Newbie and New vintage Gillette

[BirdHunter]

Just wanted to finally post and say hello to you all and ask a simple question. Picked up this lovely Gillette 4th quarter '56 Super Speed at a local antique store for $9.00 yesterday. It cleaned up very nice just after a boiling TSP bath. I have yet to polish it. It shaves like a dream. Best i can tell its brassing on the underside or has a goo buildup. Did I get a good deal? Any idea where I can get a set of the original instructions?

 

[e sinker]

Just wanted to finally post and say hello to you all and ask a simple question. Picked up this lovely Gillette 4th quarter '56 Super Speed at a local antique store for $9.00 yesterday. It cleaned up very nice just after a boiling TSP bath. I have yet to polish it. It shaves like a dream. Best i can tell its brassing on the underside or has a goo buildup. Did I get a good deal? Any idea where I can get a set of the original instructions?

you sure did - nice find!

 

[Luc]

Welcome to B&B!

Yes, that was a good deal. For the instructions, I'm unsure. I think I saw a thread with a few instructions booklets scanned or it's in wiki... There's something somewhere...

 

[Slivovitz]

The thread with the instructions is here. You'll probably find something very close to the ones that came with that razor.

$9 is a very good price for a Super Speed in that condition, with the case. You might want to (carefully) clean the head with Scrubbin' Bubbles and a soft toothbrush.

 

[timmy]

Wish the super speed I picked up had a case with it, also paid more then 9 for it. Still looks nice on my razor holder.

 

[Gray Wolf]

Welcome, and you did just fine. My 1957 looks just like yours, and I paid more than double for it, and the case is not as nice as yours, but the shave I get from it is!

 

[Matt S]

Damn, where are these shops with $9 Super Speeds in that condition. I'd take a dozen. Or at least a decade's worth.

 

[mr-razor]

I don´t know where you can buy this instruction, but you can find some scans in my instruction session on my site. Here is what you are looking:

 

[Maul555]

That looks like goo, not brassing. I just received my very used 58 super speed red tip today, and it had the exact same looking yellow area in about the same spot. I scrubbed it up and it didn't come off. It wasn't until I took my fingernail to it that it came off.

 

[demaro]

Awesome deal and awesome shaver!!! Welcome to the group!!!

 

[mdunn]

awesome score - a bargain at twice the price

 

[faster_than_u]

Anyone else notice the ear to chin stroke in those instructions?

 

[Maul555]

Anyone else notice the ear to chin stroke in those instructions?

That's the Gillette slide if I'm not mistaken...

 

[mblakele]

Anyone else notice the ear to chin stroke in those instructions?

That is the "Gillette slide".

 

[dreadpirate]

I would say that a Superspeed like that would be $15 - $20, esp. w/ case. I think $9 is a good deal. They are a nice shave.

 

[Bloodhound]

Welcome and great score. Enjoy

 

[thirdeye]

Welcome to B&B, Enjout the journey!

 

[moonshine44]

Welcome! Great find!