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Razor ID please?

Hey guys. Picked this up at a garage sale. I thought it was a gold Superspeed, but then I saw a thread with a Milord(?) or some such thing and I became confused.

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Ok, heres a tid bid, bout 1940s Super Speed production, due tothe Korean war they replace nickel plating with gold plating and renamed the razor. It became the Milord. This used up lotof brass for making artillery shells that there was a shortage of brass in 1951 and 1952 which was the worst America ever had. This hit Gillette especially as their razors were mostly nickel plated brass.

( This led to 1st steel handle razorever made in the USA/Black Tip Super Speed only made for these two years, made with either steel handle or an aluminium handle. On both of these versions the TTO knob at the bottom of the handle was made from black plastic unlike Red Tip and Blue Tip models which had painted metal TTO knobs).
 
Very interesting!

Do you guys have an idea of how much these go for in decent shape? This one seems to be in at least above average, if not a little better.
 
Very interesting!

Do you guys have an idea of how much these go for in decent shape? This one seems to be in at least above average, if not a little better.

cased in great/minty condition like 60 to 90 bucks....uncased good about 20 to 50 bucks
 
Ok, heres a tid bid, bout 1940s Super Speed production, due tothe Korean war they replace nickel plating with gold plating and renamed the razor. It became the Milord. This used up lotof brass for making artillery shells that there was a shortage of brass in 1951 and 1952 which was the worst America ever had. This hit Gillette especially as their razors were mostly nickel plated brass.

Wait, what? The whole Korean War brass shortage had nothing to do with the nickel and gold plating. The gold-plated Milord Tech came out in 1940 before the nickel-plated Ranger Tech/Super Speed line started in 1941 -- before WWII, let alone Korea. That actually seems to have been Gillette's strategy during the early TTO era: Make the higher-end versions of the new model available and follow up later with the lower-end offering. The Sheraton was out the year before the Senator, and the Milord Tech was out the year before the Ranger Tech.

What you've got there, gobeavs, looks to me to be a 1948-49 Milord. The notched center bar tells me that it's no earlier than 1948, and the flat collar around the center post and the fact that the inscription reads "PAT. NOS. ON PACKAGE" indicate that it's not later than 1949.
 
Wait, what? The whole Korean War brass shortage had nothing to do with the nickel and gold plating. The gold-plated Milord Tech came out in 1940 before the nickel-plated Ranger Tech/Super Speed line started in 1941 -- before WWII, let alone Korea. That actually seems to have been Gillette's strategy during the early TTO era: Make the higher-end versions of the new model available and follow up later with the lower-end offering. The Sheraton was out the year before the Senator, and the Milord Tech was out the year before the Ranger Tech.

What you've got there, gobeavs, looks to me to be a 1948-49 Milord. The notched center bar tells me that it's no earlier than 1948, and the flat collar around the center post and the fact that the inscription reads "PAT. NOS. ON PACKAGE" indicate that it's not later than 1949.
I was referring to the 2 Blacktips/Super speeds made out of aluminum due to the shortage of brass in 50's because of the Korean conflict. I should have been more concise. The replacing of the gold plating from nickel is what led to the Milord model.
 
Wait, what? The whole Korean War brass shortage had nothing to do with the nickel and gold plating. The gold-plated Milord Tech came out in 1940 before the nickel-plated Ranger Tech/Super Speed line started in 1941 -- before WWII, let alone Korea. That actually seems to have been Gillette's strategy during the early TTO era: Make the higher-end versions of the new model available and follow up later with the lower-end offering. The Sheraton was out the year before the Senator, and the Milord Tech was out the year before the Ranger Tech.

What you've got there, gobeavs, looks to me to be a 1948-49 Milord. The notched center bar tells me that it's no earlier than 1948, and the flat collar around the center post and the fact that the inscription reads "PAT. NOS. ON PACKAGE" indicate that it's not later than 1949.
darn you have good eye sight:blink:
 

brucered

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anyone know what this one is. no name, 3 pce, OC, silver/chrome/nickel color. had a PAT #, but no sign of a mgf.

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luvmysuper

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