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When I switched from my electric shaver many years ago I jumped in at the deep end - STRAIGHTS. The only safety razor I had at that time was a 1904 style Merkur. A couple of years later I became more interested in safety razors and during the next 3 years I went through almost every contemporary DE and SE razor. I also tried a number of Gillettes - Fat boy, Slim, Black- Red- Blue- Flare tips, Techs, and a few Aristocrats. While I like their designs, I could not get as satisfactory a shave from either of them as I could from the DE razors above and a few modern SEs (Rx, Sabre, General).
As of today my top five DEs are the razors I mentioned in my previous post and my favorite SEs are the three above. I still have about 20 straights that I use occasionally. I kept one of each NOS Slim and NOS Fat Boy, but I don't even remember when I used them last time.
As of today my top five DEs are the razors I mentioned in my previous post and my favorite SEs are the three above. I still have about 20 straights that I use occasionally. I kept one of each NOS Slim and NOS Fat Boy, but I don't even remember when I used them last time.