C'mon don't sit on the fence Martin :dodgy:dodgy said:Johnus said:Sad, yes, it is sad! I really don't know how you can think of the Slim and Fatboy as Vintage Razors! Even more troubling you're selecting two razor with such poor design that they had to be made into Adjustables just so people could shave with them!
Lets go back to when a shave was a shave. A razor was a razor and a blade a blade, the Nineteen Teens and the '04's!
Some beards are coarse, some beards are fine. But Mr Gillette made them all equal with his '04.
You are a crazy old bastard, but I like you,
Now John......really.......that adjustable story is a little far fetched even for you. Heh, so those razors were so screwed up that only the adjustable setting keeps em from being utter crap. I have never heard that before and it made me smile.
To be serious for a fleeting minute, I think those 1904 models and any others with the Old Type heads were the start of the evolutionary process. Then through the years, that head was changed repeatedly, with what I imagine the reason being to improve the shave in certain ways. That sound right?
The goal seemed to make the shave more comfortable and less prone to nicks, with sacrificing a little closeness as a result. Then you had the safety bar heads down the road.
So to me it seems like the Old Type head is the least refined and least comfortable. Yeah, the shave is very close, but the experience is too harsh to enjoy. I have to tell you that you really don't like using those things. Too harsh? Sorry for the dose of reality buddy, but you are nuts.
Now when it comes to those antique Blue Blades..... I KNOW you must be kidding there too. Talk about a brutal shave. Man, using a 1904/Blue Blade combo gives me the creeps even thinking about. I woulda used a straight back then in self defense.
The Dr is IN all week.
majortom said:C'mon don't sit on the fence Martin :dodgy:
I didn't want to clog up the thread with my pic's, but seen as you asked here they are, just as an educational exercise of course.dodgy Wrote: Heh, that razor snobbery line made me smile. Now it seems only fair to show what those old beaters look like to any members not familiar with em.
Johnus said:Jamies and Dodgy wrote:
I didn't want to clog up the thread with my pic's, but seen as you asked here they are, just as an educational exercise of course.dodgy Wrote: Heh, that razor snobbery line made me smile. Now it seems only fair to show what those old beaters look like to any members not familiar with em.
Just looked at those 'pic's' ... Most seem to be poor imitations of the '04!!! The only thing changed in 101 years is that they're bulkier because of the non investment grade castings used.
Al H said:How does the merkur 1904 OC classic compare to an original gillette
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