ‘hand-me-down’ Slim back in the day. Wish I had kept that one!! 
