Same as mine, but my head made in England.

and this one..

I'm waiting for a U.S. post war ball end Tech that's on it's way from the Netherlands. Pretty common item but I like them and the price was right. Also waiting on a lot that has among other things, a single ring with (purportedly) straight teeth and no handle cracks and a short comb NEW with bar handle and also with straight teeth. I have a s.c. NEW but without it's original handle. The baseplate has the smaller cutout so my spare common bar handles from Long Combs don't fit. I use it with a solid ball end Tech handle or sometimes a Tech fat handle but I prefer correct pairings and originality whenever possible so I'm quite stoked to have one on the way.
Yes, there will be photos when the Tech arrives........I know you're all anxious to get a look at it.

Techs are awesome!!

Ad says plastic.

for all the love i have for my crats and rockets, i really like techs history and shaves the more i research and use them..they came from the new oc and are the real gillette work horses..

plastic it is..bakelite was called plastic then maybe..

Hehe or it's plastic . Plastic certainly was a thing.

Plastic was the latest and greatest thing showcased in the 1939 World's Fair. It only makes sense that Gillette would promote their product through the use of this latest product. It was not looked as being cheap, but as being light durable and "modern".

They also made some that had a black top plate and a black plastic handle, iirc the base plate one those was also stamped steel, but it was uncoated. The reason for that afaik, was so the razor wouldn't reflect any light so as to give away the position of our troops, and brass was needed for the war effort so they used the least amount possible. Gillette even made "Camofluage" blades, but iirc they were just flat black, so the same principal as the black topped tech. The top may well have been aluminum on the "Camo" version. Achim has that listed as well. Good ol American ingenuity. Nothing fancy, but it worked.

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This is the one I have. It also has the Gillette logo etched onto the top plate. Sorry about the glare...........

I truly am, I love the product, price and value. I have a great relationship with Joe as many do.

He seems like a good guy. He's got good sales every now and then as well.

A mismatched razor:
The head should go nicely with a Pocket Set case that I have and one can never have too many Fat Handles.

Anyone know what brand this razor is?

no sir, early vest pocket old type clone?..

It is most likely an old type clone but that is about all I can ascertain by looking at it. That handle is a full length handle when assembled. I bought it with a lot of razors that I probably shouldn't have bought but the price was there to roll the dice on it.

cool score ,the way the handle goes together may help as clues..

The handle is the coolest part of it. The head seems like whatever. I like the knurling a lot