https://www.ebay.com/itm/273727874291
If it is for real, I think somebody took a standard Gillette Super Speed and modified it. It doesn't seem to be something Gillette was working on. I suppose the idea was to heat the blade to be better at cutting hairs, but it looks to me like a joke - a hookah crossed with a razor.
Is this for real - Gillette prototype gas-powered razor?
Is this for real - Gillette prototype gas-powered razor?
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Looking at the "gas" end of the hose makes me wonder where it's inserted to get the gas. ![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Bill
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Some kind of fitting in a small tank or cartridge? I tried to find a patent, with no luck.
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Bill - ![Applause =D>](./images/smilies/eusa_clap.gif)
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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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"Smooth as a baby's bottom."
"Je n'ai pas besoin de cette hypothèse."
Pierre-Simon de Laplace
Pierre-Simon de Laplace
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I just found another one at Straight Razor Place.
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I've been writing to the seller, who provided this entertaining last message:
"I don't believe I said it was real, I said i thought it was a proto type! Thanks for your time and carry on!"
He doesn't think it's a joke, despite my sending him the picture I posted here, and he won't tell me how he thinks it works.
"I don't believe I said it was real, I said i thought it was a proto type! Thanks for your time and carry on!"
He doesn't think it's a joke, despite my sending him the picture I posted here, and he won't tell me how he thinks it works.
Re: Is this for real - Gillette prototype gas-powered razor?
Evidently it's real, but a real gag gift from the '50s.
Note the contents of the "extra fuel" box:
![Image](https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/ODU3WDE2MDA=/z/9hkAAOSwGotWhHJJ/$/1956-Gag-Gift-Brownie-Gas-Powered-Shaver-with-_1.jpg)
If I was going to develop a "gas-powered razor" (which I am not), it would look more like this:
![Image](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ruckifylive/public_regen/242284f0-b6b0-11e8-acb2-09561597375e/5f0a6290-901e-11e8-871b-55f87a9778e7/c51f2510-e710-11e8-aa9f-a3b02058153b.jpg)
Whiskers, nose hairs, eyelashes, eyebrows - all gone in a flash.
Bada-boom bada-bing!
Note the contents of the "extra fuel" box:
![Image](https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/ODU3WDE2MDA=/z/9hkAAOSwGotWhHJJ/$/1956-Gag-Gift-Brownie-Gas-Powered-Shaver-with-_1.jpg)
If I was going to develop a "gas-powered razor" (which I am not), it would look more like this:
![Image](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ruckifylive/public_regen/242284f0-b6b0-11e8-acb2-09561597375e/5f0a6290-901e-11e8-871b-55f87a9778e7/c51f2510-e710-11e8-aa9f-a3b02058153b.jpg)
Whiskers, nose hairs, eyelashes, eyebrows - all gone in a flash.
Bada-boom bada-bing!
"If this isn't nice, then what is?" - Kurt Vonnegut's Uncle Alex