GEM Days 8b/14: GEM Micromatic Flying Wing – Stunning Beauty Now In Gold – Sun 24 Nov 2024

• Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
• Razor: GEM Micromatic Flying Wing (gold plated)
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
• Lather: Klar – Lemongrass
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Seville

Klar Lemongrass is a simple scent I enjoy a lot. I used to use it frequently but sort of forgot about it. It’s nice to rediscover forgotten little treasures.

This was shave 16 of my run through all 14 generations of GEM-style razors:

1. 1906-1953: GEM 1912/Star Cadet/Junior/Damaskeene
   • FLS
   • SLS
2. 1914-1927: 1914
   • FLS
   • SLS
3. 1924-1933: 1924 Shovelhead
   • FLS
   • SLS
4. 1930-1932: Micromatic Open Comb Gen 1 (Bumpless baseplate)
   • FLS
   • SLS
5. 1932-1941: Micromatic Open Comb Gen 2 (double-edge Micromatic GEM blades)
   • FLS
   • SLS
6. 1940-1943: Micromatic Clog-Pruf
   • FLS
   • SLS
7. 1945-1946: Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless
   • FLS
   • SLS
8. 1947-1950: Micromatic Flying Wing/Bullet Tip, with guiding eye until 1948, with plastic knob in the last year ← We are here
   • FLS
9. 1949-1953: GEM Jewel/Streamline/Ambassador (The beginning of the end IMHO)
10. 1950: New GEM Feather Weight, renamed to “Slim-V Flat Top” in 1953, British version sold as “Natural Angle” by Ever-Ready
11. 1955-1958: GEM V-Slim “Heavy Flat Top” (G-Bar, shiny chrome), New V Natural Angle Heavy Flat Top (E-Bar, less shiny nickel)
12. 1958-1965: Push Button
13. 1965-1973: Contour
14. 1973-1979: Contour II (The last GEM razor)