Acquired two new Gillette razors!

[Donm668]

A good friend of mine who is a hairdresser gave me two razors yesterday that he has not used in forever. Cleaned up quite nice with a little work.
One looks like a Flair-tip Rocket ?? Made in England with II stamped by handle, the other a gillette G2000 maybe? I really don't have an idea of them but looking forward to trying them!

if anyone has any info on them that would be great!

cheers!

Don

 

[nuclearblast]

The picture is really small, but doesn't look like a Rocket. Looks like a regular Flare Tip Super Speed, they made those in England too.

The other is a Slim Twist, or a G2000 as you said, same thing.

Congrats!

 

[Donm668]

Thanks Edgar, I'm trying to figure out how to make the pic bigger on this iPad. May have to use my laptop

 

[nuclearblast]

Does it look like the one in the middle?



Those are all English Super Speeds.

Or does it look like this, with the gap in the handle (Rocket)?

 

[BSAGuy]

Nice score.

 

[hrfdez]

Congratulations on the new additions! Shave Well and Prosper!

 

[Donm668]

No gap Edgar. Fixed the photo. (i hate ipads!) So no date code on the back... just the II.

May try one today and compare to my DE89l

 

[nuclearblast]

Yeah it's a nice English Super Speed. Enjoy. [emoji106]

Those don't have date codes, but it's probably from early to mid 60s or so.

 

[Donm668]

Cool, see how it shaves later, thank you for all the info!

 

[Roderick]

Great score. Welcome to B&B. If you are interested in Vintage Razors, there is a minty Tuckaway set sitting in Shoulder to Shoulder down on 9th street. It took all of my willpower to leave it there. The price tag was $160.00, but he was willing to come down a little. It had tiny cracks on both ends of the handle, but that is very common on those razors.

 

[Donm668]

So loaded up a Bolzano and gave it a shot. Very good shave! Different from my DE89, not sure how but different. I'll have to play with it more, try some different blades. I have some Nacets coming from the Italian barber they may be a good fit.

Don

 

[hrfdez]

Good deal Don!

 

[mswofford]

Excellent razors, you got very nice examples! Congrats.

 

[tossik]

Let us know how they shave! Looks awesome!

 

[Donm668]

So update... tried a Nacet blade I received today and it seems like a perfect match! The super speed is really a fantastic razor, I understand why people hunt them out. As for the nacet, very sharp but incredibly smooth! Next to try the G2000.

 

[jcs266]

Very cool! I have a '55 Super Speed and really like it.

 

[Cajun Man]

Nice friend to have! Congrats, tim