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Monday SOTD Thread - November 13, 2023
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Oh, are you sure? Ignore what's below if you like modern GEM designs
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Modern GEM razors tend to be technically inferior to vintage ones. Just three-piece DE designs mistranslated to the GEM form factor. The genius of GEM razors was that there are two degrees of freedom in the mechanism: one that clamps the blade (like for DE, injector, AC, and AS blades), and one that pushes the edge against the blade stops. That way, the gap and exposure are always exactly reproducible, regardless of manufacturing tolerances of the blade manufacturer. All modern designs I've seen throw that overboard and make expensive interior razors. And even worse those squared off threaded posts on some are a recipe for stripped threads. Rant over ๐
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