Hello, I would like to know if anyone has found archaeological finds in the form of razors? For example, a Valet, similar to the 1910-1913 model, and the rarest double Gillette ring on the planet were found near the Titanic. Also, my friends at the regional historical forum found razors in the positions of the Second World War. I'm interested in understanding the geography of razors in the early 20th century. Judging by the Titanic, by 1912 they were already commonplace in the Old World. It's just that at flea markets razors could get into this or that country just a month ago, this is not an indicator. What is interesting about archeology. On the positions of the Eastern Front during the war of the Kaiser and the Russian Emperor, we sometimes see straight razors, but not DE razors and SE razors.
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wow this sounds interested. I love this kind of stuff and hope some other users have more info to share with us
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wow I cant believe that plastic razor and plastic box survived the elements for all these years. the dang blades still have the paper wrappers that's amazing.
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Plastic and Bakelite are much better preserved in the ground than metal.
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I think that thanks to the Blue Ribbon of the Atlantic, DE razors came to Western Europe in 1904-1905 immediately after the start of successful sales of Gillette. I would be glad for any clarifying information.
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Gillette Old Type belongs to a World War II veteran. This model often appears on the excavations of the battlefields of the Wehrmacht. What does it say about its spread in the 1940s
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made in the usa and standard issue for ww1 G.I.s this one is a later model but what are the chances americans were still using old type and not the new ww2 techs and lost them there.
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I have an Old Type collection. Yes, this is a model 102a, but not an American one, but a German soldier used it. It was found on the territory of Ukraine.
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Interesting thread.
interesting that it is made in the USA I would have thought that ukraine would have had either their own brand razors or made in england razors for the most part
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This razor belonged to a Wehrmacht soldier and was lost by him during the fighting. Or a Wehrmacht officer lost her
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The SE razor was made in Kiev. It was similar to Rolls but with the Darwin platform. And another model is a copy of
GEM. Artel 1940. Here is the blade
Such as GEM 1912 exactly made in Kiev
GEM. Artel 1940. Here is the blade
Such as GEM 1912 exactly made in Kiev
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October pit in 2013, and in it a soldier and an officer. The officer has a bowler hat, a cockade, an artilleryman's buttonholes, a martyr, a bayonet from an SVT rifle. In the second another rubbish. The white collar is clearly visible on the officer ... Also Gillette 102a
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Wow, fascinating thread!
The 1930s, like the early 1900s, were a "Renaissance period," e.g. the pre-War and inter-War years. International travel for the growing upper-middle class was common, and the exchange of industrial and scientific information was common, through both conferences and more illicit means.
America, Western Europe, Japan and Brazil were burgeoning economies, highly industrialized, with a growing number of their citizens experiencing electrical lighting, telephones, domestic gas piping and automobiles. It was not uncommon to ship overstocks to salesmen in rural areas, or overseas, to open up new markets, while keeping the current market titillated with "NEW and IMPROVED!!," that they absolutely needed to be "modern."
America, Western Europe, Japan and Brazil were burgeoning economies, highly industrialized, with a growing number of their citizens experiencing electrical lighting, telephones, domestic gas piping and automobiles. It was not uncommon to ship overstocks to salesmen in rural areas, or overseas, to open up new markets, while keeping the current market titillated with "NEW and IMPROVED!!," that they absolutely needed to be "modern."
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Museum WW2, Le Gleize, Belgium.
Here's my first razor.
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Great thread!
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I'd be interested in looking at a Medieval razor and a Renaissance razor. Here is a 15th century painting of a barber.
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