Got a Knockout!

[gearchow]

Picked this NOS up from ebay:

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http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showpost.php?p=1397017&postcount=2

I think the package is expressing some political statement of the time? Was 1945 the beginning of outsourcing?

-jim

 

[Deltaboy]

Cool Razor

 

[malocchio]

nice find...this thing looks brand new,even the box !

 

[nemo]

Nice, that's giving the old one two! Wartime?

 

[Copierguy]

Hi Jim,

Is that a two or three piece razor?

 

[Topgumby]

That is the sixteen different kinds of fantastic slathered in awesome sauce.

Very nice find!

 

[Scott0079]

You inspired me, So I bought one too !!!http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300445089302&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

 

[gearchow]

nice find...this thing looks brand new,even the box !

It was tucked away somewhere nice and quiet for long time.

Nice, that's giving the old one two! Wartime?

AsylumGuido: The Knockout is a standard Gillette type DE (meaning it uses standard blades) and was made around 1945 in England by F.C. Cartledge, Ltd., Sheffield.

Hi Jim,

Is that a two or three piece razor?

3 piece.

That is the sixteen different kinds of fantastic slathered in awesome sauce.

Very nice find!

Thanks, I don't think anybody here would have passed this up if they had seen it. Knockout!!

-jim

 

[cernel_joson]

That looks like it came straight from the factory. You also have to love the label. The BNP would be crazy about that razor.

 

[gearchow]

You inspired me, So I bought one too !!!http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300445089302&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I wonder if she has more?



-jim

 

[Scott0079]

I wonder if she has more?



-jim

That where you got yours also?

 

[ghostknife]

Wondering if these were going to turn up, they were sold a while ago as a lot of 12 in the original box. Shame the seller has split the NOS box up though.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320542708469

There was also a box of blades that went with
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320542701368

 

[RF1963]

I think the package is expressing some political statement of the time? Was 1945 the beginning of outsourcing?

-jim

In the 1945 General Election held after VE Day in May a socialist govt was voted in. I believe this was the birth of the National Health Service. I also suggest that after the privations of the war people wanted a better, fairer, more egalitarian country. Perhaps the sentiments on the packaging reflect some of those feelings?

 

[GentsInstinct]

Got one from the same seller today. I sent her a message and asked if she had anymore. She said yes and shortly after, listed one.

She's made her money back from when she bought this box of 12 NOS razors, for sure.

 

[GentsInstinct]

Wondering if these were going to turn up, they were sold a while ago as a lot of 12 in the original box. Shame the seller has split the NOS box up though.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320542708469

There was also a box of blades that went with
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320542701368

Seller that won the 12 NOS razors, didn't win the blades but no biggie, each razor comes with a blade.

 

[gearchow]

Wondering if these were going to turn up, they were sold a while ago as a lot of 12 in the original box. Shame the seller has split the NOS box up though.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320542708469

There was also a box of blades that went with
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320542701368

Well, I wouldn't have broken it up for that much, but then again, 12 folks get a shot at owning a NOS one rather then one, which I think fits in more with the manufacture's comments on the packaging.

In the 1945 General Election held after VE Day in May a socialist govt was voted in. I believe this was the birth of the National Health Service. I also suggest that after the privations of the war people wanted a better, fairer, more egalitarian country. Perhaps the sentiments on the packaging reflect some of those feelings?

thank you! Art History was one of my favorite non-degree subjects and it was pounded into you that art outside of historical context is just a pretty thing and not near as interesting.

-jim

 

[GentsInstinct]

My Knockout arrived today from Merry old England. I really like the blade wrapper. It says on it, "Lather really well otherwise don't blame the blade" and "Its coom (come?) at last, its fra (from?) Yorkshire, By gum lads - its a good un'".

 

[mdevine]

This is a sweet razor whether it shaves well or not! Great pick up.

 

[hypo_style]

I shaved with mine this morning. It seems pretty aggressive to me.
Beautiful head design, IMHO.

 

[gearchow]

I shaved with mine this morning. It seems pretty aggressive to me.
Beautiful head design, IMHO.

Another Knock Out!!

-jim