With my recent addiction to DE shaving, this was so weird I had to share...
I have a big garden which I choose to maintain myself. This includes cutting the grass with a high powered brush cutter, a five hour job.
On Saturday I was sitting at the bottom of the garden, resting, changing the brush cutter nylon. While seated, I looked down and saw a mud covered object. I lifted it up, blew off some sand and immediately recognised it a double edge razor with a white square plastic handle circled with thin grooves and an adjustable ring under the butterfly head. Excited, it lay in my top pocket until the lawn was finished.
That afternoon I cleaned it thoroughly as recommended on other sites. The following day I had to carefully sand a few minor rust spots with oil and 1200 paper, then spend the best part of the day polishing it with metal polish and ear buds (Q-tips) I was surprised at how clean I got it! Unfortunately it is not in great “collectable” condition, but not too bad either. It was clear it will still produce a decent shave.
Today I Googled it and learned it is a Gillette Slim Twist, made in England probably late 60’s, maximum to 1972. There are some cool reviews on different sites. Not a very aggressive razor, not terribly pleasant on the eye with the long plastic handle, but this evening it delivered a superb BBS head and face shave with my ultimate favourite -- the Astra SP Blade. I enjoyed the balance and weight and am truly stoked to add this to my personal armoury. (Unfortunately I am still struggling to post photographs, but I will when I can)
What a lucky little find? Now I have three decent DE’s; my SABI, the Gillette SuperSpeed - Flare Tip (both as gifts from halfway across the world) and my freaky “garden find” Gillette Slim Twist.
This man is fast becoming an exclusive DE shaver!
Watch this space...
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