Gillette Tech...what should I look for?

I have a pre-war Canadian Tech and post-war as well. I prefer the latter, as well as any post-war Tech for that matter, as at least to my face I can feel that last little bit of blade rigidity that the oval slots have over the triangular ones. Just my purely subjective opinion.
The blade bed on the post-war does support the blade closer to the cutting edge, which should give better support to the blade and prevent chatter, but I've never had problems with my pre-war razors. I have a '67 Tech that I used for quite a while, but I stopped using it when the zamak started looking funky on the tip of the thread post. Pre-war Techs make me happy.
 
For many years I've built and upgraded my own (and other people's) computers, and in a letter I had published in What PC magazine a while back, I commented that 'computers are the only thing that seem to age faster than I do'. Well, since becoming interested in wet shaving, I've realised that razors are the antithesis of computers...I can't imagine any computer being built now that will still be perfectly functioning in 100 years time, and functioning on a par with future designs. When you have a razor that works and can use current blades, the design, style and form then become increasingly important to the user. It also allows the user to take note of the subtleties of handle-to-head weight ratios, angle of blade, knurling patterns, and on, and on, and on...literally, a fascination that will be held my thousands who will all be outlived by any of their razors.;)
 
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I enjoy vintage things, cars, guns, hand tools, and razors,... I appreciate the razors themselves, and since I am going to shave anyway, why not enjoy using a razor that's older than I am? The same with the shaving brushes I use, even if I never shaved again I would appreciate my vintage stuff.

All the razors I use on a regular basis are ones which are much older than I am, and not down to the exclusivity aspects of their nature (unlike other 'vintage' items of my other hobby guitars, where 'vintage' guitars can be the price of a house!) but for their designs; these were products (in my case 2 Techs - Fat Handle, and Post War Brass) I really enjoy for the functionality, they produce truly delightful shaves for my skin and choice of blades.
It's something I appreciated when I saw a New User post who described years of frustration with carts, something I had myself with the modern designed product which seeked to improve one's shave by increasing the number of blades (and other things) but with my growth and skin, any razor with more than one blade leads to ingrown hairs.
I'm not against modernity of design in the slightest bit, but sometimes product designs seem to be unnecessarily overcomplicated and over engineered to the detriment of the user IMO.
 
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