Gillette single ring

ekeko · Wednesday June 29, 2022

Used my Gillette single ring today, tried the FRAM but a bit rough so went new Gillette and great result. It’s stamped E 95401 so must be close on 100 now? I have more modern Gillettes but this baby is just as good if not better. Difficult to improve on perfection I guess.

pjgh · Wednesday June 29, 2022

Noice! I'd love to enjoy mine, but they're silver plated ... alas, I'm part vampire. Last time (actually, also the first time) I used it, Mrs asked me what they heck I'd done to my face. Looking in the mirror, I had red blotches all over the shaved area. I ran an ice cube over it and was fine by morning. The same happened with a silver plated New Improved. Oddly, I have a silver plated Zinn Gem which is not drama at all.

Yeah, the original was probably the best.

TobyC · Wednesday June 29, 2022

That's a 1917, beautiful razor my friend, and you won't find a better DE shaver of any price or vintage. They should have continued to make those instead of going to all of the gimmicks and marketing crap.

TobyC · Wednesday June 29, 2022

pjgh said:
Noice! I'd love to enjoy mine, but they're silver plated ... alas, I'm part vampire. Last time (actually, also the first time) I used it, Mrs asked me what they heck I'd done to my face. Looking in the mirror, I had red blotches all over the shaved area. I ran an ice cube over it and was fine by morning. The same happened with a silver plated New Improved. Oddly, I have a silver plated Zinn Gem which is not drama at all.

Yeah, the original was probably the best.

It's just a few temporary blotches, it's worth the trouble, "Shave like a man!"

pjgh · Thursday June 30, 2022

I could always send it to JJ for a replate ... adopt adapt improve.

TobyC · Thursday June 30, 2022

pjgh said:
I could always send it to JJ for a replate ... adopt adapt improve.

The one that's potentially a 1906? Hell no, you don't scrape the paint off the Mona Lisa and repaint it and call that an "improvement"!

Wax it with Turtle Wax and use a pre-shave.

pjgh · Thursday June 30, 2022

TobyC said:
The one that's potentially a 1906? Hell no, you don't scrape the paint off the Mona Lisa and repaint it and call that an "improvement"!

Wax it with Turtle Wax and use a pre-shave.

It would be a shame ...

I do have a brass 'Old' so no great drama.

preidy · Tuesday July 12, 2022

ekeko said:
Used my Gillette single ring today, tried the FRAM but a bit rough so went new Gillette and great result. It’s stamped E 95401 so must be close on 100 now? I have more modern Gillettes but this baby is just as good if not better. Difficult to improve on perfection I guess. View attachment 89872 View attachment 89869

Agree!

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