Roger, here's my grandfather's Gillette open comb: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/5150469506/in/photostream/ I don't know the age of it, but probably 50 y.o. at least. Works 100% perfectly, but I've been using the Merkur.
FWIW, I do a "good shave" once on a week on the weekend, then a quick dry scrape daily. I hate shaving, but dislike a beard. It's complicated being me. On 11/3/13, Roger <rogerdhod...@gmail.com> wrote: > Open combs like that nice Merkur are nice razors. They shave nice and > close, and don't clog so easily when one hasn't shaved for several days. > > For Patrick and others, shaving is a regressive technology (now geared > primarily towards marketing advances) and many believe that unless you want > > to go all the way to a straight edge, that the double-edged razor blade is > the next best thing. > > Great razor blades can still be bought as cheaply as disposables (10 cents > to 50 cents a blade that will last for perhaps 5 to 10 or more shaves), and > > the razors themselves (essentially blade holders) from the 1910s to 1970s > that one finds in antique stores and thrift stores can be as good or better > > than those made today. > > My two favorite razors are a refurbished Gillette open comb at least 50 > years old, and a Merkur Slant razor I bought in an antique shop in Luling > Texas. I think it was made in Germany in the 1930s. > > As for blades, each brand is slightly different: some too sharp, some too > dull, some quite stiff, some flexible... I like 7 o'clock most of the time, > > but go for the Kai or Feather if I really want to...carefully... shave > really closely. > > On Sunday, November 3, 2013 6:44:29 PM UTC-8, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> I love me my Merkur 1904 model: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64942209@N00/5149860903 >> >> Blades are all over the place as you mentioned, but the basic razor is >> fantastic. >> >> On 11/3/13, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: >> > I might have to buy one of those shaving brushes. >> > >> > What's the best soap to use it with? >> > >> > I don't worry about haircuts -- 7 years since I saw a barber, so >> > liberating! -- but I do shave. >> > >> > (I hack off 2" off the tail every six months or so: cinch tightly, grip >> > >> > tightly, and chop with sharp scissors. Sometimes relatives do a smoother >> > >> > job.) >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 10:31 AM, James Warren >> > <jimcw...@earthlink.net <javascript:>>wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> I'll bet the next-door barber conspicuously started using this in the >> >> last >> >> couple of weeks: >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.rivbike.com/proraso-shave-brush-p/goo21.htm >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 3, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Jim M. wrote: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, November 2, 2013 4:53:43 PM UTC-7, BSWP wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Anyone tried the barber next door yet? I may soon be needing a new >> shop >> >>> for my short haircuts, and would go out of my way to get a good cut >> with >> >>> interesting conversation. >> >>> >> >>> The best barber in the Creek is DiMaggio's, which is south a few >> blocks >> >> at 1379 N. Main. 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