Clix

Discussion in 'Safety Razors' started by rbilly, Aug 11, 2019.

  1. rbilly

    rbilly Well-Known Member

    I picked up an injector razor from a shop and the guy threw in a gem JR. And a clix razor, it looks like it all made from bakelite and it's in its original case, the top cap is a little scratched but other then that it looks fine. Anyone have any info, I had never heard of them.
     
    RyX, brit and gorgo2 like this.
  2. Weasel640

    Weasel640 Well-Known Member

    Were they like the ones here, about 3/4th down the page?
    http://www.usarmydatadepot.com/qmc___class_29_8502.htm
     
    RyX and brit like this.
  3. wchnu

    wchnu Duck Season!

    They are really fun razors to use. I love bakelite razors.
     
    RyX and brit like this.
  4. jmudrick

    jmudrick Type A Man

    Made by Conrad, makers of the 1930s Barbasol razors, offered in a couple different varieties 1944-46.[​IMG]

    Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
     
    RyX and brit like this.
  5. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    The bakelite Clix is good, the all-metal Clix (EZ Flo) is better. It's a sleeper that's survived more den purges, sell-offs and Travel Box departures than any other I've owned. One of the very, very few razors I will not surrender.
     
    Last edited: Aug 11, 2019
    Angelo85, RyX and brit like this.
  6. brit

    brit in a box

    any relation to a simplex? i have one of those..
     
    RyX likes this.
  7. jmudrick

    jmudrick Type A Man

    Simplex, Clix, Clix. Very similar geometry but I'm not aware of any relationship between Conrad and Simplex.

    Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
    [​IMG]
     
    gorgo2, RyX and brit like this.
  8. brit

    brit in a box

    very cool ,thank you sir..
     
    RyX likes this.
  9. rbilly

    rbilly Well-Known Member

    brit likes this.
  10. Weasel640

    Weasel640 Well-Known Member

    Those were made during WWII, and sold into the Quarter Master where troops could buy them. During the time period Brass was in demand for the war so the went with other materials where they could, hence the Bakelite handles. The Gem Jr. is based on the 1912, which is a great SE razor. I have not gotten around to trying out the war time Clix that I have.

    Oh and if you have the card stock box that they came in with the Quarter Master info, that's even better.
     
    Angelo85 and brit like this.
  11. Angelo85

    Angelo85 Well-Known Member

    I own a Clix razor and love it.
     
    gorgo2 and brit like this.

Share This Page