Although I've been collecting some of these relatively rarely seen Populars, I never had a completed mint one before. I have presnted some of my collection previously, and also here in this posting. Seems like they were being developed as Britain was entering WWII, and they decided to experiment with the black nickel plated handle -- in addition to their "silver" nickel & gold plated versions.
I had one of the dark blue cased models, but this one contained a very different looking razor ijnside.
And although it was originally 6 shillings, the price went up as the war began, as you can see on the bottom of the box.
And I wonder of this suggestion of saving "waste paper" was the 1st refrence to recylcing. At least in the 20th century.
Tempting to unwrap and use the razor, but once opened, there's no going back.
They certailnly don't make them like they used to. You can find anodized aluminum, but unless you plate it yourself, there's no other black nickel plated DE razor I've ever seen.
Different razor, but since it's not wrapped, you can get a better idea of it's finish here.
And how it looks with it's gold cousin.
Truly from a different era in razor manufacturing.
I had one of the dark blue cased models, but this one contained a very different looking razor ijnside.
And although it was originally 6 shillings, the price went up as the war began, as you can see on the bottom of the box.
And I wonder of this suggestion of saving "waste paper" was the 1st refrence to recylcing. At least in the 20th century.
Tempting to unwrap and use the razor, but once opened, there's no going back.
They certailnly don't make them like they used to. You can find anodized aluminum, but unless you plate it yourself, there's no other black nickel plated DE razor I've ever seen.
Different razor, but since it's not wrapped, you can get a better idea of it's finish here.
And how it looks with it's gold cousin.
Truly from a different era in razor manufacturing.
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Gorgeous stuff as usual
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