Gillette red knob antique shop cleanup

[manskirtbrew]

I found this little fella at a local antique store. It was thoroughly tarnished, had white residue all over it, and I don't know a whole lot about antique DEs, but I picked it up to ask for a price anyway.



Expecting the usual antique shop, "Oh that's very old and rare. $50 please.", I was astonished when the guy said $2. SOLD.

So I took it home, gave it a little soak in Fantastik with scrubbing bubbles, then hit it with some Mother's mag and aluminum polish.



I think it cleaned up pretty nicely! How'd I do?

The bottom is stamped A4. Am I reading the wiki page right that it's a 1955 Red Tip Super Speed?

-Joe

 

[Mick]

Looks nice for a $2 red tip. Looks like it is missing one of the side plates but that is no big deal. Enjoy your shaves with it. They are very nice shaving razors.

 

[DevilDog0402]

Awesome find!

 

[AceByTerror]

Nice Work! Sometimes the green haze can be hiding ugly things underneath. Yours however looks just great! Enjoy! The red tip is a fins shaver!

 

[Sir Lurkalot]

Nice, heavy handle on the Red Tip. Good shaving razor.

 

[xillion]

Great save Joe.

 

[celestino]

Fantastic job and it sure looks wonderful!

 

[Sled Dog]

Nice job cleaning it up
Yes, A4 is forth quarter of 1955, first year for the red tip
For $2 and a bit of elbow grease you now have a fine shaver, congrats!

 

[rxonmymind]

Ah, the red tip. An excellent find for two bucks.

 

[Chesterfield]

What a awesome find & a great job cleaning it up!

 

[jflwr]

Congratulations!

 

[Vickers]

Sweet resurrection.

 

[chilliman64]

hey for $2 you can't complain, even if you only use it to work on your cleaning/polishing technique. nice find and great job on the cleanup.

 

[Valerius]

Congratulations, you now have a very good razor which I hope you'll enjoy.

 

[ArNav]

Now that's a cleanin'

 

[manskirtbrew]

Thanks all! The doors are loose and it's missing one of the side plates, but it tightened down on the blade just fine. Going to test it out with a shave tomorrow night.

-Joe