I don’t know my older model razors. Please help me identify this model. Please excuse the photo angles, I didn’t take the photos.
Help Identify Gilette Razor
- Thread starter McBuzzBang
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It’s a Gillette flare tip super speed
If you post a picture of the base of the head, we could help you figure out the year and quarter it was made, using the Gillette date codes.
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Thank you. Will do. I plan on getting a look at this myself this Friday or Saturday.
What he said
made from 1954-68
They are great razors IMHO. I have a few of them and I enjoy using them when I do.
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- #7
Zoom in on the bottom, there will be a letter and a number stamped in it. Take a few pics, you'll find it.
If you can just post the letter and number stamped on the underside of the base plate we can determine the year and quarter.
For example Z 1 would be the first quarter of 1954.
There's a handy date code chart here at B&B that you can use to find the age of Gillette razors:
www.badgerandblade.com
For example Z 1 would be the first quarter of 1954.
There's a handy date code chart here at B&B that you can use to find the age of Gillette razors:
US Gillette Dating Information
This page documents what we know about Gillette safety razor serial numbers and date codes. Razors made in USA often left the factory with serial numbers or date codes, which can be used to establish their manufacturing dates. During certain periods so
www.badgerandblade.com
You should find a letter just below "Reg US" and a number just below "Pat Off".
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It's a D4. If I understand everything properly, it was manufactured Oct.-Dec. of 1958 and is a "TV Special" Version. I am still combing B&B for more interesting tidbits. Thank you everybody for your help and feel free to correct me or add more info.
It is a ‘58 but not the TV Special Super-Speed (SS) version. The TV’s and the regular SS’s both had knurling on the handle. The regular SS’s of that era had vertical cuts up and down the handles and rings around the handle. The TV’s didn’t have the rings around the handle.
Pictured below is a regular D1 on the left and a D2 TV Special on the right.
I don’t know if you’ve seen the mr-razor website, but it’s a great help for ID’ing all kinds of Gillettes.
Pictured below is a regular D1 on the left and a D2 TV Special on the right.
I don’t know if you’ve seen the mr-razor website, but it’s a great help for ID’ing all kinds of Gillettes.
