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    Sheepskin Slippers

    How could you retire the Crocs! if you wanted warm and cosy, then...
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    Gillette Fatboy stuck dial

    ...thats a shame...it has been a while since I sent off a razor to him, maybe worth giving hime a shout? Can't locate the pictures of my Fatboy's but below is a picture of a tear-down of my Slim by NorthShore, a good while ago now, and the final result afterwards. The design of both the Slim...
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    Gillette Fatboy stuck dial

    If it is your only Fatboy, consider sending it off to JJShaves...you'll get back a razor that works as it should with gaps and tolerance back to factory spec, for a reasonable cost. Even if you find one that looks great and works, after this amount of time it will have been bashed and knocked...
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    Special offer Lord Blades at La Barbiera

    Thanks for posting... The last Rainbow's I purchased were not good, but they may not have been stored properly. We shall see with this new batch. Lord stainless (ASCO & Shark) are amongst my favourite blades. Great deal from La Barbiera.
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    Old Edwin Jagger D89

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    Old Edwin Jagger D89

    If only Edwin Jagger would give Fatip a ring, ask them to run out a few hundred thousand brass DE89 heads, then send them off to Muhle for chrome plating, get them back and stick one of their better handles on, contract the packaging out to Feather and the case design and advertising to...
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    Old Edwin Jagger D89

    I did manage to contact one of the Directors at Lord a good while back. I wanted to make sure I had an original Lord razor and not a fake and I was also chasing some of their NOS carbon blades. Counterintuitively for a £5 razor there are fakes that are almost indistinguishable from the original...
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    Old Edwin Jagger D89

    Even though I remain fond of the R89, I agree that the design — based on the Merkur 34c head is not a top performer ATG. That said, it is easy to use, shaves through a wide range of angles, has an intuitive shaving angle, at about 30 degrees and looks good. Sadly, both the Muhle and EJ are also...
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    Old Edwin Jagger D89

    Muhle top caps with brass centre posts have the number "4" for the R89 and the number "5" for the R41 stamped on the underside. Muhle top caps without a brass centre post have no marking on the underside of the top cap. There has been some posts on other forums suggesting that the female thread...
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    Kit of the Year 2023

    This year my favourite kit was used most of the time — Razor: Feather WSD2, just sublime, and the Gillette English Flare Tip Rocket, quality shaving and stupendous engineering. Blades: Feathers in the WSD2 and ASCO Orange, Silver Star, Sharks or Rapira SS in the Rocket. Brush: Ease of use...
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    List of sharpest DE blades

    Although a long time ago, Squire's blade reviews over at SMF, in my view proved to be spot on... https://forum.shavemyface.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=29705 "Now you can easily find Squire's helpful reviews again. I'll summarize his favorites here, starting from best and in approximate order...
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    Two Scots.

    ...I have to admit, the Scotts sartorial choices are unusual, their skirts, I mean kilts, are no doubt also an acquired taste :). His jaunt across Europe sounded great though...
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    Two Scots.

    Although I have to say the beauty and clarity of the Scottish accent is also demonstrated by professional Scottish football commentators (no offence intended to our Spanish members who are football fans... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DaHAG74bLSM
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    Two Scots.

    ...beautiful language...listen to the best fan commentary on rugby, this man should be a news anchor...
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    Gillette Rocket ID?

    Thanks Toby...it looks identical, but the weight on mine is 72g, although scales could be off.
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    Gillette Rocket ID?

    I recently purchased what I thought to be a Rocket, it looks similar to a HD 500 although I am far from gemmed-up on these razors, so may be mistaken. The razor has Patent Pending stamped on the inside of the blade tray but no Patent # and "Gillette Made In England" on the underside of the...
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    Was Gillette's zenith the Superspeed?

    Your viewpoint is understandable and I suspect shared by others, indeed I held a somewhat similar attitude when I first started out many moon's ago. Having purchased many "new" razors, I subsequently ventured into the world of vintage razors; my experience now tells me that the quality of...
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    Was Gillette's zenith the Superspeed?

    ...that makes sense and I suppose the same business model necessitated the move to carts. I suspect the weight, handle girth and handle length of Gillette razors benefited from extensive R&D to determine the sweet spot for the average guy. And whilst handle length and weight did vary, in the...
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    Was Gillette's zenith the Superspeed?

    Does the Old or Tech represnt Gillette's zenith for you?' I would have loved to have been in on the design meetings for these razors and the discussions about where the best all round performance charachteristics lay. Gillette clearly kept moving the shaving charachteristics of their razors, and...
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    Was Gillette's zenith the Superspeed?

    Yes...small Omega boars remain my favourite brushes as well, although I still enjoy using synths, badger, mixes and horse from time to time. I recently used one of my new, stored 10290's in the belief that my old 10290 after 10 years heavy use probably was not the brush I started with. I was...
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