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Let's talk about single and double edged razors and the blades that they use.
Proraso Man

My Gillette Collection: 1914-1976

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Notable razors pictured (from left to right, top to bottom). Some of the other shaving stuff is heirlooms from my family or neat things I found on my hunts:

1st Shelf
1920's Ball End Old Type with Cigarette Area
1916 Nickel Plated Single Ring Old Type with Travel Case
1919 Old Type Big Fellow
1920 Milady with shipper box
1918 War Time Khaki Set (Property US Army)
1918 Single Ring Old Type
1918 Gold Plated Traveler Set
1915 Pocket Edition with Basket Weave top
1921 Single Ring Old Type in case
1918 War Time Khaki Set Tri-Fold
1920's Ball End Old Type
1914 ABC Pocket Edition
1920 Ball End Old Type

2nd Shelf
1930's Gold NEW
1930's Un-opened English Valet Auto-strop
1921 Richwood
1928 Gold New Standard
1927 Gold Bostonian with shipper and cloth
1930's Red & Black NEW with shipper
1921 Silver New Standard
1930 NEW De Lux Criterion
1921 New Improved Big Fellow
Type A Schick Magazine Repeating Razor
1921 Gold Tuckaway
1930's Good Will

3rd Shelf
1942 WWII Bakelite Set (2)
Type B Schick Improved Magazine Repeating Razor with shipper
1934 Christmas Special Aristocrat
1930's Fat handle Silver Tech (2)
1940's Tech Ranger
1948 Gillette Aristocrat
1930's Fat handle Gold Tech
1949 Milord with cream dispenser
1948 Gillette Aristocrat
1930's Thin handle Tech (2)
1937 Sheraton
1946 Non-Notched Aristocrat
1938 Senator
Type C Simplified Schick Magazine Repeating Razor with shipper

4th Shelf
1953 Y3 President
1949 Diplomat
1948 Super Speed
1958 D2 TV Super Speed
1955 A4 Flare Tip Super Speed tan case
1954 Z3 Flare Tip Super Speed red case
1957 C2 Blue Tip Super Speed
1955 A1 Red Tip Super Speed
1958 D1 Toggle
1958 D3 Executive
1959 E2 "Fatboy" $1.95 adjustable
1957 C2 Fisherman's Kit
1958 D1 Red Dot $1.95 adjustable
1951 X1 Black Tip Super Speed

5th Shelf
1969 O4 Gold Super Adjustable
1972 S1 Silver Super Adjustable
1960's Hoffritz w/ shipper
1964 J4 Blue Lady's Razor
1964 J3 Vacation Traveler Kit
1965 K1 Slim Adjustable - Red Background
1962 H2 Slim Adjustable - Gold Background
1976 W4 Black-Handle Super Speed
1966 L2 Flare Tip Super Speed
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Aztecface
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That's one heck of a collection.
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zeeshan66
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^ i'm sorry i have to comment you have got to have the most elaborate and extensive collection on the boards! Do you use them or are they stricly for admiration?
mskembo
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The start of a habit

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faceslice
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razor

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hi all
today went to a table top sale , x mas boredom ,picked this up for a uk£1.
did look a bit grubby ,quick five minute clean up looks like its been never used , mostly dust on it 1930 windsor. baby wipe got the dust out of box a treat . going to try it out in the morning .
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Pureslab
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Silver Brit ~ Gold USA

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Couple of my favorite shavers

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Pureslab
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English Aristocrat Deluxe in Gold

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Lost most of its plating , but still a beauty to me


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Lou
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NOS GEM Push Button

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mpisarcik

Rare Gillette Razors and Shippers

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Hello SMF collectors. As a fellow Gillette collector, I'd like to share with the community the first ever pictures taken of some extremely rare Gillette razors and or shippers.

And certainly the first pictures taken of these razors together.

Think of them as the "long lost Gillette cousins."

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Gillette Regent Tech

This is probably one of the unknown Gillette razors out there. Because it came out right before WWII started, it never had an advertisement made. And since the ads shed much light onto the history of razors, until now this razor has been unknown.

This picture finally proves once and for all that the Regent Tech and the Senator were 2 completely different razors with different shippers and cases. The official "Regent Tech" razor looks much like a notched Aristocrat, however its knurling is different.

The shipper has a matching color scheme. Truely a one of a kind find!

Gillette Senator

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This razor, as the ad shows, was produced in 1938. It was also a Pre-WWII razor. However, it was out long enough to have an advertisement made, unlike the Regent Tech.

The photo shows an original Senator in the correct case, clearly a different razor than the Regent.

Gillette Sheraton

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Much is known about the Sheraton, but I'm unaware of anyone else photographing a shipping case.

This could have been because the majority of Sheratons were sold in Christmas sets.

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Well here you have a self-standing shipper case that the Sheraton came in. The color scheme is quite unique.

I thought I'd share these rare razor pictures with the shaving community. Hopefully this will clear up any misunderstandings about these razors.

Please let me know if I can answer any more questions about these or other Gillette razors.
mpisarcik

Gillette TV Set MINT

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Kampfe Star Sets

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Here are a few I picked up over the summer:

1. A 1906 cased Kampfe set. Other than the strop needing some cleaning, it's all in very nice shape.

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2. A 1902 Kampfe Star. The box is a little beat up, otherwise it's in very good shape.

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3. An 1890 Star razor with papers and original tin. I'm not sure this was ever used/opened. The paper is delicate, but the printing is still quite strong and the razor looks unused.

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mpisarcik

More on the Regent Tech

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Ask and you shall receive!

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Here is my collection. It's coming along nicely.

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and here's this weeks purchases that I need to clean up a bit first before they get put in the cabinet.


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and the new brush cabinet that sit on the razor display.

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That is awesome john! Congrats!
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Blue As A Jewel wrote:That is awesome john! Congrats!

Thank you kindly. It's very much a work in progress. I'm very jealous of some of the razor you blokes manage to find in the US. Unfortunately, here in Australia, you're pretty much stuck competing for internet offering with lots of other people.
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Post by alabamalawyer »

A few straights with custom scales.
The razors are:
1) Dubl Duck Satinedge 6/8 with custom butterscotch micarta scales with transferred Satinedge bolsters
2) Friodur 7/8 with custom silver twill G10 scales
3) Dubl Duck Special #1 7/8 with custom abalone scales
4) August Plumacher 6/8 with custom blue/black G10 scales

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Because nobody else posted these....

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My rotation
1949 Rolls Imperial

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1951 Imperial cased set

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1952 Imperial Traveler Set

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1952 Cased Viscount

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1932 Deluxe B (Gold Plate)

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Greg
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Araner
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Just a few of mine.

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My everyday razor. It was originally gold and I had it replated in chrome.

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Mike
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Just a few of mine.

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My everyday razor. It was originally gold and I had it replated in chrome.

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Mike
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Post by Araner »

And, a few more...

Gillette New Deluxe (replated) with Richwood box

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The Presidents

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Mike
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