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minus-squaredjundjilaMAlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoGEM Days 13b/14: Push That Button 2, the Contour – Fri 29 Nov 2024 Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger) Razor: GEM Contour Blade: Personna GEM PTFE Lather: Declaration Grooming – Chaotic Neutral Post Shave: Noble Otter – 茉莉綠茶 Nice tea combo for a calm Friday evening shave. This was shave 26 of my run through all 14 generations of GEM-style razors: 1906-1953: GEM 1912/Star Cadet/Junior/Damaskeene FLS SLS 1914-1927: 1914 FLS SLS 1924-1933: 1924 Shovelhead FLS SLS 1930-1932: Micromatic Open Comb Gen 1 (Bumpless baseplate) FLS SLS 1932-1941: Micromatic Open Comb Gen 2 (double-edge Micromatic GEM blades) FLS SLS 1940-1943: Micromatic Clog-Pruf FLS SLS 1945-1946: Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless FLS SLS 1947-1950: Micromatic Flying Wing/Bullet Tip, with guiding eye until 1948, with plastic knob in the last year FLS SLS 1949-1953: GEM Jewel/Streamline/Ambassador (The beginning of the end IMHO) FLS SLS 1950: New GEM Feather Weight, renamed to “Slim-V Flat Top” in 1953, British version sold as “Natural Angle” by Ever-Ready FLS SLS 1955-1958: GEM V-Slim “Heavy Flat Top” (G-Bar, shiny chrome), New V Natural Angle Heavy Flat Top (E-Bar, less shiny nickel) FLS SLS 1958-1965: Push Button FLS SLS 1965-1973: Contour ← We are here FLS 1973-1979: Contour II (The last GEM razor)
GEM Days 13b/14: Push That Button 2, the Contour – Fri 29 Nov 2024
Nice tea combo for a calm Friday evening shave.
This was shave 26 of my run through all 14 generations of GEM-style razors:
1906-1953: GEM 1912/Star Cadet/Junior/Damaskeene1914-1927: 19141924-1933: 1924 Shovelhead1930-1932: Micromatic Open Comb Gen 1 (Bumpless baseplate)1932-1941: Micromatic Open Comb Gen 2 (double-edge Micromatic GEM blades)1940-1943: Micromatic Clog-Pruf1945-1946: Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless1947-1950: Micromatic Flying Wing/Bullet Tip, with guiding eye until 1948, with plastic knob in the last year1949-1953: GEM Jewel/Streamline/Ambassador (The beginning of the end IMHO)1950: New GEM Feather Weight, renamed to “Slim-V Flat Top” in 1953, British version sold as “Natural Angle” by Ever-Ready1955-1958: GEM V-Slim “Heavy Flat Top” (G-Bar, shiny chrome), New V Natural Angle Heavy Flat Top (E-Bar, less shiny nickel)1958-1965: Push Button