Lady Gillette early model date code, different than wiki

[JaggerDragger]

Today I got a lady Gillette with a date code H4 which dates it back to 1962. The forum gillette date code wiki indicates that the razor was not out until 1963.

Is this common that some razors were made at the end of the year for release the next year like cars for example?

 

[Merkur25]

Pics or its not true

 

[Manning]

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/244680-lady-gillette-production-dates

 

[JaggerDragger]

I still have not cleaned it yet

 

[JaggerDragger]

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/244680-lady-gillette-production-dates

1961 to 1976; maybe the wiki could be edited?

 

[Go West Young Man]

It's entirely possible. Gillette often took old unused parts lying around a factory and put them in new razors, it's not impossible that they had a bunch of older baseplates or heads and tossed them into the production line the next year.

 

[amishmotorboat]

It's entirely possible. Gillette often took old unused parts lying around a factory and put them in new razors, it's not impossible that they had a bunch of older baseplates or heads and tossed them into the production line the next year.

+1
This happened a lot, and we're not likely to notice it much.
One notable example is a super adjustable with two separate date codes during their transition to plastic adjustment plates. One in the old place and one in the new, on separate parts.