it gives both 1947 Super-Speed´s: with and without this shoulder.
How To Spot A 1947 SS
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Actually, the '47 was made with both handle styles, and I'm not 100%, but I think the handle with the "flat spot" is made of steel because it's identical to my '52 steel handle Black Tip SS.
You can tell real quick by checking it with a magnet. The steel handle black tip passes the magnet test. Grab one off the refrigerator.
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You can tell real quick by checking it with a magnet. The steel handle black tip passes the magnet test. Grab one off the refrigerator.
Hey, how did you know I had a magnet on my refrigerator? You been peeking in my windows?
The magnet should stick to steel, right? So, the '47 with the "flat spot" is not steel.
You can tell real quick by checking it with a magnet. The steel handle black tip passes the magnet test. Grab one off the refrigerator.
the black tip Super-Speed has steel, the 47 Super-Speed not. I´ve check it with a magnet
N00b question:
What is 'notched' in a razor of that description?
What is 'notched' in a razor of that description?
I checked my '47 No Notch, too. No attraction for the magnet. (It's not steel.) It has the shoulder, too.
Great thread!
Great thread!
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Look at post #14 of this thread, it is all nicely detailed.
Hey, how did you know I had a magnet on my refrigerator? You been peeking in my windows?
The magnet should stick to steel, right? So, the '47 with the "flat spot" is not steel.
I came straight home and checked a flat shoulder '47, too.
A '47 with a shoulder.
A question for you SS experts, on my '53, with the silo tightened down, there's a slight gap between the doors and the center bar. What would that signifiy?
A question for you SS experts, on my '53, with the silo tightened down, there's a slight gap between the doors and the center bar. What would that signifiy?
It could be a bent guard bar which is not allowing the silo door to fully settle. Look closely at every aspect of the mechanism of that side compared to the other working side. You should be able to adjust the offset side to match.
Rockrat, that is amazingly perceptive. You should be a scout, a bird watcher, or a surgeon.
Got it, thanks.
Software Dev/Ex Artist. Watch birds a little.
Can't stand the blood, though.Actually both sides show a gap, but I'll look closely at the guard bars. Thanks!
I just won a 46-47 Gillette Aristocrat on eBay. The 46-47 & 48 on Aristocrats seem to have much the same differences as the regular SS's. Obviously there is a different handle style in the Aristocrats but the heads look very similar.
I wonder if the Aristocrats shave like the regular SS's or if they have their own idiosyncrasies?
I wonder if the Aristocrats shave like the regular SS's or if they have their own idiosyncrasies?
Aristocrats are more aggressive than the standard Super Speed. They are almost identical in nature to the Red Tip Super Speed. Excellent razors!
Sorry for binging back an old thread, but I'm trying to educate myself on vintage razors.
What is it about the "notched" '48 SS that make them less desirable over the SS "butterfly" center bar on the '47? I understand the difference mechanically, but are they more desirable because there were fewer made or is there a shaving performance difference?
Again, sorry for being such a noob.
What is it about the "notched" '48 SS that make them less desirable over the SS "butterfly" center bar on the '47? I understand the difference mechanically, but are they more desirable because there were fewer made or is there a shaving performance difference?
Again, sorry for being such a noob.
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Here's a thread about the shave differences. For future reference, it'd probably be best to start a new thread since your question is a tangent of the thread title.
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