Also arrived this week - two Elgin razors with instructions and a bunch of unopened blades.
The whole lot set me back $40 which in my deluded state of mind is a great deal.

So what's an Elgin?
Here's what Mr Waits says, and shows;



The two Elgins I received are in beautiful condition and I was very happy to get them with a lot of blades as they are hard to track down these days.

In essence the Elgin is a tube with openings at both ends - one contains a collapsed razor that you pop out from its collapsed state by pressing a small button..and then you screw the head onto the little handle.
The other opening is a space to keep the blades - which conveniently enough are exactly the right size to fit there.


Here's a short video showing me fiddling around with it:


Video link for tapatalk users:



If there has ever been a razor to slide out of your Anthony Sinclair midnight blue shawl-collar dinner suit after a long day of international mystery-work - this is the one.



Some photos of my Elgins:
The whole lot:



The way the razor comes out of the tube:



Fully assembled and ready to shave any spy:



The other end of the tube holds your unused/used blades:

That's super neat or what.....Me want one of them the Nooooo........

Aff Fir a Mooch Arooooond.....

Billy

That is cool!!! Outstanding score!

I am convinced that Bond, James Bond carried one of these at all times.

That's a very cool razor. It must be a very rare find. How's the shave?

Wow! Drool. Hows the shave? are the blades stainless and/or coated or are they just carbon?

Very cool! Now you need to find a pen shaped shaving stick and get a Wee Scot to carry with it!

That's no way to talk about @Billyfergie.

Very cool razor.

Nope. Bond used a Slim. Upon retiring, before the beard, he switched to Atra.

They are described as "finest blue temp steel" - and, well, they are bit blue in color.
Here's a fuzzy photo of one of the used/loose blades that was in the lot (no, I won't shave with this particular blade, there's plenty of new ones)

That edge looks lethal. Cool razor though.

We'll see, it will be used at least once and really, what's a bit of blade for an international man of mystery?!

I just googled and couldn't find anything, but I am sure Elgin American was a sister company to Durham Duplex.

Cool little razors. Can't wait to hear how well (or not) the shave is.

That said, I was expecting that other international man or mystery, Austin Powers.

That looks real cool!

We all have our heroes

Ya baby!

Bond would have loved this!