Best Gillette Shavers in order?

Mine would be pretty close to yours other then the Slim. I had a nice one but just never cared that much for it. I know it should be close to the fatboy and Super Adjustable but it never did it for me.

1. Red Tip
2. 40's aristocrat
3. Super Adjustable
4. Fatboy
5. New Long Comb

1] Fatboy
2] New Long Comb
3] Red Tip
4] Super Adjustable

Was not easy putting these in any order. Each one is a champ.

This Rockwell Adjustable talk has me a tad excited and frankly, has given me a 180 on these two gentleman in terms of their tenacity. A resurgence of what once was got me thinking..... As a guy that owns many vintage razors, how would you rank the Gillette offerings as best shavers.... Top 5??


Here goes

1. The Aristocrat. I have oodles of these. I have one brand new in the box I will never shave with and some beat to hell. I have replated a few and frankly, I've used a ton of safety razors (no wolfman yet) this provides me probably the best shave I have gotten out of any safety razor I own. I've got very thick dark facial hair that grows like the Wolfman (irony excused) and this razor although not adjustable, is aggressive and smooth enough to always provide bbs shaves. It's frankly a razor I couldn't live without.

2. Red tip see above just not as good looking.

3. Fatboy. Cranked on 9 this thing is more effiecent than 1 and 2 and still smooth

4. Black beauty. The weight of these is pretty impressive considering the slim long handle. Cranked up there it delivers almost as well as the Fatboy. Despite the head changes between the two and this one being more apt at the nose area, the Fatboy gets the nod at 3 as opposed to 4.

5. The slim. A bastardization in performance between 3 and 4 in my opinion.

Worthless: the blue tip and tech.... Way too mild

Own: but never have shaved with: the toggle.... I have too many razors that give great shaves this one is a passing on item to my sons because its new in Box just like my mint aristocrat. What say you?

steeleshaves Please pardon my ignorance with this question. Are you referring to American made or British made Aristocrats? I have a couple of British made Aristocrats (#16 and #66) that I recently acquired and I have to admit, they are AMAZING!!! Some of the smoothest shavers I have ever seen. I have yet to try an American made Aristocrat but I look forward to it.

Merkur Man

I have both the American and British versions and both are wonderful. While they shave a tad different to me, it's negligible. The new and old three piece Gillettes have never done it for me as I fine them too mild but I know they perform well for many. I still pick them up though and gift them when the price is right

Great question steelshaves! My list is mainly NEWs. But in order of most favorite -
NEW English RFB
NEW SC
NEW Deluxe
NEW LC
Triangle Tech

I've had all the TTOs and adjustable razors (except for the toggle) but I settled on the NEW as my favorites

Nice, mine was listed as a 48-50 I think.  We'll see when it gets here.  Not sure exactly how to date them, but I know the guy I bought it from so I know it's legit lol.

It shaves great.

Nice, mine was listed as a 48-50 I think.  We'll see when it gets here.  Not sure exactly how to date them, but I know the guy I bought it from so I know it's legit lol.

It shaves great.

She's a beaut Clark a real beaut!!!!

1. #21 British aristocrat

2. #16 British aristocrat

3. 1948 50 American aristocrat

4. #58 British aristocrat

5. 1949 American aristocrat


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Nice, mine was listed as a 48-50 I think.  We'll see when it gets here.  Not sure exactly how to date them, but I know the guy I bought it from so I know it's legit lol.

It shaves great.

She's a beaut Clark a real beaut!!!!

I could barely fit my shave gear in the rack on top.

steeleshaves Please pardon my ignorance with this question.  Are you referring to American made or British made Aristocrats?  I have a couple of British made Aristocrats (#16 and #66) that I recently acquired and I have to admit, they are AMAZING!!! Some of the smoothest shavers I have ever seen.  I have yet to try an American made Aristocrat but I look forward to it.

You're already at the Aristocrat pinnacle Nathan. The American versions, while nice, don't compare in shave and build quality IMO.
This has been repeated over and over in my personal ongoing experiences- English Techs> American Techs. English Rocket>Super Speeds. English New> American New. Yes, these are generalizations, and of course there will be those that beg to differ- but most know the Brit Gillettes have no peers. Except maybe a few obscure Canadian models.