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  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialM
    5·
    5 days ago

    GEM Days 7b/14: second Generation GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless – Sat 23 Nov 2024

    • Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
    • Razor: GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless (second generation)
    • Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
    • Lather: Mitchell’s – Wool Fat
    • Post Shave: Ralon Original

    The Fat really agrees with my face. I usually use moisturiser after my shaves, but with The Fat I feel like I don’t need it.

    This was shave 14 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 ← We are here
    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 Button
    13. 1965-1973: Contour
    14. 1973-1979: Contour II (The last GEM razor)
      • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialM
        4·
        4 days ago

        They’re very different. Mitchell’s Wool Fat it an old fashioned hard soap versus Stirling’s modern croap. Compared to modern soft artisan shave soap bases, you need to start with a drier brush with The Fat or you’ll have a bubbly mess. Think SV.

        I really enjoy the post shave feel with this one.