A long time friend of mine just gave me some interesting razors to add to my meager collection. They have been passed down in his family, and I will hold them until he wants them back. His grandfather was Frank J. Fahey who was an executive at Gillette Razor Company from 1906 into the twenties I believe. My friend Frank H. Fahey Tells me he remembers his father having 20 or so vintage Gillette razors, but only 3 were handed down to him. One of them is I believe a very fancy 24carat gold plated Deluxe Aristocrat. I found an ad showing a razor like this on Achims site. This one has no case, but Frank remembers seeing one when he was a youngster. His grandfathers initials are engraved on the head. It is a pretty ritzy looking shaving tool! The next razor belonged to his grandmother Florence Fahey. It is a jade pearl tints Decolletee kit with her initials engraved on the front. It appears to never have been used. The third is a Chippendale set with no engraving. It is pretty cool to see and touch these historic razors. I even tried out the Aristocrat, and have to say its shaves as good as it looks. My friend used it for daily shaving for 20 years, but a beard covers most of his face nowadays. Anyways, I thought these may be of some interest to the gentlemen of this forum and thought I would attempt to photograph them. They should have been shined up a bit, but I didnt want to do any harm to them, so they are photographed au natural. Sorry for the compact fluorescent lighting.
Cheers,
Russ
Cheers,
Russ
