Help me understand the allure of a vintage DE razor over a modern DE razor.

Or a Krect Spiral Curve Slant or a Star Lather Catcher among many others

Or a Krect Spiral Curve Slant or a Star Lather Catcher among many others

Yes. They aren't making em like them anymore. Now my lather catchers don't really shave any different than many of my other SEs but that Spiral Curve is something different.

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Or a Krect Spiral Curve Slant or a Star Lather Catcher among many others

Yes. They aren't making em like them anymore. Now my lather catchers don't really shave any different than many of my other SEs but that Spiral Curve is something different.

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Gives me a closer and smoother shave than anything I've used before

they're cheap and can be found pretty easily, for the most part.

That is beautiful (speaking about the British Gillette posted earlier). There is really something about those rhodium plated razors.

That is beautiful (speaking about the British Gillette posted earlier). There is really something about those rhodium plated razors.

Another rhodium beauty they ain't making anymore.



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That is beautiful (speaking about the British Gillette posted earlier).  There is really something about those rhodium plated razors.

Another rhodium beauty they ain't making anymore.



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I have 1 and haven't been able to get a blade held well after despining the original. Frustrating me......

That is beautiful (speaking about the British Gillette posted earlier).  There is really something about those rhodium plated razors.

Another rhodium beauty they ain't making anymore.



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I have 1 and haven't been able to get a blade held well after despining the original. Frustrating me......

Yep I get that. The one I sold was the one that worked out best.

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Most of the low and moderately priced modern razors are clones of earlier Gillette razors...

Actually, today almost all clones copy the Merkur "scalloped" bar design and not Gillette. I personally think the Gillette style safety bar design was/is far better. 


Back to the OP's topic. It is a given that with today's CNC eqpmt. manufs. can machine to the nth degree and hold tolerances far better, but that in and of itself does not equal a better shave. People should remember that a razor is only the "delivery" platform for the end result which is the blade. It is in short a mere blade holder. Far more important to shave quality is the modern stainless coated/sputtered edge blade. Remove it from the equation and you will discover just how little of consequence is the razor or soap for that matter. Don't believe me? Try an old uncoated carbon blade in either your "Fatboy" or Wolfman and prepare for pain.    

Most of the low and moderately priced modern razors are clones of earlier Gillette razors...

Actually, today almost all clones copy the Merkur "scalloped" bar design and not Gillette. I personally think the Gillette style safety bar design was/is far better. 


Back to the OP's topic. It is a given that with today's CNC eqpmt. manufs. can machine to the nth degree and hold tolerances far better, but that in and of itself does not equal a better shave. People should remember that a razor is only the "delivery" platform for the end result which is the blade. It is in short a mere blade holder. Far more important to shave quality is the modern stainless coated/sputtered edge blade. Remove it from the equation and you will discover just how little of consequence is the razor or soap for that matter. Don't believe me? Try an old uncoated carbon blade in either your "Fatboy" or Wolfman and prepare for pain.    

I always grimace when the phrase "only a blade holder" appears in reference to DEs. Were this the case Nickerson would not have struggled as long as he did to develop the flexible blade for the curved Gillette Double Ring head. How that flexible blade is managed makes all the difference in the world in determining how the blade performs. This is entirely different from injector/AC and SE blades which rely not at all on a frame for rigidity.

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