Tech dates
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Yeah, i read that, but it still doesnt make sense.
How come the tech started in 1939 with a code of J, but then in 1951 'razors get date codes'?
Do techs made before 1951 have NO NUMBERS OR LETTERS at all or don't they?
http://www.safetyrazors.net/gil_ser2.htm
How come the tech started in 1939 with a code of J, but then in 1951 'razors get date codes'?
Do techs made before 1951 have NO NUMBERS OR LETTERS at all or don't they?
http://www.safetyrazors.net/gil_ser2.htm
No date codes on any razors that I know of before 1950. Some did have serial numbers early on....
Try this thread. I found it to be quite helpful in figuring out just which Tech I had obtained.
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=130207
+1 on what Joe indicates above . . . I have read that same information before . . . I think it was the Adams book or maybe Krumholz.
Basically on pre-1951 (no date code) Techs, the two possible ranges are 1939-1945 (triangle shaped relief slots behind the bar on the guard plate) and 1946-1950 (rectangle shaped relief slots.)
Some feel the earliest are a little more aggressive than the later ones, but I have found all Techs that I've tried to be mild and predictable . . . I don't have one in rotation because I prefer a more aggressive performer . . . but everyone should have at least one in collection!
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This seems as good a place as any to post this, since I'm having the same issue as far as identifying this razor I picked up at a garage sale.
Judging from the pics linked above, I'm pretty sure it's a ball end tech, but I can't seem to get an accurate date range for it using the Mr-Razor's pic there.
I stuck one of my own online to see if any of you have some suggestions.
Thanks!
Judging from the pics linked above, I'm pretty sure it's a ball end tech, but I can't seem to get an accurate date range for it using the Mr-Razor's pic there.
I stuck one of my own online to see if any of you have some suggestions.
Thanks!
This seems as good a place as any to post this, since I'm having the same issue as far as identifying this razor I picked up at a garage sale.
Judging from the pics linked above, I'm pretty sure it's a ball end tech, but I can't seem to get an accurate date range for it using the Mr-Razor's pic there.
I stuck one of my own online to see if any of you have some suggestions.
Thanks!
I would like to know too !!
I recently got this and it is already my best shaver fighting with my feather portable for the # 1 spot. They are mild and that makes them very fast shavers !!
From BBrad's post, you have the rectangular slots, placing it - 1946-1950. The slots are the 4 slots (two on each side).
