1912? 1924? I don't know my Gems. Any idea what year span it was manufactured as well? It shaves really well- I do know that. Thank you, guys!
My first vintage razor...the Ever Ready Pat. 1912 British version of your same razor. I have the same styled handle. I couldn't possibly have started with a better razor as an intro to wet shaving. As I understood it, the Pat. 1914 went into production before the Pat. 1912. I've understood that our razors were probably manufactured through the thirties, but that an amalgamation of parts and brands makes for difficulty in narrowing down mfg. dates. I love that razor, and my other SE is a OCMM...I find them both to be zippy little shavers, easy to maneuver and usually use them both with coated blades from Pella. While there is a significantly larger choice of DE blades to choose from, I've found that the proper technique with my little SEs is so easy as to make the lack of SE variety a moot point. I'm not sure if modern DE razors have brought upon any significant or real improvements in that style razor or not, my DEs are vintage as well. As for my SEs, the design and materials used by the originals hasn't been surpassed yet. Hope you enjoy your foray into SE shaving. I need to explore the injector world next!
1911-1912 Gem de Luxe 1912 Gem Damaskeene (the "1912") 1914-1915 (ER) "1914" Marked "American Safety Razor Company New York" Patent Pending 1917-1919 (ER) "1914" Marked "Ever Ready" Patented March 24/14 1918 "Radio" trademark blade - just a point of interest being perhaps "Radio" predated "Ever Ready" on the razors that are marked "Radio"? 1919 Star became a subsiduary of ASR 1919 Gem "1912" 1919 (ER) Front Hinged Cap "Brooklyn New York USA" Patent Applied For (becomes the "1924") 1923 "Ever Ready" trademarked by ASR 1924 "GEM" trademark redesigned by ASR 1925 ER "1914" & "1924" produced hereafter marked "Ever Ready" 1930 Gem "Micromatic" (the Open Comb) 1930 The Improved Ever Ready ("1912") - what we call the Ever Ready "1912" finally coming into common production (see above, regarding "Radio") 1933 ER "E-Bar" - potentially earlier than the Gem offering of the same model? (Last use of "Ever Ready" in the US) 1930s "Star" - supercedes "Ever Ready" in the US (British market continues with "Every Ready") and duplicates "Gem" ("1912") ... perhaps simply becoming the "Junior" 1930s? Gem G-Bar (introduced after the cessation of the Ever Ready trademark in the US) 1940s? Gem "1912 Junior" 1941 Gem (Micromatic) "Clog Pruf" 1947 Gem (Micromatic) "Flying Wing" 1940s? (Late) ER "Streamline" (British - Ever Ready trademark picked up in Britain ... last used in US in 1933) 1950s ER Featherweight (British) 1950s Gem Featherweight/Pushbutton 1960s Gem Contour 1970s Gem Contour II Gem "1912" is only a 1912 if it's a Damaskeene, 1919 otherwise. An Ever Ready "1912" is actually a 1930 and Star "1912" were made from 1933. Ever Ready "1914" is a 1914 if "patent pending", 1917-1919 otherwise. Ever Ready "1924" is a not a 1924 if "patent applied for" which makes it actually a 1919. Pivotal years seem to be 1912 (Gem Damaskeene "1912" begins), 1919 (Star brought into ASR, Gem "1912" begins & Ever Ready "1924" comes into pre-patent production), 1923 (Ever Ready brand goes full blown) and 1930 (Ever Ready "1912" begins). " .