I have a Tech AD.

[Hex]

I just love the little boogers, and am starting a small collection.
I particularly like the gold ones.

Anyhow, I have a decent case with a fat handle but I need a gold blade holder.

Would any gold blade holder do or is there a specific one for Techs ?

Another thread in the General topics forum talks about a son getting his 72 year old dad back into wet shaving and buying him a 1938 Tech.

I would love to get one for my birth year (1939), but as far as I have been able to find out, the Techs for those years were not date coded.
Is that the case ?

Thanks

 

[mr-razor]

The only Tech set with blade case that I know is the 1956 Gold Tech made in Argentina. All other sets comes with a package of blades.

 

[newboy]

Yeah I think the only one I have with a blade holder is the british tech (It's in the same bakelite case as a #77 NEW with bakelite blade holders)

Have a browse yourself at the above posters website for more pictures of techs: http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierer/Tech/Tech.htm
Need to use IE to get text description though.
You can tell a 1938-1945 Tech from later ones, but not an exact date. Though maybe possible to narrow down dates if you had the original box or case?

 

[Hex]

Thanks folks. This is the one I have and as you suggested, it takes a box of blades.

So, it seems like it's from the 1940s which is pretty close. I could just lie about my age.

Now I need to find a box of blades.

 

[maxman]

The Tech is a great razor.
Easy to shave and in abundant supply.
Good choice to have an AD over.