Can't go wrong with either. I own both and they are excellent. They have stood the test of time so well. You cannot get quality like this anymore today.
@disco-2516 OMG! Put your phone down, go outside, touch some grass!! He's COMPLETELY correct in his statement and one doesn't need to be a boomer to see that the quality of goods today is absolutely trash, NOTHING like it was 80 years ago!!
I still use both kinds.I have a cigar box full of various old razors. The 1920s version will give you a closer shave and is more accurate for shaping up a beard. The 1950s version is a faster and overall safer razor especially for beginners. I love them both.
I use one based on the 50s design. Replacement razors are super cheap, it's easy to use and they don't irritate my skin like all the 5 and 6 blade nonsense
My grandpa had a 1920s version. I remember watching him replace the blade growing up. I recently got a feather as-d2 which is 1920s style. These things outlive the original user being all metal, my uncle inherited grandpa's razor.
The on from the 50s is adjustable which means you can adjust the agressivnes of the blade angle. Most agressive(highest number) setting means a closer shave but it will be easier to cut yourself, while the lest aggresive (lowest number) setting means not as close of a shave (still pretty close) harder to cut yoirself with.
@@theetravisb or at leats it should be if the case used j the vid is originall tey searching up gillette adjustable on you tube and you should find a video that demonstrates how to use that funkction.
Sorry but the razor presented here is not adjustable it is a Gillette Super Speed, I have a 1949 model that came with the original red box. The adjustable razors didn’t come out until the later part of the 1950s
Definitely the 1920’s one. First of all, it’s solid brass. Secondly the blades are still readily available at most stores/Amazon. Gillette or Wilkinson Sword blades are the cream of the crop. Thirdly, the edge on each side has a comb like brass teeth that suppress the surface of your beard at different levels - it really works. My dad (who’d been a barber most of his working life) had one and used it until he died. And of course, the whole trick to getting a really close shave is to wash your face in as hot water as you can stand three times, then lather up with real soap - screw the Barbasol - (what a waste). Remember, the image of the 1890’s barber shop where they’d have steaming hot hand towels come out of a pot over a coal fire stove. It was the steam and wet heat that gave you the best shave ever.
I just bought one of these from the thirties at a yard sale. It has a beautiful mother of pearl inlay brass case and shaves smoother than any modern blade I swear
I have a modern one based on the 1920s design and any inconvenience of taking it apart is countered by how damn secure that thing is when screwed down.
I have Super Speeds from the 1940’s, 1950’s, 1960’s, and 1970’s. In my experience all the standard TTO are the same. Obviously the Blue Flair Tip and Red Flair Tip are different. But for myself personally I prefer the TTO over the 3 piece razors.
I use one just like the 1920’s version. It came from the art of shaving people right when they opened and it has served me for two decades. Gotta use good blades though.
The "BLUE BLADE" is probably the Thickest & Toughest safety razor blade. You have to have a face like Telly Savales or Ernest Borgniene, teenage boy will shred their face using a Blue Blade
I use the 50's version. My dad gave it to me back in 2008. It was his when he first enlisted in the Air Force. I'll use it till the day I die. Any other disposable to me is junk.
I wish they would make products this well again. Ghat razor set lasted since the 1920s id say thata he'll kfgood quality product and we need produ ts like that agajn ghese days
I got into DE razors about 9 years ago now, and my first was the 3-piece design. It's the one I still use. I got one with the butterfly doors years ago, and I didn't like it. The doors wouldn't stay snugly closed, meaning the angle of the blade wasn't consistent (and also the blade would threaten to fall out sometimes). I'd like to get an open comb, 2-piece razor. Similar to the 3-piece design, but the lower plate and handle are one piece. You attach the top plate similarly to how you close the butterfly doors, with a knob at the bottom of the handle.
My grandfather had one with a head like the gilette, but had a wind-up base that made the whole razor vibrate. Sadly, it sat in his medicine cabinet unused for so long the mechanism seized.
I would use neither. The commercial they put out a while back said that as a man, I need to do better, and I decided the best way to do that, is to go with a better razor company.
@@petermikus2363 Exactly. I had the same response so I switched to my safety razor completely and ditched buying any new Gillette products. That commercial really pissed me off too. To this day, since that commercial, they haven't received a cent from me and that's the way it will stay. I agree. Buying a vintage razor of any kind or brand is not supporting Gillette today. They made their money off that razor 50 plus years ago.
Those "safety-razors" were a lightyear leap ahead of straight razors but, as I'm sure you've found out, if you're not careful it will get its pound of flesh! lol
That's not the correct razor for that 50's case. I have all three razors, including that original Adjustable 195. They all shave pretty well, but none compare to a modern CNC machined safety razor.
Things were just made better back then... that's why I rebuild/refurbish older items... and my wife will always say why don't you buy a new one we're not poor... it's not about being poor it's about quality
Still pretty easy to get and if you can't get them from local stores just bulk order 200 of your favorite blades online, they sell them in packs like that.