surplus ww2 gillette razors

[cvixx]

I am on the mailing list for International Military Arms, Ima-usa.com, and they have a 'sale' on supposedly unissued ww2 Gillette razors with a 10-pack of PAL blades for $25.00, plus shipping of course. Looks like a Tech to me)

Made in USA or England, no choice...thought all you collectors might be interested.

 

[AsylumGuido]

Do you have a link or pictures. I have seen supposedly unused sets from military supply sites before that were extremely sad. And, PAL blades would not have been the original blades as Gillette was into the war effort to push their blades. They should have been Gillette Blues.

 

[TheBigL]

Looks in pretty rough shape to be unissued.


http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php/products_id/2428


On a side note: Whoo! 300 posts!

 

[SRock]

Looks in pretty rough shape to be unissued.


http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php/products_id/2428


On a side note: Whoo! 300 posts!

+1, unless it sat exposed to the elements for many years before being found.

Congrats on 300!

 

[RocketMan]

+1, unless it sat exposed to the elements for many years before being found.

Congrats on 300!

Maybe many years exposed while being used to prop up engine blocks in rusting jeeps. ***? It doesn't make any sense to refer to that razor as unissued. It seems like Tom Foolery is afoot here!! (Good old Tom - spends most of his time on the internet!)

 

[SRock]

Maybe many years exposed while being used to prop up engine blocks in rusting jeeps. ***? It doesn't make any sense to refer to that razor as unissued. It seems like Tom Foolery is afoot here!! (Good old Tom - spends most of his time on the internet!)

that razor is beyond used, looks like it was hit in war with a few hand granades, maybe he means it wasnt issued to civilians, but only to g.i.'s/soldiers...lol

Maybe it was unissued. It could have been found in a supply crate at the bottom of a river in Europe some 50 years after it was manufactured!

 

[Oldguy]

Maybe it was unissued. It could have been found in a supply crate at the bottom of a river in Europe some 50 years after it was manufactured!

That's what I think. They look like they've been under water for quite a few years. I wouldn't want one if they were free.

Len

 

[Ru4scuba?]

I wouldn't want one if they were free.

Len

Well well...lets not be TOO hasty about that!

 

[DunEdinRanger]

I'm wondering where they were kept?

 

[RocketMan]

That inside pic I can live with. That is just some nasty aging possible from being stored in nasty conditions.

But, the outside of the case is scratched all to h*ll. Aging I can see - but to get all scratched up so badly, sheesh. Even if they are unissued, maybe they should have issued them to people who could have kept them in drawers and cupboards rather than buried in some water filled time capsule placed ontop of a bunch of sharp rocks inside some sort of moving conveyance for the last 60 years.

Kind of like going to an earthquake sale to buy your new chrysler. Why bother?

 

[Oldguy]

Well well...lets not be TOO hasty about that!

Well maybe you're right. Free is OK. But only if shipping is free too.

Len

 

[cvixx]

Now I never said they were unissued...that is what IMA said. I have to agree that they are a bit grungy, but the blade pacs are new. But, to list them there must be a LOT of them.

My guess would be that they were repacked and marked as 'unissued' with new blades put in the cases, ready for use if the war lasted to 1949 or so and the Brits ran out of shaving gear for the new troops. Meanwhile dumped loose in a crate and stored in a damp, moldy warehouse below the level of the Thames.

Guess I have not convinced anyone to by one and let the rest of us know. Dang!

 

[Monkeydad]

I'm tempted to get one just to see if I can restore it.

They do have some nice straight razors though:

http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php/products_id/2394

http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php/products_id/2186



Anyone have a spare $695 laying around to buy something to burn?
http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php/cPath/217/products_id/2257

 

[wwoof]

I'll bet divers found them on a wreck. They've been down since the war. USS Arizona?

 

[luvmysuper]

I'll bet divers found them on a wreck. They've been down since the war. USS Arizona?

No diving on the Arizona. Maybe they were in a supply truck that drove off a bridge into a river.

 

[mmack66]

I don't know about the razor, but the "unissued" shaving brush looks like it might be just slightly less scritchy than a corn broom.

http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php/products_id/2053?osCsid=17e93c87a5989f40a7cd58d82a6cb309

 

[luvmysuper]

I don't know about the razor, but the "unissued" shaving brush looks like it might be just slightly less scritchy than a corn broom.

http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php/products_id/2053?osCsid=17e93c87a5989f40a7cd58d82a6cb309

I think it IS a corn broom