- Joined
- Wednesday March 13, 2019
- Location
- Sunderland
I have one of these that's also a birth year razor and I had trouble getting the hang of it as first.View attachment 100444
1969 Gillette Super Adjustable
Shark SS (3rd outing)
St James Preshave Oil
Omega Boar Brush
Truefit and Hill Trafalgar Cream
Brut AS
Berocca
Decided to master this old girl today. The aim is a close, 2 pass shave with no irritation.
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Nice hot wash and soak, followed by the preshave oil. Face lathering. Razor up to 8 to make sure it gets the job done. 1st pass WTG. Very good. Hot wash and soak followed by another face lathering. 2nd pass ATG and a little tidying. Very close and smooth. A cold wash with the squeezings from the brush, followed by a cold soak and a drying off. A good splash of Brut and.......
Job Done! I knew there was a good shave in this razor. I just had to work her out. As usual, for me, the key is to set it up to remove as much possible in as few a strokes as possible. And prepare well.
The result after two passes is comfortable, close and with minimal stinging from the AS. It's not as clean or smooth as my go-to R41s, but it is as close to them as anything else has got. Now I've nailed it this one will probably only pop out now and then for a bit of a change. It was bought as my birth year razor, rather than a daily tool.
Glad I've mastered it though. No point in a razor that doesn't shave...
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The thing that's stopping me using my Super Adjustable most is worrying about that black coating (anodised?) chipping away.
I could paint it if that happens but wanted to keep it original because it is my birth year razor.
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