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Safety Razor Acquisition Thread.
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Just acquired two new ones - Tatara Muramasa+Stand, and a Yates 921M with M and H plates. Looking forward to adding them into the rotation!
First shave with my RR Lupo .72OC tonight -- and I think it situates itself right between the GC .68OC and the GC .84P, and adds just a bit of maneuverability. While it's still too early to tell, this might become my favorite razor.
With all the talk I thought I’d try this one outFrom now on let's try to post all new acquisitions in this thread. That way everyone will be able to easily find them.
My second Lupo shows up today with an extra plate... so I'll have both 72SD and OC ... and the 95SB and OC. The trials will begin today, if UPS gets here soon enough. I'm looking forward to the experiment.
Excellent!
Under the baseplate bottom, where the Gillette and Made In The US markings are, there should be a small capital letter and a number, between 1 and 4 stamped. They should be on either side of where the handle joins the plate.
This will give the year and quarter of manufacture.
I think i see a d and a 3
Made in 1958, in the period July - September. 3rd Quarter.
So you are in the 50's, more of a vintage than you may have thought. The 1940's-1950's are the golden age of TTO (Twist To Open) designs. You have a Flare Tip Super Speed.
Here is one from 1957, the previous year.
An excellent introduction to the wonderful world of vintage Gillettes!
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wait its a j and a 3
Good enough! The design was pretty much unchanged from the mid 50's till Gillette killed them off finally in about 1968 and replaced them with the black handled Super Speed. They were no longer made of solid brass after the black handles were introduced, but the TTO mechanism was pretty much unchanged.
Here's a J-4
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Please, a moment of silence for this unrestored D-3 Executive Fatboy. Yes I’m a very happy camper.
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CONGRATS!!! The Executive is way up my list of favorites. All the Fatboy goodness plus the grippier knurling of the Toggle and Slim, and GOLD!
My Flat Bottom Tech arrived yesterday!
That's 2 Sundays in a row Canada Post has been delivering!
That's 2 Sundays in a row Canada Post has been delivering!
Found in the wild. Needs a cleaning but looks to be in good nick.
My recent spend of about $25 USD on the 'Bay (shipped from Alberta, Canada) yielded a new member of my budding British invasion collection. It's an early 1950s Gold British Rocket with some very charming wear on the safety bars. I don't know if you can tell in the photo, but the gold plating on the contact surfaces of the safety bars is gone to reveal some nicely contrasting shiny nickel. The gold plating is in great shape elsewhere. I think I love it!
I measured the blade gap as 0.018" (precisely the same as my 1961 Tech). In fact, the effective geometry of the head on this Rocket looks to be exactly the same as my Tech. Oh, but the Rocket has the buttery British TTO mechanism. Am I right @Alum Ladd?
I'm pretty sure mine was part of a Canadian Rocket set like this one:
I measured the blade gap as 0.018" (precisely the same as my 1961 Tech). In fact, the effective geometry of the head on this Rocket looks to be exactly the same as my Tech. Oh, but the Rocket has the buttery British TTO mechanism. Am I right @Alum Ladd?
I'm pretty sure mine was part of a Canadian Rocket set like this one:
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That's perfect! I believe you are spot on there mg, basically a Rocket head, and I am guessing an aluminium handle? This may account for the slighly lighter outcome. The standard Rocket HD from this period should come in at 70gm. My Rocket with the standard nickel coating comes in a touch under 60gm. The gold plating may effect the weight, but I suspect it's an aluminum handled rocket.
Your handle looks slightly thinner and longer on the Canadian. That may be an optical illusion.
I am beginning to believe these are rarer than the 'standard' 70gm Rocket. Yours is finished in gold!
Superb score.
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Mine weighs in at 63 grams on my scale, just like the one in mr-razor's photo. I think the razor is all brass with a gold plate on top of a nickel plate. The handle doesn't actually feel light enough to be aluminium. The handle on the Gold Rocket is definitely thinner (0.379" diameter) than the one on my Rocket HD (0.445"). The TTO knob on the Gold Rocket is larger in diameter than the handle though at 0.412" in diameter. The Rocket HD's TTO knob is about the same diameter as its handle at 0.446" (I think due to slightly rougher knurling on the knob than on the handle).That's perfect! I believe you are spot on there mg, basically a Rocket head, and I am guessing an aluminium handle? This may account for the slighly lighter outcome. The standard Rocket HD from this period should come in at 70gm. My Rocket with the standard nickel coating comes in a touch under 60gm. The gold plating may effect the weight, but I suspect it's an aluminum handled rocket.
Your handle looks slightly thinner and longer on the Canadian. That may be an optical illusion.
I am beginning to believe these are rarer than the 'standard' 70gm Rocket. Yours is finished in gold!
Superb score.
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Or is it the gold plated version of this?
This is made in England with a Canadian case. It comes in at 63gms, exactly the same as yours..
Gillettes just grow more baffling!
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