The Gillette Tech

Hi Jason, that is quite shocking that most people who use carts or disposables don't even know that DE exists as a viable option, the people ( friends ) I've spoken to about how I shave know that there are other methods but seem to be stuck in their ways and simply just don't want to change, some even think it's really strange that I would want to use a straight razor to shave with when they have disposables " which are far safer and never going to kill them" so what I'm saying is even if you show or tell people about it most just don't want to change and will be happy useing what they are using.
But as an experiment I will put together a beginners kit of a basic DE razor ,soap ,brush, and some blades and give as a Christmas gift to a friend and see if he gets into it and maybe if he does he may spread the word himself.
Ps sorry to the OP for going off thread a little and now back to the
Gillette Tech which is the razor I will be putting in this start up pack, phew, stayed on topic after all!! :)
Hi Blademonkey,
Great idea with the starter pack (including Tech) for a friend - I reckon a Gillette Tech is a great razor for those new to DE - or old hands...I often take my Tech on holiday, as it is so forgiving - but at the same time very effective.
 
Hi Blademonkey,
Great idea with the starter pack (including Tech) for a friend - I reckon a Gillette Tech is a great razor for those new to DE - or old hands...I often take my Tech on holiday, as it is so forgiving - but at the same time very effective.
Thank you, I hope he gives it a go and maybe enjoys it, I can but try! :)
 
Remember that Gillette was forced into the disposable razor market by the intro of the Bic disposable in the early 70's. If they had not done so they would have quickly shuttered. I don't like disposable razors, but hundreds of millions use them daily w/o complaint. You can't stop progress.
 
Hello Bogeyman,

Bic / 1970's demise of DE / straight razors- sounds about right....and yes, you are spot on -100's of millions do use disposables / cartridges every day without complaint - as I did, until I discovered DE a few years ago.
Progress? Depends what your goals are maybe?
 
Progress = not riding a horse daily or using them to plow a field, not having to defecate in a cold outhouse or having to draw water from a well, etc. The list goes on.
Yes, but in shaving terms - was the move away from DE / straight razors (towards disposables / cartridges) really progress?
 
Yes, but in shaving terms - was the move away from DE / straight razors (towards disposables / cartridges) really progress?
I suppose it depends what you are looking for in a shave. If you want a relaxing enjoyable close shave then maybe not, but if you just want to get rid of stubble in the quickest easiest way with the least amount of faffing about then maybe it is. There must have been something preferable about disposable razor shaving for enough people to switch from DE razors back then, or it would never have caught on.
 
I think that you are both correct - yes, the move from DE to disposable 'happened', (Bogeyman) and yes, it depends what you are looking for in a shave - (Hugo).
For what its worth, I think that disposables (and canned shaving cream) 'caught on' because it was / is, a very quick, hassle free way of shaving...I can see how this was seen as progress at the time, and that DE was considered 'old hat'.
Which meant of course, that our Dad's (generally) shaved using disposables , cartridges or electric - and then, so did we - as we had seen / knew no different.
By 'we' I am speaking about guys born (as I was) in the mid / late 60's.
I have been DE shaving for the last 3-4 years after discovering DE online....However, In the last 6 months, I have shaved using 2 blade disposables, (ran out of DE blades whilst on holiday) I have shaved using an old Phillips electric, and I have used (98%of the time) a DE razor.
All methods have produced perfectly good results....But as for the most enjoyable...
Happy shaves Guys!
 
Re: The Gillette Tech

Lovely Razors and thanks for the review.

I am desperate to find a mint/near mint ball end tech.

I agree that the best place to find a mint tech is in a shaving kit. I found one in a bakelite case complete with travel kit for under a tenner (£10). Little bit of grime deep in the knurling was removed using Barkeepers Friend cream. Currently this ball-end tech is my favourite razor.
 
Re: The Gillette Tech

Lovely Razors and thanks for the review.

I am desperate to find a mint/near mint ball end tech.

I agree that the best place to find a mint tech is in a shaving kit. I found one in a bakelite case complete with travel kit for under a tenner (£10). Little bit of grime deep in the knurling was removed using Barkeepers Friend cream. Currently this ball-end tech is my favourite razor.
 
I agree that the best place to find a mint tech is in a shaving kit. I found one in a bakelite case complete with travel kit for under a tenner (£10). Little bit of grime deep in the knurling was removed using Barkeepers Friend cream. Currently this ball-end tech is my favourite razor.
Good advice; never bothered looking at travel kits. However, now I'm hooked on shaving with a Tech - I'll go have a mooch on ebay
 
Hello all,

I have just received a ball end Gillette Tech stamped 'made in England'. It came in a plastic case. Does anyone know how to find out its age.

Many thanks,

Tony.

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