Hi all,
I'm mostly a SADF (and US WWII) militaria collector but recently I have been trying to reconstruct the toiletry kit a SADF "Troepie" would have carried in the 1970s-1980s, and from there I got a bit into the rabbit-hole of shaving kit. While it seems for the majority, recruits and NSMs (National Servicemen) were required to bring their own razor and obtain their foam or soap from commercial sources (and thus they mostly bought what was available at the SAWI, the equivalent of the American "PX" military store) - more on this later - these pictures of a "free" SADF-issued Gillette razor came up and I thought I'd post them for interest.
I'll post the private-purchase Gillette Tech P2 I have as alternative, and pictures of the possible foams used in the period later. Any contributions are welcome, however...
I'm mostly a SADF (and US WWII) militaria collector but recently I have been trying to reconstruct the toiletry kit a SADF "Troepie" would have carried in the 1970s-1980s, and from there I got a bit into the rabbit-hole of shaving kit. While it seems for the majority, recruits and NSMs (National Servicemen) were required to bring their own razor and obtain their foam or soap from commercial sources (and thus they mostly bought what was available at the SAWI, the equivalent of the American "PX" military store) - more on this later - these pictures of a "free" SADF-issued Gillette razor came up and I thought I'd post them for interest.
I'll post the private-purchase Gillette Tech P2 I have as alternative, and pictures of the possible foams used in the period later. Any contributions are welcome, however...