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When I first started shaving many years ago, it was with a DE. What I did was to lather up (and you can use canned go for this), and practice shaving with no blade. By doing this, you can figure out the various angles/holds you need for YOUR face, and won't get nicked/sliced needlessly. Take a few d...

I started out with a '66 or '67 Gillette adjustable, Noxema or Gilette Foamy in the can, and the Gillette Super-Stainless blades of the day. Then got caught a few years later with a Gillette Techmatic, and followed up to the Trac II, Sensor, and the free M3 that came in the mail. An electric here an...

I started , or should say re-started wet shaving earlier this year, and did so on the cheap. Using my Father's old Gillette open comb that he had when he married my mother in 1936. I bought a Burma Shave brush, a puck of Williams, and Personna's from Wal-Mart. Total cost from Wal-Mart was maybe 6 bu...

I generally use Williams and/or Palmolive, but a fellow I work with had his Father bring me a tube of Old Spice Musk and a tube of Godrej regular when he came to the states to visit. Both are excellent. Nice lather, good lubrication, and plesent scent from both. The internet site only has the Godrej...

On sale 2 for One Dollar.... Don't know if this is happening at the Old Navy stores in your area, But I was in the Sneville, Ga. store Sunday and they were clearing out their 5 oz. olive oil bar soaps. Apparently, KMF manufactured these for Old Navy. Original price $3 Various flavor/sents include - ...

My first razor was a Gillette adjustable purchased in '68. I was a freshman at a local Military school, and told to shave that fuzz....I got the adjustable because that's what my Dad used. Anyway, I have a twin sister who was always using my razor for her legs, but that was cool, I preferred a new b...

Beautiful razor! I don't remember seeing on any of the discussions of 195's the dates these were made. It seems the general thought was that were made only one year or so...what it the date code on this one? I curious, and since this is one of the best closeup shots, I was wondering about the select...

For dating info. on Schick razors, check out
http://www.safetyrazors.net/schick/schicktech.htm


Same basic site that has dating info. for Gillettes.

rm_van_houten54nr


Marcus was already taken....same as here...
I've only known 4 in my life, but they pop up
everywhere I try to use it....

Monroe. Georgia....45 miles east of Atlanta, in the "Historic South"
of Georgia. Near Athens, home of the University of Georgia.

I too am new to the group, but have been lurking here for a few months gathering lots of information. So far, I have used only Williams, and a Burma Shave brush. Lathers pretty good here in the South. I will occasionally add a few drops of glycerin to really slick it up. I figured if I could work on...

I'm a new member after lurking for several weeks, and found the site after following a link from "instapundit' to Cory's site....It got me interested in wet shaving enough where I scrounged around my Mom's house and found an old "NEW" gillette that had belonged to my Dad. Good shave a...

Enough lurking on the side......I'm new to Wet Shaving, but started shaving 40 years ago with a '68 Gillette adjustable....gave it up when the Techmatic's were introduced.... I have now seen the error of my ways....Thanks for all the information I have gleaned from this site. Marcus Van Houten mvanh...