Your Oldest Razor?

[modyblu]

Mine would be my Otto Roth/ Gillette stamped LC.
Gillette purchased Otto Roth and put put Gillette mark on it.

 

[MichWR]

Just on Old Type. I'm not sure of the year.

 

[VBH37118]

I have ball end old type, I think it is from 1925 to 1928. Great razor.

 

[balesofhay91]

I have a 1924 Ever Ready razor that a nice man PIF'd to me in 2014. One pass with that gets me a DFS. I also have a 1912 Gem razor. I guess it was made in 1912!

 

[Billy T.]

1966 Slim Aristocrat.

 

[Lord NSIC]

1918 Thin Cap Ball End Old Type - first shave this morning to mark the Spanish Flu Pandemic, and I’ll break out the 1920 New Improved Tuckaway when things begin to settle down

 

[VBH37118]

1918 Thin Cap Ball End Old Type - first shave this morning to mark the Spanish Flu Pandemic, and I’ll break out the 1920 New Improved Tuckaway when things begin to settle downView attachment 1086520View attachment 1086521

That is a very nice razor, looks in mint condition.

 

[Lord NSIC]

That is a very nice razor, looks in mint condition.

Thank you. Yes, it and the Tuckaway are both in really good condition. The thin cap has a few fine surface scratches, and a small hairline crack in the handle (normal/expected), but none of the scratches affect the plating and there really isn't any plate loss--it seems that the silver plating holds up better than any of the gold razors I have. The Tuckaway has a little plate loss under the cap and a small hairline crack in the handle. On the reverse, I have a well-used 1918 "Property US Army" razor that has worn to brass on either end of the cap, bent end teeth (on opposite end corners where I'm sure the user would rinse and tap it on the sink/helmet/ground) and is missing the original handle (has a thin common bar handle). It's my Memorial/Commissioning/Veterans Day shaver that I'd like to think made it to France and back before the handle crumbled to dust and was replaced and still used into the '30s.

 

[Mar1978]

A Gillette British Aristocrat #21.

 

[FoolishMortal]

1908 Single Ring #A538840.

 

[Hannah's Dad]

1920 Bulldog.

 

[Tanuki]

DE - a forum friend gave me a 1916 single ring, which aced out my granddad’s Old Type. But the oldest is probably a 1910 double ring silver ABC shell with what appears to be a B282xxx date code.

SE - I have a Gem Damaskeene that is marked ‘1902’, does that count? (typo, should be ‘1912’).

 

[sharktown]

1925 Bostonian with patent date of Jan 13, 1920.

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