I was to young, but how about you?

[elmerwood]

I've had this for awhile just never shared it. It's a mailer promoting the new Gillette stainless blade. Did you ever get one in the mail or anything else like this from Gillette, Schick or any other companies? I wish Feather would just send me a fire blade.

 

[NeverOne99]

That is an awesome piece you've got there. I do have some Gillette stainless blades but I haven't shaved with them.

I wish Feather would just send me a fire blade.

What's that?

 

[elmerwood]

*free

 

[NeverOne99]

*free

I'll trade you a pack for that mailer

 

[bakerbarber]

I got a Mach III on or around my 18th birthday.

I probably threw my trusted Sensor away that day and suffered a full decade of expensive, sub-par - using a cartridge too long with canned goop razor sadness.

 

[Krona Kruiser]

That's a pretty neat collectible.

 

[bvance554]

This is how I got my Gillette Fusion when it first came out.

 

[Jtokle]

I got a Fusion in the mail for my 18th birthday. A lot of guys I know also got one for their 18th. I guess that Gillette has been doing this for quite awhile. It was worthless to me because I already had a Fusion Power, but I thought that it was still a nice gesture. At least until I realized that they're just trying to get people hooked on their overpriced cartridges.

Interestingly enough, my 60 year old grandpa also got a Fusion in the mail for his "18th birthday". We all had a good laugh over that one. They also randomly sent my father one as well. That's the reason that I still have three unopened Fusions buried somewhere in the bathroom closet.

 

[mr-razor]

@elmerwood, that´s a nice piece of history! Thanks for sharing I´ve from the same time (1963/64) a Canadian promotion and a German promotion for "all TV users":