canadian gillette razors.

hello fellow shavers, my newest canadian gillette razor is a 1953 tech.i haven t seen anything newer than this.were made in usa and made in england the only ones available after this time?just curious if anyone out there had more info, any canadian tsd members know about the canadian razor history?.thank you all,gary

 

Hi Gary, I too have a 1953 Canadian Gillette Tech. Mine is part of a military set. Here's a photo-



I know I have seen Tech razors made in Canada from later years.



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that is a very nice set,thank you gary

 

My Canadian razors are older- 20's Old Type, NEW LC, '51 Ball end Tech, and prewar fat handledTech.

 

Very cool. I would love to have one of those. Congratulations.

 

i haven t seen any tto gillettes,just techs,old types. time to expand my search.

 

thats awesome,they must be rarer than the others.thank you.

 

I thought Gillette Canada never produced any TTO razors?

 

I stand corrected- the razor was US. Posts edited accordingly.

 

Wanna trade my Canadian Tech for your Double Ring???

(wishful thinking, I know, heh!)

 

i didn t know that.i have a arist jr made in england,in canadian rocket case.never seen anything newer.was on ebay and all i saw were techs,(one like yours only rougher condition) a new, and old types.newest techs from canada were 1953.

 

That's a great looking kit!

 

Thank you!

 

Very nice looking kit! Excuse the newbie questions - would this razor be acceptable to use or is it something that's only for collectable purposes? (oh man, I see another rabbit hole creeping up on me)

Gary

 

Hi, this particular kit was NOS when I got it. I originally bought it to collect, but decided to use it anyway. I have used almost every razor in my collection. If you buy a razor, it is up to you how it is used. Display, or daily driver. It's up to you.

 

Almost all razors are usable. It's up to you whether you want to use it or not. Some razors were made with a proprietary blade and unless you have some they can't be used. Some that have proprietary blades can be used by modifiying new blades to fit. Feel free to ask questions anytime you have them.

 

Here are my 2 Canadians

Brass Old Type head with brass thin common bar handle. I don't know what the original plating was.

 

Thanks for the reply Alan - very cool.

 

Another 2 Canadians..great razors eh..