Age of gillette travel tech

[Jacob Todd]

I'm new to wet shaving and picked this travel tech up for 5 bucks. I'm trying to figure out its age all it has stamped on it is an S from what I've googled it's either 1947 or 1972 any help would be appreciated thanks Jacob

 

[Equus]

Well it's not a '72.

 

[alex2363]

 

[alex2363]

s= 1972 year....... Inside: "PAT. NOS. ON PACKAGE"/ underside: "REG. U.S. PT. OFF." Gillette diamond / MADE IN U.S.A." Here is the razor dating chart

http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/US_Gillette_Dating_Information

1950-1988 (letter codes)

The single-letter date codes are accompanied by a number, which corresponds to the quarter of the year. So 'O-1' means 1969, January-March. Date codes on blades (see above) also continued through this period.

Production Year	Date Code	Models Produced						Notes
1950	V	3 Piece Tech (1938-1979)	40s Style Super Speed (1947-1954)		Aristocrat (1941, 1946-1951)	Milord (1941, 1946-1953)		Razor Date Coding Begins with V-3
1951	W			Black Tip Super Speed (1951-1952)
1952	X
1953	Y
1954	Z			Flare Tip Super Speed				40s Style Super Speed TV Special Z3 & Z4
1955	A		Blue Tip and Red Tip Super Speed (1955-1960)
1956	B
1957	C				Toggle (1957-1958, 1960)			Toggle Goes on Sale Christmas '57
1958	D						"Fat Boy" Adjustable	50s Style Super Speed TV Special
1959	E
1960	F				Toggle (1957-1958, 1960)	195 Adjustable ("bottom dial")
1961	G				"Slim" Adjustable
1962	H					Lady Gillette
1963	I
1964	J
1965	K
1966	L		Black Handle Super Speed				The Knack (1966-1975)
1967	M
1968	N			Black Handle Super Adjustable
1969	O
1970	P
1971	R							Some razors produced with Gillette Date Code Q. Trac II introduced.
1972	S
1973	T
1974	U
1975	V							Atra / Contour introduced. Good News disposable introduced.
1976	W
1977	X							Black Handle Adjustable Gets Plastic Bottom Plate
1978	Y
1979	Z
1980	A
1981	B
1982	C
1983	D
1984	E
1985	F							Atra Plus / Contour Plus introduced, with the first lube strips.
1986	G
1987	H
1988	I		One known 1988 Super Speed / I1					One of the last batch of USA made De's

 

[Equus]

Wasn't the head design changed sometime in the mid 60s? All the later examples I've seen images of had a plain 'Gillette' embossed on top, the head also had beveled edges and no holes in the diamond. While the OPs picture isn't the clearest I can see what might be a faint number stamp where one would normally find one.

 

[Jacob Todd]

Thanks guys I found this chart at http://www.safetyrazors.net/gil_ser2.htm so it appears to be a 1947