Found my Dad's Gillette Slim Adjustable from 1965.

[bkatbamna]

Just found it, it is gold plated. The story behind it is that my uncle went to South Africa in 1965 and got it as a gift for my dad who was living in India. I remember seeing it a long time ago and then it disappeared somewhere. I asked my mom to see if she could find it and she did.
I just started cleaning it. The base plate is somewhat fixed. It doesn't go up and down with adjustment but the dial does click. I can move it to 9 and the baseplate goes all the way up but it doesn't come down when at 1. I have soaked it cleaned it. Currently I have it soaked in oil. I'll leave it overnight. Tomorrow hopefully, I'll be able to free up the adjustment and post pictures tomorrow.

 

[Fatheadhill]

What an awesome find! Best of luck with the restore!

 

[Claudel Xerxes]

Congrats on acquiring an heirloom. Hopefully, you can get it functioning properly again.

It sounds like what you have is a 1960's Gillette Aristocrat, though. Which is basically a gold plated Slim.
http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/Gillette_Aristocrat_1960s

 

[bkatbamna]

That is what it looks like but not as shiny. Even if I can't restore it myself, I might send it somewhere to get it taken apart and fixed.

 

[DCRIII]

Congrats on finding your father's razor. I hope you get it working. My father has always used an electric razor, so I'll never know your joy.

 

[Claudel Xerxes]

Awesome. It'll be nice to see some pics once you're able to post some tomorrow. If it's lost it's luster, you could always get it re-plated on top of getting it fixed.

 

[ackvil]

Very nice. Lets see the before and after pics.

 

[Graybeard57]

Wish I had my father's razors. His went into deep storage when he went electric in the late '60s. Best of luck getting yours back into service.

 

[JOYCEfromNS]

Donno if soaking in oil is a good idea. Personally I would have tried a soak in hot water & Dawn ( or something similar) for about a week. Changing the water a few times a day

 

[trixner]

You should fully disassemble the razor, clean and recondition it with a SMALL amount of oil. Soaking it in oil could cause issues for the plating. I watched a video posted on another thread of a gentleman here who shows you step by step how to disassemble and assemble the razor. There could be something inside the razor that is causing the issues you are seeing.

 

[BigJ]

Outstanding!

 

[imatabor]

With an heirloom I would only trust the Capt! I would shoot him a PM.
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/member.php/83710-Captain-Murphy

 

[bkatbamna]

Ok so soaking in coconut oil did not do anything to the finish. There is some plating wear but that was there before I did anything. It is looser now. I was going to try that gunk spray. I'd spray on a cue tip and then apply the cue tip to the barrel.



The plate does go up and the adjustment wheel does click but it doesn't fall to gravity. I will be able to use it as it is now and am a little afraid to send it because I can use it as it is now. Also, my father is alive and well and he thought I was going to sell it but he laughed when I told him no way.

 

[bkatbamna]

I soaked in soap and water overnight and that seemed to loosen it a little. I was so excited when my mom gave it to me that I forgot to take before pictures. It was really bad though.