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• DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  First of all, great find! That’s a beautiful Ever-Ready 1912 in good condition and as a fellow head shaver, these are great for shaving your dome as long as you keep the head plate (mostly) flat on your skin.

  You can get a 10-pack of those PTFE-coated GEM blades either from the link that @PorkButtsNTaters666 provided or sometimes they’re available at eBay. However, those of us here who use GEMs are almost exclusively using those blades. The pure stainless steel don’t have the best reputation and other SE blades in this style are strictly for home improvement.

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  • vext01@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks! For £5 I thought it was worth a shot!

    these are great for shaving your dome as long as you keep the head plate (mostly) flat on your skin

    What happens if you don’t? Does it nick your skin?

    Link above

    Thanks. Shame the smaller packs are out of stock. I may have to bite the bullet and buy 100.

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    • merikus@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m a face shaver but just want to say these are my favorite razors. You’re in for a treat.

      What happens if you don’t? Does it nick your skin?

      On my face at least, I’ve found these razors to be very forgiving. I’ve only ever cut myself on these razors out of personal stupidity. While riding the cap is the correct way to go, I do occasionally ride the bar and it’s fine.

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    • DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It doesn’t shave as close and indeed you can nick your skin if the angle is too vertical. But in my experience, it’s really easy to use and get right from the start.

      Apologies, that site isn’t very well optimized for browsers with dark mode - didn’t see those were out of stock. FWIW, I got myself a 100-pack once I got my first GEM razor and it’s still not empty. These are really sturdy and hold up for a long time… the downside is that there’s not much variety in blades, but the blade quality makes up for it.

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      • vext01@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Are you stropping those blades to make them last longer?

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• walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You can, I thought.

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  • vext01@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Smaller packs are out of stock at the moment.

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    • walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh yeah oops.

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