Why?

i dont know.

@@JMarswav There you go! Pinned.

@@SinatraLennon thank you sir!

Im at a loss lol

Preach, brother! Very well said. This isn’t about hurt feelings, this is about shaving and shaving better. Spread the news that safety razors are making a comeback! Let’s hope that Gillette makes reissues of their classics.

Dam right. I couldn't give a fart about some mamby pamby commercial. Bring on the Fatboys, Slim Adjustables and Super Speeds. It's time for men to start shaving like men.

@Nancy Hagen they invented the safety razor and the double edge blade though....they still deserve some respect for that.

I don't want to be a downer because I was happy to see this razor made with german (muhle) head and US made handle. What I'm not happy with is they stopped this one then outsourced to China for the King C Gillette you see at drug stores for the same price. As far as I know they have no plan on making the heritage razor or any quality one again. Just chinese made for higher profits probably to make up for all they lost over their toxic masculinity ad campaign. Ok sorry rant over but I don't like what they pulled with the newest one. Just sad

Well, if you want to "shave like a man" ... use a straight razor, not a safety razor.

I had to rush home and make the video!

I liked it more than I thought I would!

Mid aggression is a good way to describe it. It’s just the right amount of comfort and beard reduction. Yeah, that Barbasol lotion is great if you like the smell of the original shaving cream.

I’m in love with the Barbasol lotion. Smells exactly like the shaving cream!

Ha! Yeah, I rushed home to make this video.

It’s pretty good! Hope you like it too.

I agree! Now that Gillette knows there’s a market, remake some of their classic razors!

They’ve done well for a first outing. Let’s see what they do next.

Thanks, brother.

It’s crazy isn’t it?! Very nice box.

That’s a great idea!

It’s a very good razor. Pleasantly surprised.

It’s a great travel razor. I hate bringing my vintage Gillettes for fear of losing them. This one? Just let it go.

@@SinatraLennon Exactly.

Ha!

Me too, I already have a Muhle R89, a R89 Twist and an Edwin Jagger DE89. I do like the retro 1930's Bar End handle on the Heritage. .

That’s right! The head is exactly the same as the Muhle.

It’s hard to wait!

Good luck and let me know how you like your new razor!

I agree! Let’s see the New Fatboy!

My pleasure.

Why not?! Hope you like it.

The Gillette is slightly more aggressive.

@@SinatraLennon Thanks I appreciate it.

Yes, the Gillette Heritage is a bit more aggressive. It's a very good razor, however cheap.

Hope you like it!

Been into this hobby about a month now, and believe I’m gonna order one for a travel razor as well. I dig the case aesthetics and size for travel. Cheers and have a good one!

@@christophersmith8028 If you just started and want to add one of the best safety razors to your collection check out the rockwell 6c. 50$ razor and you get 6 plate levels of efficiency.

@@brianh2287 I’ve considered the Rockwell 6s(I generally wait a bit longer and grab the best material if possible). This hobby has me wanting tooooo many goodies. Lol are you into any vintage Gillette’s? Wanting to get into those as well.

I think that they will now.

@@SinatraLennon I think they will now. I want to see a new age, today's technology Gillette Fatboy, Rhodium plated, with 12 adjustments, and a leather case. That would shut down the system. 😁

Glad I could help

I’ll look forward to it!

I think we are all hoping they’ll make new versions of their classic razors.

They should try to recapture their Golden Era razors now.

Thanks brother.

I prefer butterfly razors because you have less to mess with. Also, you touch the blade less.

There’s just the right amount. No slipping.

I prefer the Heritage!

Definitely a safety razor. They are much easier and give you a great shave.

SinatraLennon thank you so much!

I like having them all!

@@SinatraLennon understandable, but not gonna happen as a poor student :D

Maybe they’ll do a butterfly razor later!

I haven’t!

If just for the case alone, yes!

I own the 34c and a Mühle R89... not much difference between the two. I always found the 89 head to be a tiny bit more aggressive. YMMV. The Gillette heritage handle looks nice though and it's a three piece which I think is better for traveling and easier to clean.

nailed it

I’ll try out the Gillette blade tomorrow.

@@SinatraLennon I use those gillete blades and there pretty good, better then those bic blades if you ask me

The Platinums aren't bad but not as good as the Gillette Silver Blues.

@@shave-a-thon3415 The Silver Blues are so smooth!

Hmmm, straight razors are a tough one. Have you used one yet? If not, maybe try a safety razor first.

@@SinatraLennon I apologize, I got those two mixed up. I certainly am not going to use a straight razor. I want to try out a safety razor!

@@SinatraLennon I just bought the Gillette heritage, once my neck heals up, I'm going to give it a shot.

If Gillette does a TTO, they will be heralded as the second coming of wet shaving.

My pleasure!

That’s what I used today isn’t it?

SinatraLennon yes.

It seems to be just peppermint scented.

@@SinatraLennon sad, seems like a missed opportunity. Gonna try it anyways when I finish the sandalwood one.

Just add some menthol drops to it!

@@SinatraLennon great idea, just need to get some

Could be!

@@SinatraLennon Dang it! I lost the heart for correcting my misspelled this 😅

Hearts restored!

@@SinatraLennon woohoo!!

Yes! Thanks, brother.

Yep. You don’t ‘need’ another razor. But...you kinda want one!

Just get one. I didn't think I needed it until I tried it. Now I have to decide which razor gets kicked from my rotation because the Heritage is taking its place. Fantastic shave.

At least you can buy one!

SinatraLennon True, I'm just impatient for new toys! ....still sulking and stamping feet 😁

Thanks! I appreciate it.

They sure do. Just be careful around sensitive parts or difficult to reach areas.

@@SinatraLennon thanks

Thanks for the correction!

You are correct. The interview that Shavologist had with Gillette confirmed the handle is made in the US, the head in Germany, and the blades in Russia.

@@mikeisgettinupset I'd like to know where in the USA the handle was made considering Gillette probably sold their equipment and factories long ago. They had to subcontract it out to someone and somewhere. Shaveologist probably spoke to some of the young whippersnappers from the company who are more concerned with their "Linked In" profiles than the history of Gillette. There's got to be a reason why it doesn't state on the packaging where the razor was made and why the box wasn't even sealed. When part of something is made in the USA, the packaging proudly states as such. All of Gillette's cartridge razors state the country of origin and are packed in impenetrable plastic that needs a knife of scissor to open. With the razor being some sort of Zamac alloy and the case being made in China, the markup on this thing is enormous.

@@shave-a-thon3415 don't underestimate zamac. Even a zamac razor will last you a lifetime. Its nice to see Gillette making a DE razor again, now if only they would make a tto razor. Wilkinson sword launched their tto last year, and i must say the quality rivals that of the super speeds even though its made in China. It isnt quite as good as the quality of an aristocrat though.

@@matthewolivier2883 The Zamac will last assuming you don't drop it too often. The chrome plating will chip. I've also seen photos of shavers posting their broken top cap threads. Gillette adjustables in 1960 went for about $2 and that was either steel or another strong metal. $2 in 1960 is $17.35 in 2019 dollars. The markup on this razor and case was probably close to 2,000%. Without a logo, patent #, statements of where it was made on the packaging, no protective seal, and no real R&D or advertising costs, I find this to be a very questionable buy. I certainly don't need another DE89. It's too much work to get a BBS shave with one.

As far as flying is concerned, you may have a safety razor in your hand luggage, but not a blade. If you are flying without checked luggage, you can still take a DE razor with you, you can still buy DE blades in many countries. SE and injector blades can be hard to get, though -- in that case, you can possibly mail a blade to the hotel you are staying in. Or you make an exception and buy a disposable razor.

You can carry on the blades. Keep them checked or buy some wherever you’re going.

About 4

Rockwell. Hands down.

Thanks

I think they’re done with it as far as I know. Now they sell the King Gillette at Walgreens.

Rockwell is way better.

@@SinatraLennon Silly me, I have the 6S too!

Great!

I’ll give ‘em a shot!

Chandler Veasey I agree, just tried them and they last long too

Thanks. I don’t know where I heard China...

@@SinatraLennon The case was made in China. Assuming Muhle's are really made in Germany, that's where the head was supposed to be made. The Chinese and Pakistani factories issue very close clones and Alibaba has handles (stainless steel, too) for $1 to $2 in bulk. According to the B&B forum, the handle here isn't stainless steel. It would be interesting if you bought one of these from the links below and compared it to this one. These are the bulk wholesale prices. You can probably find it being sold retail on Aliexpress.com as well as the re-branded models from some shaving retailers. Scan down the pages to see their other offerings: www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Gold-Handle-Silver-Head-DE-Safety_50045060747.html www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Long-Handle-Safety-Razor-Double-Edge_62013958874.html

It doesn’t! Great question.

@@SinatraLennon too bad. That would have been a nice touch.

Yep!

@@SinatraLennon Awesome. i've been using the gillette platinum blades alot since i got the razor. it makes my face baby smooth and cuts down when i do my passes upwards

Maybe this is Gillette testing the market. Seeing if there’s a demand. There is!

But they couldn't produce a 195 and sell it for $1.95 nowadays. The Gillette "blade holders" up til this day were always subsidized by blade sells, their purpose being to increase blade sells. There's no money in selling DE blades anymore. Today it would probably cost more around $60-$90 at least (just a wild guess). But maybe Sheldon Quinn from Global Shave Club will succeed with his replika versions - Repli Speed and Fat Guy: globalshaveclub.com/coming_soon Christmas... yikes.

Harizon agreed!

I hadn’t thought about it to that extent!

@@SinatraLennon My guess is that someone did a fast Powerpoint presentation in the marketing dept. and thought they could sell a limited amount to test the waters. Just dress up a generic razor in a cheap but fancy looking Chinese made case. Not having the items listed above included is an insult to the consumer. Not shaving the chin and mustache area is a tough way to judge the shave as those areas take me the longest time to shave along with the inner parts of the neck. I have to work extra hard with the EJ DE89 type head to reach BBS level and sometimes my neck feels like it (Floid aftershave takes care of that!). This razor looks too mild for me and the packaging and presentation seem a bit chintzy. A company like P&G could have easily sold a stainless steel razor for this price and still had an excellent markup for profit.

The missing Gillette logo is really a bummer. They remembered to put the King C. Gillette signature on the case and the Gillette diamond logo inside, but they didn't bother with the razor itself. On very old Gillettes, the brand name is barely legible. They etched it in back then, and "Gillette" was written in script. At some time during the Tech era, when Gillette started to use die-cast zamac, the Gillette brand name was also put on the razor's head, except it was part of the mold and printed in all caps. On one vintage poster I saw, the Gillette diamond was highlighted, and it said: Reject all other makes. -- I wish Gillette had chosen to come up with a collector's edition of one of their historic models instead of a generic razor with a scalloped bar head, like there are literally dozens on the market already.

@@DellaStreet123 There are also many clones on Alibaba and Aliexpress from Chinese and Pakistani factories. The reason the case has the logo is because they custom ordered it, probably on the cheap, from some Chinese factory. Who really knows where those handles came from? All my Gillette cartridge razors have Gillette written on them. The Fusion has it written twice - on the handle and on the head. As I've previously written, there's no patent # listed for this and that's probably because it was slapped together from what was already available. Some Chines factory may have already had a clone mold of the vintage handle, and either it was sent to a USA factory or made over there. I don't understand why nothing in the packaging states where it was made or why an instrument to be used on the face wasn't packaged like their cartridge razors are - in impossible to break plastic, so it couldn't be touched after packing.

Thanks Doug!

And?!

SinatraLennon I haven’t had the chance to use it yet. Shaved the morning of the day it arrived. I’ll let you know what I think. Looks pretty damn good though.

It’s mild but does a great job of taking off the whiskers.

Only because I’ve never bought one!

I love it too! Be proud to be a menth head.

Not sure.

A strange, but good, mix!