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Not posting much recently, but I wanted to share pics of the Toggle I recently acquired. It came with the box, insert and original blades. Lovely cosmetic and functional condition. Can't wait to shave with it!
New to me Toggle F4
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The Toggle is my daily driver, congrats on your score.
Very nice acquisition. Congratulations!
Very nice! I don’t know anything about that razor. Was it made by Gillette? What years were they made? Is that a special tool for opening the razor in the second photo?
Nice razor! 
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I use my D-1 every Sunday and I really enjoy it.
Very special shaver for me .
Nice looking !
Very special shaver for me .
Nice looking !
Wow, congrats! Looks to be in really good condition.
Let us know how it shaves - ideally compared to a Fatboy as I have heard that its pretty similar.
Still, having a Toggle - wow!
Let us know how it shaves - ideally compared to a Fatboy as I have heard that its pretty similar.
Still, having a Toggle - wow!
Fantastic score. One of my grail razors. Been looking to find one in the wild for about ten years without any luck.
Toggle Family – Gillette Adjustable Razors
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Made by Gillette in 1958 and 1960, the first production adjustable. Very expensive when new and not common now. There are no special tools to open, that is just what the toggle does to open the razor.
They are mechanically complicated and not quite suitable for mass production at a reasonable price, that is why Gillette developed the Fatboy to sell to the popular market, then improved that a few years later to create the Slim.
Thank you.Toggle Family – Gillette Adjustable Razors
Made by Gillette in 1958 and 1960, the first production adjustable. Very expensive when new and not common now. There are no special tools to open, that is just what the toggle does to open the razor.
They are mechanically complicated and not quite suitable for mass production at a reasonable price, that is why Gillette developed the Fatboy to sell to the popular market, then improved that a few years later to create the Slim.
ajkel64
The Aussie Bulldog
Congratulations on the acquisition. One of my grail razors.
LOVELY!! 
Beautiful, congratulations!
Score!
Congrats and well done - that one is a keeper.
I had always understood that the adjustment mechanism was different between the Toggle and Fat Boy.
I had always understood that the adjustment mechanism was different between the Toggle and Fat Boy.
FarmerTan
George Bailey Fanboy
Very nice my friend. Congrats!
WOW! The F4 Gillette adjustable razors are wonderfully different. Your Toggle looks to use some of the same parts of my F4 Bottom Dial particularly the blade lifter thingy.If I remember correctly there’s an F4 Fat Boy variant that has some shared features with these. Great find! RIP TORN out
My all time favorite right there. I prefer setting 3 but the Toggle is renowned for feeling nice at any setting.