Gillette English Flat Bottom Tech safety razor - TOBS "Eton College" 

love how those old fat handle techs i find them mild but a bit more efficient than some of the super speed flair tips

Thanks, Michael. Love the vintage review shaves!

It will be very nice to see a wide variety of vintage razors in your upcoming videos. Hopefully one of them will become a long time favorite.

Really like the TOBS Elton College. Can’t believe how much feedback you were getting after 3 passes. Is your beard really coarse and thick?

Nice British shave Michael 😌👏 I shaved my head with a Tech tonight, (the aluminium handled one), you're right, they're quite mild but very nice razors to use. A tub of TOBS cream usually goes for about £10 here in the UK, which is definitely less than some of the other big name classic British soaps. Always lather really well, and the only downside I've ever heard is that some people are irritated by the TOBS sandalwood (I know I am 😩). I'm looking forwards to seeing the other vintage razors you'll be using.

Nice shave Michael. Tobs is one very fine shave cream.

Nice shave. I love these old razors, in fact I shaved with a 38ish tech myself this morning also well loved over these 75+ years. I've also been working through a score of TOBS samples. I like them all so far except the Avocado. I'm not a big fan of that one. Love your videos, they are always informative, keep them coming.

Nice shave! Of course they will never have the tradition with having this barber shop in a London city location like TOBS, but regarding value and performance I could see Sterling Soap Company as the new TOBS. I only have tried two of their soaps so far, but they last forever, perfrom superb and my god, it feels like a robbery to buy them. Very inexpensive and definitely in my top 3 (even if the soaps would cost twice as much).

Haven't used my Tech (British - 1970) for a while. Time to shake off the dust.

This video(a portion of the commentary) definitely falls into the "YMMV" situation. I have the Rapira DE safety razor you mentioned and it works absolutely beautifully for me. Smooth and irritation with every shave so far and I've used it for approximately a year.

Way behind in my videos, but great looking shave. Love my Tech's, actually have two of them. I really need to pick up some B&M reserve aftershaves. Continuing to hear nothing but good things about them!

thanks, nice work as always the tech seemed nice to you and had good audible feedback i noticed by the end i look forward to your short and long comb reviews in the future wonder how your take will compare to mine but its been years for me i'll have to break them out again hope my skills have improved cos one of them bit me

Nice video Michael, thanks for uploading. Normally don't like flat bottoms (sorry) but in this case I'm in favour. Thanks for the information, I was always under the impression that TOOBS is just okay, didn't know it's very good.

Interesting thing happened. I actually got a skin reaction in form of redness and some light itching after using the TOBS "Eton College" for the last three shaves. First time that happened to me. The skin is starting to look better now after a couple of days of shaving rest so the choice for todays shave was Mitchells Wool Soap. Really like how that soap works with my skin and no problem at all after the shave. Will try Eton College later on just to confirm if it really was the soap that was the cause for the redness and the slight irritation.

Great video as always Michael, great to see that You will be using vintage razors, I am wondering how they perform versus modern ones. By the way I recived and used already Maggard slant it turned out to be great shave no nicks at all . Thank You as always for Your great recommendation.

I got one coming from a friend . He is only charging me $10 . I'm looking forward to shaving with it . They were made from 1930 / 1957 .

Nice Shave Michael . I've got some TOBS Eton College Cream . Had to think what TOBS is in my rotation , but it is St James Cream . Impressive Creams , the Soaps when I bought them are duds , but I heard some ingredient was removed due to politics , but I heard they've reformulated and the latest is much better , but I have no idea personally . Trying to work through my open cream , croaps , and soaps , before getting into the stash . May buy a few more , never know . I need to try Barrister and Mann products , and about a million others , but ... . Appreciate the videos , humor , tips , and constructive (I don't know if thats the right word , maybe instructive is better) reviews . Thanks , and as the Polo Club says Cheerio

keep up the nice work

Michael is the Gillette English Fat Tech Thea same design as the regular American version?

Nice video! I'm ordering that soap, may go well with the 1961 Gillette Fat Boy rhodium replated razor I just bought over ebay. :)

What didnt you like about the Rapira Tech clone? I have one and its pretty much my favorite out of all the razors i own, its the only one that can easily get the E-W hairs on my neck BBS. Its super aggressive but just floats easily.

Nice tech

Whoaaa... and i'm using ghilette sensitive foam and mach 3 machine... -Dominik you know which one :)

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You're right, yesterday's relatively "small-time" artisan soap maker may well be t/rrow's big brand name, and indeed how many will be the established brands from today's smallish business concern. On difference between the States & the UK, in Britain we have what's called the Royal Warrant. The Dr Harris soaps, shaving creams, etc., for instance, have been granted by the Queen & Prince of Wales such a Warrant over their supply of Dr Harris's goods to those two royal households (at least officially). Dr. Harris was once (late 18th c.) a small-time apothecary, and the granting of a Royal Warrant can obviously change one's business status. In the States though, until Presidents (Trump might consider!) start granting to suppliers of the Presidential Household Presidential Warrants, there is no hope for US artisans to make it big :) (..I sincerely hope people don't get too protective about all this, it was all tongue-in-cheek) Joking apart, one shouldn't need any Warrants Royal/Presidential...a good product is a good product...and boy there's some very good artisan soap making in the States.

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