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As a true English gentleman I can confirm that the definition of fly tipping has been correctly said to be the illegal and inappropriate disposal of rubbish (in American 'English' that would be 'garbage'). However 'mozzie' as an abbreviated slang word for mosquito originated in Great Britain's antip...

... based on my experiences so far I probably will lose this one in the last 30 seconds or so to some sniper... If you cant beat the snipers, join them. Ebay becomes easier when you use a sniping program. Try GIXEN, which is a popular and free web-based program. There are many others. Do a google s...

Squire is right, of course. The various instruction leaflets that came with Gillette Adjustable razors follow the sequence of 1. Opening 2. Loading 3. Closing 4. Adjusting. They also suggest that you start your first couple of shaves at setting 1 and dial up progressively through the shave until you...

So what I fail to understand is if the model 58 which is an HD Rocket with a different knurling on the handle was only made in '53 why are there cases without the crown? Could it be that they are all "Coronations" and that some had the crown on the case and some did not? The #58 wasn't on...

According to my intensive google research 58 Coronation Street is the home in Blackpool Lancashire of 'Pollys Bloomers'. But perhaps this is off topic. Sorry.

My #58 isn't part of a coronation set, but my #66 is. They were only produced in the coronation year. Gillette advertised the coronation sets with this poster:

John Lewis stores in the UK have Gillette Swedes for £1.25 a pack of five. Today that's only US$2.23.

Yeah, I must be a person that can shave with anything. Just these are less work to do so... I hope you find some, but i hope I find some more! I like to think I can get a shave out of most blades, because I think a lot of it is down to how you use the razor, and also I like to try different blades ...

I need to find some more of these! Smooth. Slim on a 6, as close as my straight. the only ones i have found online are the ones in the pillar pace. Are these the same? No, they're not the same as the pillar pack blades, which if they were made in the UK are still more than 10 years old only but if ...

Is this the Light brigade blade? Yes, that's what they look like, although they were available in a few other packs. I've just been using one of these blades. I get three or four shaves from a Derby or Crystal and four or five shaves from a Swedish Gillette. I got 9 fantastic shaves from this very ...

The cartridges seem to glide right over my face too. In fact, they seem to glide right over the stubble without cutting it after the first pass, which clogs them up so bad that they need to be shaken vigorously under hot water to clear them out for every pass after that. Brings back long ago memori...

It's obvious that Harper is right about the Trac II. DE's were on the shelf back then like cartridges are now. Why would people grab the Trac II if it sucked when DE's were so readily available? The simple one word answer is 'marketing'. But I don't think anyone is saying the Trac II sucked - as Bo...

Hi Bob (Harper) you asked Notthesharpest to give you the evidence that the Trac II didn't shave closer than a DE. I'm sitting here with as close a shave as I've ever had from any of the cartridge systems Gillette ever made, and I did it in two passes with a Gillette Superspeed DE. I can feel the evi...

I returned to DE shaving a few months ago having had an epiphany in front of the shaving display in Boots when I realised how much I was about to pay for a pack of Mach 3 blades and noticed the little Boots DE tucked away in a corner of the display. I thought I might save some money :D Down through ...

It's definitely the not being willing to ship internationally that keeps the prices down. I got a great deal on a #66 Aristocrat for the same reason - the seller only wanted to ship to the UK. And when I was looking for a HD Rocket I missed out on a mint Australian as well as a French one which both...

What an utterly amazing find - congratulations!

Also another reason why prices are high on UK ebay is the number of US collectors who scour ebay.co.uk looking for rockets and aristocrats and the like and snipe in the last few moments with a really high limit. If two collectors do this unbeknowns to each other the final bid price can go sky high. ...

I think there are still lots of good razors out there - in a drawer, in a box, tucked away forgotten. But I think an awful lot get junked and never make it to market - which is what helps to keep prices high. I think they lie below the horizon of interest for a lot of antique dealers in the UK. And ...

My 1958 flare tip rocket made in england came in a TV like case in a soft sky grey.
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I think you'll find the gold #66 gives a rather better shave?


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