Date This Old Gillette Blade

[noelekal]

A number of these were in a blade holder of a cased Aristocrat I acquired. I'm wondering from what era they come.

 

[The M]

Im gunna take a guess at the fourth quarter in 1953. Thats my guess and im sticking with it

 

[nemo]

Im gunna take a guess at the fourth quarter in 1953. Thats my guess and im sticking with it

Absolutely

 

[noelekal]

Oh! Now I see the obvious. Coded just as the razors themselves.

Clever.

 

[jake royston]

WOW! I wonder if anyone has ever used a blade that old!

 

[the_ogre25]

I have tried a few of the gold thins and find some have aged better than others. Some are sharp and smooth and some are bad.

 

[man00ver]

These are among the best vintage carbon-steel blades I've tried so far! But I don't think I'd use them if they were found loose in a blade bank. Your picture seems to show a few spots of corrosion on the edges.

 

[noelekal]

There were quite a few of them. I figured they were all used. I'm just tossing them.

They make me wonder if the Aristocrat I got hasn't been used since the mid-1950s.