I wouldn't say "rare". I see them on eBay often enough. It's a nice SS by the looks of it. I wouldn't go crazy bidding on it.
No big deal. I have he not notch and notched in this 1947 Super Speed. Both in mint. That's what I want.
There ya go. Don't be too concerned with one that appears nasty either. In my experience, most Gillettes I've bought clean up very well. Mint? Maybe not. Very nice? More often than I deserve.
Usually on ebay the word "rare" is used to justify a step up in price that is not justified, most times. If that is where the idea of rare came from, then as already mentioned, don't go crazy bidding on it. If it is already yours and you are just wondering, it's my understanding that what you have is a 1947 SS, which was the first year the 40s style SS appeared. In 1948 Gillette introduced a notched center bar, which was designed to take advantage of their new blade dispenser. So your razor was only produced for one year, which makes it unique, but not "rare" or in any way super valuable monetarily, IMO.
So true. That is how I got my Fatboy. It was in a lot of four really nasty looking Gillettes for $21. Cleaned it up and it looks almost like new.
That is my birth year razor. I love it. Like @DEfettish said, it was the first year of the super speeds. It took me a long time to find mine, and because it was my birth year razor, I paid more for it than I would for any other super speed.
Do you mean so they can charge prices that are just short of extortion? The bad part is people pay them. I got a razor that according to posted picture and the e-bay dealer discription, said that it was in pristine condition.It was crap looked like it had been in the landfill.
Patrick, yep, that's what I mean. I don't do ebay, but I use completed auction listings to determine value like most people these days. I've seen this tactic enough that if I were actually using ebay for purchases, the word "rare" in a listing would immediately elicit an instinct to pass on by that listing. In fact, this is used in other places as well, for the same reason, although not as ubiquitously as on ebay. Anytime I see that word now, big fat alarm bells go off in my head.
