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  • djundjilaMA
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    4 days ago

    GEM Days 12b/14: Push That Button – Thu 28 Nov 2024

    • Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
    • Razor: GEM Push-Button
    • Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
    • Lather: Capt. Fawcett’s – Fig, Olive and Bay Rum
    • Post Shave: Declaration Grooming – B Cubed

    Solid shave with Capt. Fawcett’s and the Push-Button. These mild modern GEMs are really good autopilot razors. Mild, efficient, intuitive.

    This was shave 24 of my run through all 14 generations of GEM-style razors:

    1. 1906-1953: GEM 1912/Star Cadet/Junior/Damaskeene
    2. 1914-1927: 1914
    3. 1924-1933: 1924 Shovelhead
    4. 1930-1932: Micromatic Open Comb Gen 1 (Bumpless baseplate)
    5. 1932-1941: Micromatic Open Comb Gen 2 (double-edge Micromatic GEM blades)
    6. 1940-1943: Micromatic Clog-Pruf
    7. 1945-1946: Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless
    8. 1947-1950: Micromatic Flying Wing/Bullet Tip, with guiding eye until 1948, with plastic knob in the last year
    9. 1949-1953: GEM Jewel/Streamline/Ambassador (The beginning of the end IMHO)
    10. 1950: New GEM Feather Weight, renamed to “Slim-V Flat Top” in 1953, British version sold as “Natural Angle” by Ever-Ready
    11. 1955-1958: GEM V-Slim “Heavy Flat Top” (G-Bar, shiny chrome), New V Natural Angle Heavy Flat Top (E-Bar, less shiny nickel)
    12. 1958-1965: Push ButtonWe are here
    13. 1965-1973: Contour
    14. 1973-1979: Contour II (The last GEM razor)
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        3 days ago

        Not the best choice of material, though. The soap and water really dries it out, and i think I’ve oiled it with linseed oil once per two or three uses😂

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          3 days ago

          Is that an issue with all wooden bowl containers? I’m surprised by your experience but have none of my own.

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            3 days ago

            This is my only wooden bowl, so I’m not sure, but I’d assume so. Unless there is a layer of paint or lacquer, or the wood is otherwise stabilised.