Received my first vintage (Red Tip) today

[Triig]

Bought it on eBay, the pictures were pretty bad so I didn't know what to expect. The price was right though, only $20 shipped. Could use a little polish, but not bad overall.

Here are the pictures before I cleaned it.

 

[Triig]

Here she is all cleaned up.

 

[RaiserLiebe]

She's a beauty.
Wait till you shave with it! Mine bumped half my previous rotation!

 

[Morman Bridge]

Yes, i would say you made a great score, it looks near mint. Most of the ones I see have a lot of paint loss on the TTO knob. And for $20 shipped, excellent!!!

 

[Stampede]

Very nice! Congrats!

 

[nemo]

Congrats and enjoy your shaves with it -- looks sweet!

 

[rxonmymind]

Wooowee. That's nice.

 

[Bazowie]

Sweet, I too have a very nice one, and watch out that is one aggressive DE, tore me up first time out of the gate.
Nice score and happy shaving!!

 

[AceByTerror]

Looks great! Nice score dude!

 

[shavervinnie]

One of my favorites. The Redtip, at least to me, is outstanding. Once you get used to it, you'll probably love it. It's a perfectly weighted, perfectly balanced razor IMHO. Nice score!

 

[Copierguy]

Great clean up, congrats!!

 

[demaro]

Beautiful !! Red tips are one of my favorites !!

 

[Triig]

Thanks all, I can't wait to shave with it in the morning.

 

[Redzone]

Got PIF'd one from a very kind member and really enjoy shaving with it. Plenty of heft !

 

[Motonut]

Great shave and a huge bang for the buck!

 

[rblank]

I am envious! It looks great!

 

[ERVARGASNY]

Wow Nice, That Red Tip cleaned up like new, Congrts and thanks for sharing )

 

[RobW]

The paint looks like its in great condition! I'm a big fan of my red tip as well.

I don't see the "plus" marks on the bottom of that baseplate, what's the date code? A-2, if I'm reading it right? IIRC, they only started stamping the baseplates beginning with the "C" years, but I'm not 100% sure of that.

 

[Bobcat]

Good find! Great shape! You will like the Red Tip. My gives a great shave!

Congrats!

 

[Triig]

The paint looks like its in great condition! I'm a big fan of my red tip as well.

I don't see the "plus" marks on the bottom of that baseplate, what's the date code? A-2, if I'm reading it right? IIRC, they only started stamping the baseplates beginning with the "C" years, but I'm not 100% sure of that.

Yes it is an A2, and there are no "plus" marks on it. I'm not sure when they started putting them on there. I honestly didn't even notice them missing until you pointed it out.

I'm extremely happy with the way it turned out. It didn't cut up my face this morning, but I was slow and cautious.