Birth Razor

I thought it would be nice to have a thread devoted to birth razors. If you have a good story associated with your razor, please share. Unfortunately, I don’t have a great story for mine…I simply found it on eBay. It's a Gillette Black Beauty U4...not only my birth year but birth quarter as well. But for this thread, I did try something special by making my first attempt at an outdoor razor picture.

Normally, it sits on a chrome stand on my vanity, not being used very often. So far, I’ve only used this beauty on my birthday and my wife’s birthday. And I plan to only use it for special occasions and holidays. Otherwise, it is on the stand watching over all the other razors that pass by





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I'm too old to have a birth razor. [Image: cry.gif]

I have a W1 76 black handle super speed,  same story as yours ( ebay ). I've thought about getting a super adjustable,  but I am  primarily a SE shaver.

Thanksgiving Day Shave:

Being a holiday, I thought it was appropriate to use the Birth Razor

Pre-shave: Hot shower
Brush: Shave Revolution Synthetic
Blade: Pol-Silver SI (8th use)
Soap: CrowneAndCrane Cognac & Cubans (I don't have any Holiday-like scents. But my dad & I usually have a cigar after dinner, so this was more than appropriate)
AS: CrowneAndCrane Tobacco Leaf & Amber balm (see soap comments )

Razor: Gillette Black Beauty U4

I think the idea of a birth razor is cool. I'm having trouble finding a reasonably priced, good condition Gillette F1 Fatboy. For whatever reason there's not as many of them around as some of the other years/quarters. So I'm thinking as good as a birth year/quarter would be a conception year razor, that puts me in the E2s which seem more plentiful at the moment.

I think the idea of a birth razor is cool.  I'm having trouble finding a reasonably priced, good condition Gillette F1 Fatboy.  For whatever reason there's not as many of them around as some of the other years/quarters.  So I'm thinking as good as a birth year/quarter would be a conception year razor, that puts me in the E2s which seem more plentiful at the moment.  

That's good, except that it might bring to mind your conception...

I think the idea of a birth razor is cool.  I'm having trouble finding a reasonably priced, good condition Gillette F1 Fatboy.  For whatever reason there's not as many of them around as some of the other years/quarters.  So I'm thinking as good as a birth year/quarter would be a conception year razor, that puts me in the E2s which seem more plentiful at the moment.  

I just looked at my Fat Boy, Mark, and I'm afraid it's off by one.  Mine is an F2.  Oh well.

I think the idea of a birth razor is cool.  I'm having trouble finding a reasonably priced, good condition Gillette F1 Fatboy.  For whatever reason there's not as many of them around as some of the other years/quarters.  So I'm thinking as good as a birth year/quarter would be a conception year razor, that puts me in the E2s which seem more plentiful at the moment.  

I just looked at my Fat Boy, Mark, and I'm afraid it's off by one.  Mine is an F2.  Oh well.

Thanks Freddy , I think wyze0ne raises a good point. I'll just slowly back away from any talk of conception.

Sorry about that Marko.

I have a pretty minty P4 Super Speed that is my birth quarter. I use it on my birthday, and that is about it. I don't DE shave very often, and I prefer my Schick Krona by far if I want a TTO shave.

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I have a P2 Super Adjustable that when I bought it, I figured it for a restore. Not horrible shape, not exactly a collector. Before I ever got around to it I came to the conclusion that I just don't care enough for TTO shaves to put any more money into it. My son has it right now.

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