Recieved A Nice Gift Today - Vintage Blades

[Jeff_H]

Courtesy of an anonymous member. Some of the nicest people on the planet are members here. I am continually amazed by B&B members.

I have 10 vintage Wilkinson Super Sword Edge blades (made in England), 5 Thin Gillette blades (red and black paper wrapper) and 5 PAL Hollow Ground blades. I know how good the Wilkinson's are. I know relatively little about the other ones. From the brief research I've done it appears the PAL's may be from the 50's or earlier. I have to do more research. I also have to do more research on the Thin Gillette's.

I am very eager to try these blades and would appreciate any thoughts, insight or experiences any of you may have with these blades.

 

[Jeff_H]

Ok, so the Thin Gillettes are from 1963, date code I 2. Pure carbon steel if I understand correctly. Some people seem to like them, some don't. They are apparently not coated with anything. The blades are in remarkable condition and the 4 wax dots are still soft. Plus, they look really neat. The blades are 3 years older than I am. Maybe I'll throw one in my 63' Slim and have a vintage Sunday.

 

[deoxy4]

Nice!