Stainless Steel & Zamac: When would you use one vs the other?

I'm guessing that most all of the vintage Gillette's and other razors that folks love are zamac. So, you currently can't say that the metal doesn't make a good razor. As well, I've seen plenty of vintage razors that look just fine many, many years after being made.

I haven't used a stainless double edge safety razor and can't comment.

On a similar, yet somewhat different, topic; straight razors are either regular carbon steel or stainless. Most straights are regular carbon steel. Stainless is recommended for those living in very humid and/or salty air places - either stainless or put a light coat of oil on the blade between uses.

Actually, no, Gillette razors were for the most part brass plated with nickel. Some were gold plated and some were silver plated. Gillette did not use zamac.

Gillette switched to Zamac heads for the Tech c.1964.



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