Your rarest razor

[Cearball]

Wow, please post pics of your 2nd gen goldie Aristocrat!! Then it was probably yours I saw a a while back - because I never saw another one!! That is a rarity for sure

British Gillettes

To maybe help illustrate my thinking here I put together this table. If anyone's got anything to add or modify I'd be happy to keep this up-to-date and add it to the wiki at some point once it's fully baked. British Aristocrats (non-traveler sets) class="cms_table_grid" |- | Set No. | First...

www.badgerandblade.com

 

[Legion]

Not super, crazy rare, but uncommon, and the only example I've seen with the packaging.

 

[FloppyJoe]

I've posted this elsewhere on these forums.
Schick DE (Krona) Adjustable


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Now that is just plain cool! Awesome find!

 

[Scaramouche]

My rarest is now this Raw Shaving RS-10. Only 100 made, as I understand it. A brilliant shine and a brilliant shave.

I have one of 'em as well, so together we're 2% of the world's supply!

 

[Hannah's Dad]

I have one of 'em as well, so together we're 2% of the world's supply!

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We were ... I have since sold mine. You’re a One Percenter now!

 

[Scaramouche]

We were ... I have since sold mine. You’re a One Percenter now!

¡Qué lástima! I expect mine to be in the vault until my great grand-kids learn to shave (which, considering the unexpected and extremely unfair speed of the passage of time at my age, could be tomorrow!). Doesn't it go by in a blink....

 

[InNae]

Mine isn't that old, but it's still pretty rare.

Wolfman wr1. I managed to get on his list way back. I love the razor and it won't leave my possession. I shave with it just about every day. Great razor.

InNae

 

[Darkknight79]

79 black handle super speed

 

[Phil E2]

This one here:

Why ??? It's just a common Slim Adjustable........because it belonged to my Dad.......irreplaceable !!!!

OK, that puts me in the game. Otherwise, I was just oggling. Mine would be a '67 Super Speed because it was my dad's and was the first razor I shaved with. I have a picture of my son "shaving" with it when he was 3-years old. That razor put a slice in my neck in high school because I was nervous shaving before a date with a senior.

 

[Kyle89]

I have an old Wade and Butcher open comb DE. It uses proprietary blades, and it's a Gillette Old Type knockoff. I haven't found too much information online about it (but haven't checked in quite a while). I'm guessing it's from the 1920s?

It works with an Old Type top cap (3 piece old type, that is) so it can use regular DE blades.

 

[twhite]

Kind of a trick question for me. as I have made a dozen completely different designs. ranging from 1 to as many as 26 produced. I will not include those. As for normal production goes. I will have to go with my 1930 Gillette President and my 1909 New Ever Ready SE.

 

[kingfisher]

I guess my rarest razor in my DE collection is this one
Lix razor from England.

It is an interesting razor. It weighs over 100g, which is not common in vintage razors, and its head is uniquely designed as you can see from the pics below.

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That thing looks suspiciously like the Joseph Potter "Velvet" razor. Remarkable. I wonder if it is an homage or whether the company was sold, or what?

 

[kcb5150]

Really really rare Diamondine, but missing the thumb screw. Need to get a replacement turned eventually. Used a shaved down wood stick to give an idea.

 

[kcb5150]

Missing screw.

 

[twhite]

Really really rare Diamondine, but missing the thumb screw. Need to get a replacement turned eventually. Used a shaved down wood stick to give an idea. View attachment 1227890View attachment 1227891View attachment 1227892View attachment 1227894View attachment 1227895View attachment 1227898

I really like that razor. A LOT! I have a question on the 2 screws on the back. What do they adjust on the razor?

 

[kcb5150]

It will move the comb forward and back like on a pal adjustable injector. I think it offers some early adjustment but also accounts for the blade being honed down and losing dimension.

 

[kcb5150]

The sides more or less function as observation windows.

 

[twhite]

Thanks. Wedge blade safety razors are a favorite of mine. Thanks for the patent drawings also. Love seeing those.

 

[bdehne]

The closest I have to "rare" is a V3 Super Speed. Not really all that rare.

 

[HDSledge]

Keeping this awesome thread rolling: An item I posted 4 years ago. A Gillette Executive Fatboy pre-production sample (prototype?), no logo or patent markings, just a tiny number etched into the base. A date? If so would have been February 28, 1958 the first year of production. Gillette wouldn't tell me anything relating to production methods or testing protocols. It is an exact match to production models so it must be a final revision.

Also featured on this page with pics next to the 3rd quarter 1958 D3 production model. Gillette Executive Adjustable (Gold Fatboy)