In the beginning when God was but a lad, I always wanted to love the vintage Gillettes but struggled to get the same results as with my DE89 and Merkur 34c although I persevered as I have a love for old things and vintage stuff in general. Alas, no dice.
Ultimately, none of the four modern stainless steel razors I bought during an ill-fated, retail therapy experiment delivered the shave that the aforementioned two dependables gave. Holy grail theme? You betcha! Again, I tried and tried with them and for a while the 3one6 seemed to answer but I soon as I returned to Mr Merkur, I realised the stainless EJ was just not for me, lovely though it surely is.
I had settled on the Merkur 34c at this point and nearly sold off the lot except the backup DE89. Sometimes, during my darker days, shaving became a real chore which I came to loathe. I’d miss too many days in succession and that ain’t the real me. Yes I was down in a rut but looking back as far as shaving was concerned, variety was sorely lacking. Health wise, things did pick up as is the cyclical nature of life.
Furthermore, I also badly wanted to grow a beard and eventually managed this to my great satisfaction. I was bearded when I met my soon to be fiancée and she loved said hirsuteness. Indeed, she deemed it part of the attraction. In fact, it was only a bad trimming accident which went from bad to worse as I tried in vain to correct my errors when eventually, I had to admit defeat and Merkur it off to lose the unkempt Latin American movie villain look. As seems to be my way, I slumped once more into a depressive daze.
Thankfully, that didn’t last long at all as life is just too good nowadays so I thought I’d dig out my vintage Tech and lo and behold, the results were stellar! Especially after I weighted the hollow handle with tungsten putty. My fiancée loved the smooth look and the new me even more and we were both surprised at her immensely favourable reaction. Now I’m having the time of my life revisiting all my TTOs as well my NEW and Tech plus I’m teaching her indoors to use the Flair Tip Rocket that she’s taken a great liking to.
I've started carving shaving brush handles again and a Yew-handled 28mm Silk Smoke brush is in my love’s immediate future. My interest in all things vintage pogonotomy related has skyrocketed and given me a real, tangible boost.
Why have more than one? Ain’t you been reading?