{"id":9296,"date":"2017-07-18T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/?p=9296"},"modified":"2017-07-15T22:24:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T02:24:50","slug":"the-best-kept-secret-in-traditional-wet-shaving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/the-best-kept-secret-in-traditional-wet-shaving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Kept Secret in Traditional Wet Shaving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MVt8joJYVjI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Gem Micromatic razor is a wonderful razor that gives smooth, close comfortable shaves!<\/p>\n<p>These Single Edge Safety Razors were very popular back in the 1930s and 1940s. And they&#8217;re gaining in popularity once more.<\/p>\n<p>Gem Safety Razors can be found on Ebay, in antique shops, and at secondhand stores. (Check flea markets and estate sales, as well).<\/p>\n<p>The good news is, they are plentiful and very reasonably priced. I&#8217;ve found them for five and six dollars!<\/p>\n<p>However, as their popularity grows, expect the prices to start to increase. I&#8217;m told that prices for these razors were even lower five years ago!<\/p>\n<p>They take SE (Single Edge) razor blades.<\/p>\n<p>I recommend using Gem SE blades by Personna: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2sRVZ82\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2sRVZ82<\/a><\/p>\n<p>==========<\/p>\n<p>Vikings Blade Chieftain Razor: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2khl0V4\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2khl0V4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VIKINGS BLADE The Godfather Safety Razor : <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ksTgNR\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ksTgNR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edwin Jagger DE89Lbl Lined Detail Chrome Plated Double Edge Safety Razor: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2lxBI31\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2lxBI31<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Merkur HD 34C Safety Razor: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2m2ateD\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2m2ateD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perfecto Badger Shaving Brush: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kNX48z\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kNX48z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Van Der Hagen Boar Shaving Brush as part of the Men\u2019s Luxury Shave Set: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2jx90u4\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2jx90u4<\/a> (comes with Brush, Mug, Soap and stand)<\/p>\n<p>The Art of Shaving Pure Badger Brush:<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kM9dik\"> http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kM9dik<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VIKINGS BLADE Luxury Badger Brush \u2013 Dark Stallion: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kO6e53\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kO6e53<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RazoRock Plissoft IVORY 22 Synthetic Shaving Brush: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2jPsxHa\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2jPsxHa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VIKINGS BLADE Luxury Badger Brush \u2013 White Knight Synthetic: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2jowhn2\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2jowhn2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perfecto Deluxe Chrome Razor and Brush Stand: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2m1Z3Yi\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2m1Z3Yi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Proraso Shaving Soap in a Bowl: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2sB5rbJ\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2sB5rbJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taylor of Old Bond Street Eton College Shaving Cream: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2u3WFri\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2u3WFri<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Art of Shaving TAOS Soap with Bowl, Sandalwood:<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uWp6Uo\"> http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uWp6Uo<\/a><br \/>\n==========<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Ad 3 Notepad look --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 300px; height: 250px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5949253053296061\" data-ad-slot=\"5549356691\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gem Micromatic razor is a wonderful razor that gives smooth, close comfortable shaves! These Single Edge Safety Razors were very popular back in the 1930s and 1940s. And they&#8217;re gaining in popularity once more. Gem Safety Razors can be found on Ebay, in antique shops, and at secondhand stores. (Check flea markets and estate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1467],"tags":[1846,1847,1361,1849,1845,1848,1393],"class_list":["post-9296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-wet-shaving","tag-gem","tag-micormatic","tag-safety-razor","tag-se","tag-se-shaving","tag-single-edge","tag-wet-shaving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9296"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9301,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9296\/revisions\/9301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}