Picked this beauty up at the local flea market and have a question about the case. Is this original to the set or from an older model? Looks to never have been used.
Gold Gem micromatic bullet
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I've seen the open comb micromatic in a white case like that one. That does not mean that both razors could have been in older cases
BTW the bullet handle micromatic is a very nice razor. I used mine today.
BTW the bullet handle micromatic is a very nice razor. I used mine today.
Not to say the case isn't correct but I have only seen OCMM in those cases which would indicate an older case with a newer razor....if I'm right....which I may not be...are you clear? 
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Totally! Lol. I had been looking at pics online of these and never come across this model in that case. I love this razor. Looks unused. Almost want to find a beater and keep this one as is.
My guess is that it's probably not because that kind of case was what Gem used early on with the first Micromatic that came out around 1930. The Flying Wing like you have didn't come out until around 1947 and Gem was using more modern looking cases for that time. It is possible they had some of those cases still around and decided to use them up, anything's possible, but I can't recall seeing any Flying Wings in that case.
That's a cool blade case with the famous 5 o,clock shadow guy. Here's a 1948 ad from The Saturday Evening Post showing the Flying Wing with the Guiding Eye, notice it refers to the ultra-modern case.
That's a cool blade case with the famous 5 o,clock shadow guy. Here's a 1948 ad from The Saturday Evening Post showing the Flying Wing with the Guiding Eye, notice it refers to the ultra-modern case.
My Gold "Flying Wing/Bullet-Tip" Micromatic came in this case...looks like the same one as in the 1948 ad that Tom posted.
That's a cool blade case with the famous 5 o,clock shadow guy. Here's a 1948 ad from The Saturday Evening Post showing the Flying Wing with the Guiding Eye, notice it refers to the ultra-modern case.
What the hell? Wonder how long the marketing guy who came up with this creepy advert kept his job?
Gem had some wonderful ads, here's one of my favorites from 1945. Can you say double entendre?
Gem had some wonderful ads, here's one of my favorites from 1945. Can you say double entendre?
That puts a whole new meaning to the term "Bullet Tip"!
The text in the creepy ad says that the razor comes with a supply of 2-edge and Singledge Gem blades - does anyone know what 2-edge Gem blades are?
just used mine, very nice shave
Yep, these. I have a few but they've all corroded to the point of being unusable other than for display, and as you can see on the wrapper they would only work in the Micromatics.
Wow - I never heard of that - so would you use one side and then flip the razor over when the first side dulled?
That's correct, and it's been suggested that the numbers on the Doubledge blades were actually for keeping track of which edge you were using.
Prolly created because ASR was tired of Gillette's "Two Shaving Edges" marketing smack-talk.
No doubt. And notice how they combined the words double and edge, probably to keep the lawyers at Gillette from swooping in.Prolly created because ASR was tired of Gillette's "Two Shaving Edges" marketing smack-talk.
