WetShaving
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GEM Days 1b/14: 1912/Star Cadet/Junior/Damaskeene – Sun 17 Nov 2024
Second shave with a patent 1912 razor, this time with a US-made Ever-Ready 1912 with the iconic art deco / chain link handle introduced in 1927. It's a very simple razor head made from just a few pieces of bent sheets of brass (and possibly steel for the spring), but this razor was produced for almost 50 years for a reason. This simple design gives great shaves and must have been very cost competitive to produce compared to later models, which all involve deep drawn, cast, or machined pieces.
It is telling that this first and simplest GEM razor also had the longest run. Over the next two weeks we'll visit its more and more complicated and technically brilliant cousins, but not successors. It will survive them all.
Lavanille and Pure Lavender are a fantastic combo.
This was shave two of my run through all 14 generations of GEM-style razors.
There's the gem unicorn that you don't have though. I saw it in a forum at some point... There's a few adjustable prototypes out in the wild
Damnit. I should remember you shave twice a day
Yup, I'd love to get my hands on one, but they are ghosts