(12-01-2021, 01:05 PM)MaineYooper Wrote: December 1

The injector is a 1973 and later model, with the blade guard switch. It can handle twin blades, and that is what is in there.
Japanese Schick Injector II blade, razor set to 5, dropping to 1 for ATG for the mustache area.

(12-01-2021, 07:54 PM)Old Sarge Wrote: Razor - Gem Heavy Flat Top

The Festival of Featherweights continues with a kissing cousin to the FW, the Heavy Flat Top. While there is a significant weight difference between a FW and a HFT, to my eye the head of the HFT is pretty close to the Gen II FW.

(12-01-2021, 08:12 PM)srqshaver Wrote:

(12-01-2021, 01:05 PM)MaineYooper Wrote: December 1

The injector is a 1973 and later model, with the blade guard switch. It can handle twin blades, and that is what is in there.
Japanese Schick Injector II blade, razor set to 5, dropping to 1 for ATG for the mustache area.

I have been wondering about this. I have an M1 so I suppose a twin-blade will not work in it. I've been trying to find an L type or newer but the prices for them on the auction site have been unusually high lately.

(12-01-2021, 07:54 PM)Old Sarge Wrote: Razor - Gem Heavy Flat Top

The Festival of Featherweights continues with a kissing cousin to the FW, the Heavy Flat Top. While there is a significant weight difference between a FW and a HFT, to my eye the head of the HFT is pretty close to the Gen II FW.

I had to double-check to make sure I was seeing the right thing. I hadn't yet seen this razor referred to as Heavy Flat Top, rather as a G-Bar. I learn something new every day.

(12-01-2021, 04:01 PM)GAW9576 Wrote:

(12-01-2021, 09:23 AM)Grassy Wrote: Gem/Ever-Ready Natural-Angle (Feather-weight) 
Gem PTFE 
Vintage Flat Top
Tabac
Pinaud Clubman 



Festival of Feather-weights

I thought I would break out this unusual NOS Feather-weight for the festival I picked it up a while ago. The shipper is marked  both Gem and Ever-Ready, the box is Gem, the razor is Ever-Ready and the blades are all Gems. It is British made and exported to Australia and claims to be " the finest shaving instrument in the world"! A bold claim but it is pretty good.

Wow. Absolutely beautiful. I've seen just a few of the ER versions. Could you please post a picture of it with the thumb tab clearly visible. I'd like to see if they are based on 1st or 2nd Gen FWs. Of course if you can ID it as one or the other that would work but we all LOVE good pictures of beautiful razors.

(12-02-2021, 03:28 AM)GAW9576 Wrote: I had a marvelous Williams Wednesday shave today complete with Aqua Velva after shave. However the real star of the show was the new to me 1887 Kampfe Brothers Star razor. This was my first shave with a wedge blade safety razor. Overall it was an excellent shave. Even though the seller did a great job honing the blades before sending the razor out, I could work on my stopping a bit to get the most out of them. The Williams lathered extremely easily with the Zenith Boar and the Aqua Velva was a fantastic finishing touch.

   

(12-02-2021, 11:45 AM)Dave in KY Wrote: Thursday DecemBOAR 2, 2021
Razor: Vintage Unmentionable
Blade: Heavily Modified Unmentionable
Brush: Sad Stirling Boar
Soap: Gillette Cream
AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70
AS 2: Nivea Deep
Fragrance: Scuderia Ferrari Black
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,121

Heavy modification of the blade was yielding a smooth close and actually fantastic shave before things went awry during the 3rd pass and literally BLEW apart. Glad I decide to do a video which captured it. The AC Style blade actually STUCK to me when it came out. Will revisit and fine tune the blade modification when I have more time. Seeing is believing.............watch the video after it uploads on YouTube. Can't post here as even though 1 side was used it is an Unmentionable. Have a great day !