I recently bought an old luxury gentlemen's travel set from the ebay. It contained and old (looks like nickel) open comb DE razor.
I though I would give it a try, I added a new Astra blade, I soaped up with some Fauldings shave cream and off I went. I was carful not to apply pressure and to let the weight do the work. I have to say on the whole I got a BSS shave just with two passes but was left with weepers in three areas. I'm going to give it another try tonight.
I must say I did enjoy using a really old razor. I have a couple of vintage straights I use and to be honest there is not much difference between them and my new straight IMHO except of course the history is nice.
I was wondering as I see so many different types of razors on the internet, like Rolls razors, Gems and many other vintage DE's. I wonder what they are like to use compared to modern razors?