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- m3m0ryleak
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looks like you have enough to keep you going there for a while tony! i can't speak for the injectors, but if they are anything like schick's DE pp blade you will be a happy man.
brian, be interesting to see what you think of the gillette platinum plus. they are my joint favourite of all the vintage blades, along with the wilkinsons. maybe even my favourite. there is something about a gillette PP in a 50's superspeed or #58 uk gillette razor which 'clicks', the stars align and shaving bliss follows.
also that is an excellent deal john is giving you there and if you don't like 'em there will be no problem selling or trading them on to other members.
brian, be interesting to see what you think of the gillette platinum plus. they are my joint favourite of all the vintage blades, along with the wilkinsons. maybe even my favourite. there is something about a gillette PP in a 50's superspeed or #58 uk gillette razor which 'clicks', the stars align and shaving bliss follows.
also that is an excellent deal john is giving you there and if you don't like 'em there will be no problem selling or trading them on to other members.
Remember: this is all just wasted time and lives talking nonsense to strangers about pieces of metal, hair and chemical compounds.
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BeatlesFan, Yeah, the packaging was problematic with the few packs of 74s that I've had as well, but the blades and the shaves were excellent. I remain utterly convinced that the higher end name brand blades from that era ( late 1960s through the 1980s ) were the best DE blades ever made and that nothing made today can touch any of them for effectiveness coupled with smoothness and longevity. The so-called Wilkinson 'Light Brigade' numbers remain my all-time favourites but I like several others almost as well. The only exception to this, IMO, were the Gillette 'Swedes'....those European made Gillette Platinums that continued to be available until several years ago. These were the last lingering blades of this quality and when they were finally gone the last twilight was extinguished....sigh.
Regards,
Gordon
Regards,
Gordon
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- desertbadger
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"Back in the day" the 74's, Light Brigades, Platinums, etc. were widely available in DE and injector at any store that sold shaving gear. For the most part, you just couldn't get a bad blade and you were using the best blades made. The competition between the blade companies insured that.
Ahh, those were the days.......
Regards,
David
Ahh, those were the days.......
Regards,
David
Regards,
David
David
- L. Martino
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Nice to see you posting here Gordon, about a subject near and dear to your heart. Yeah, old blades is stuff you know about.....having lived through this goofy 'hobby' for years before it sorta caught on. Kinda like a typing piece of shaving history when it comes to the 'Good Old Days'. Yep, sorta like a bunch of Shaver Scouts sitting around the campfire listening to some geezer (respected of course) going on about back in the day anecdotes. Stuff you don't normally get to hear about.bernards66 wrote:BeatlesFan, I remain utterly convinced that the higher end name brand blades from that era ( late 1960s through the 1980s ) were the best DE blades ever made and that nothing made today can touch any of them for effectiveness coupled with smoothness and longevity. The so-called Wilkinson 'Light Brigade' numbers remain my all-time favourites but I like several others almost as well. Regards,
Gordon
I worked in a drugstore in the early 60s and I'm positive I musta put up NOS Gilletttes on the racks. That idea haunts me on occasion, but I have no recollection of the event (thank God).
Good typing at you,
Martin
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just so you know, somebody is selling a shedload of uk wilks on the bay at the moment. i noticed it earlier today when i was flicking around. think they are the super sword edge, in which case they are some of the best DE blades money can buy.
Remember: this is all just wasted time and lives talking nonsense to strangers about pieces of metal, hair and chemical compounds.
It's funny that on one of the WS Blade listings, some clown is/was trying to dupe the seller into selling to him before the end of the auction "my daddy used these when I was little, I want them, but I'll be out of town when the auction ends, blah blah blah." I'm so pleased that the seller politely declined. They don't have the internet "out of town"? Ha!
Gary
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SOTD 99%: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, soaps & creams, synthetic / badger brushes, Colonial General razor, Kai & Schick blades, straight razors any time, Superior 70 aftershave splash + menthol + 444
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Seems like there's been a number of vintage Wilkinson lots recently, some with over 100+ blades included. I think there's two large ones right now, but I know the one you're talking about. It's a sizable lot of 695 NOS Super Swords.....makes me drool looking at all those bricks stacked up.paddy wrote:just so you know, somebody is selling a shedload of uk wilks on the bay at the moment. i noticed it earlier today when i was flicking around. think they are the super sword edge, in which case they are some of the best DE blades money can buy.
It's gonna be an interesting selling price.
Martin
Since they are pictured in the thread above, I would say that the Gillette Injectors, both single and twin bladed, consistently go for over a dollar a blade as well. They are very rare in quantity and still sell at high prices then.
I have never gotten one, even though I won a case at auction. It appears the ebay seller sold them to someone else and acted like they were lost in the mail to me (saying there was no tracking number on a fairly expensive item).
I have never gotten one, even though I won a case at auction. It appears the ebay seller sold them to someone else and acted like they were lost in the mail to me (saying there was no tracking number on a fairly expensive item).