British Double Edge Blades WWII Era.

[TomcatPC]

Hello

I'd like to find out what brands of double edge blades would have been issued or bought at the NAAFI during the War. I am involved in reenacting and would love to find some period correct blades to use with a display.

If anyone knows and/or has photos they could post, I would be grateful to see them.
Thank You
Mark

 

[herbnerd]

I used to wander up to the NAAFI as a kid whilst dad was stationed on the local airbase!

But that was only the 70s. I'm no help with what may have been used in WWII

Rob

 

[mr-razor]

look here:

http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierklingen/Rasierklingen.htm

 

[pablo_h]

look here:

http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierklingen/Rasierklingen.htm

I've never looked at that section of your site. Nice job!
When was "The spoiler" gillette super stainless steel sold?

 

[AsylumGuido]

I've never looked at that section of your site. Nice job!
When was "The spoiler" gillette super stainless steel sold?

The Super Stainless came out in 1965.

 

[shaved_*****]

The American's used "camouflage blades:"

these blades were gillette thin blades but they had a faint red/brown and black wrapper. They did this particularly because the regular thin blade wrappers in a sense could be used for tracking; a bright red thin blade wrapper would be easy to spotted in the field. I would presume the English had something similar.

 

[TomcatPC]

Thank you for the information posted so far.

Mr-Razor, the link to your site is a big help, I now have an idea of what to look for (not sure the odds of me finding a WWII-Era British made Gillette Blade here in the US are, but I know what to look for).

Shaved_*****, thank you as well. I have seen the Gillette Camouflage Blade wrapper before, but not the blade. I'm not certain if US-made Gillette blades would have been used by British Forces through the "Lend-Lease" set-up, but it very well could have been possible. I will be looking for a Gillette Camouflage blade in the near future.

I do own a single WWII British Blade. It is a "The Fleet" blade, it has the "Broad Arrow" markings on it. It was not the cheapest blade in the World, so I am hoping to find a complete box of WWII British Blades, that are not too rare or spendy, but would be correct.

As a side note.
AsylumGuido, your link for the Gillette Super Speed Razors was a big help. I now know that my Super Speed is a 1948-1950 made razor. I have been wondering how old it was for a while now.
Cheers
Mark

 

[TomcatPC]

Hello again

Here is a photo of the one blade I do have.
Mark

 

[TomcatPC]

And the other side, complete with corrosion...LOL.
Mark