If Gillette did a modern day production

[Fletch]

Of some of their more popular DE razors for a limited run.
- Would you buy one or more of them?
- Would you use it or keep it mint for a collectors piece?
- What would you consider a reasonable price range?

I was just thinking about this and wondered what the general response would be by most people. And with a seeming growing trend towards wet shaving if Gillette would ever consider doing something like that. I doubt it but doesn't hurt to ponder things. What say Ye?

 

[rm71]

If they were as good as the vintage stuff ( highly unlikely) I would buy a couple of them.

 

[Loric]

If they made them in gunmetal I'd buy a case

 

[snookdog]

Yes, I'd probably buy two, one to shave with and the other to keep. Price range is a tougher question. Depending on model, I'd say in the <$100 range.

 

[mandoman]

it would have about 3 to 5 five blades on it

 

[dpmtherrien]

I doubt that they'd go back to some of their older model's, but yes, I'd pick up a couple.

 

[Triple Beam]

I wouldn't really see the point -- the old ones were made just fine! I figure they would charge between $50-100 a superspeed (most likely the high side), and I doubt it would be made with the same quality materials. What is the point when I can buy a great working, vintage red tip for $20ish?
The newest DE innovations seems to be using novel materials like stainless steel. What other than a few design tweaks has occured in 50+ years? Seems to have reached an endgame from a design standpoint. Now they are just playing around.

 

[Telecaster52]

- What would you consider a reasonable price range?

$50-100 less than what they would cost

 

[jansob]

With P&G making them, they would only be poorly made copies of the originals...probably manufactured alongside the Weishis.

 

[BladeDE40]

I doubt the quality would be the same as it used to be and would not compare to the quality of current productions lile EJ and Mule...so to answer the ?, probably not.

 

[internet]

Stop dreaming people. If they introduce a new DE razor I will put all my money to short sell Gillette's stock. I will be a multi-millioner soon after.

 

[Drybonz]

I doubt they would ever do this because they make so much more money off of cheap razors with expensive disposable cartridges...

but if they did I would buy two.

 

[hotwheels]

If Gillette were to come out with an adjustable DE razor that matches the quality of a Slim or Fatboy, I'd be willing to pay up to around $80.

 

[Slivovitz]

A year or more ago, I looked on the Gillette online store on their web site, and they actually did have a classic DE razor for sale. It said that it was made in Germany, and from the pictures I was convinced that it was the Merkur 1904. The Merkur name was not mentioned, however, and it cost much more than a 1904 from other sources. A couple of months later, when I looked again, it was gone. I can imagine that they would do this occasionally, contracting out to someone else to produce a commemorative gift edition, which I would not buy. The only DE razors I might still buy at this point would be vintage.

If Schick decides to revive their injectors, just tell me where the line forms, I'll be there. Won't happen, though. Now that Schick owns ASR, maybe they'll revive the Gem razor? Okay, too much fantasy too early in the morning.

 

[dirtdog]

yes
they would be made in China

be of high quality SS

and sell for 20 bucks maybe less

 

[Fletch]

You'd think with the materials that are available today as far as steel is concerned and the technology behind some of the CNC machines. They would be able to make something just as good as they once did. It's almost funny when you think about how much more precise things can be made with the technology we have. Yet very few things built now are as good or last as long as many things built in the early to mid 1900's.

 

[DavyRay]

You'd think with the materials that are available today as far as steel is concerned and the technology behind some of the CNC machines. They would be able to make something just as good as they once did. It's almost funny when you think about how much more precise things can be made with the technology we have. Yet very few things built now are as good or last as long as many things built in the early to mid 1900's.

You are right about machine tools and steel. Machine tools have never been more accurate or less expensive than now. Accuracy is cheap.

 

[demaro]

If they were as good as the vintage stuff ( highly unlikely) I would buy a couple of them.

Me Too !!

 

[Grumpy Old Git]

Only way I could see this would ever work for Gillette would be to differentiate it completely from their current range.

You'd be talking precision-made in the USA and an updated Fat Boy or similar design to pitch it between something like the Mergress XL Adjustable or the Merkur Futur Adjustable - so $70 to $90, with maybe a slight premium if a limited run.

Or go for some gimmick that would pull in the idiots* like "the perfect fusion of ancient and modern - body made with titanium from an SR-71 airframe, handle inlaid with mammoth ivory"

*And yeah, I'm the idiot that would fall for that gimmick...

 

[Bay Rum]

Don't you think a limited edition run of a old favorite would be a resounding success?