New guy looking for ID help

Discussion in 'Safety Razors' started by monzaman, Oct 26, 2020.

  1. monzaman

    monzaman New Member

    Hello, I just bought these and I'm going to pass them on to my sons' as birthday presents soon. I would like to be able to let them know what and how old they are, any help is appreciated!

    Thanks in advance!

    Rick
     

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  2. MR41

    MR41 Well-Known Member

    The pic is two Gillette super speeds and a Gillette tech . There are date codes on the super speeds on the underside of the blade trays that you can look up by googling-Gillette safety razor date codes. Im not sure about the tech, but someone here will know. On the date codes- there will be a letter and a number like c3. The letter corresponds to the year it was made and the number corresponds with the quarter of the year it was made. Ex: c3 is the 3rd quarter of 1957. You may need a magnifying glass to see the letters and numbers they’re pretty small.
     
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  3. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    TV Special Flair Tip, Black handle Flair Tip and Tech. Date codes should be underneath, a letter and a number.
     
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  4. Weasel640

    Weasel640 Well-Known Member

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  5. Weasel640

    Weasel640 Well-Known Member

    Look closer on the Metallic Super Speed, it's not the standard pattern on the Regular Super Speed.
    tech.jpg

    The Tech looks like a regular Tech to me. I'm guessing 1950s by the looks of it.
     
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  6. monzaman

    monzaman New Member

    Thanks all!!!
     
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  7. americanshamrock

    americanshamrock Let's Make a Deal! Staff Member

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    Threads merged.
     
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  8. brit

    brit in a box

    the tech is a prewar triangle baseplate.won't have a date code,it has a post war ball end handle.
     
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  9. Weasel640

    Weasel640 Well-Known Member

    Right. I was focusing on the handle. Guess it's a mix matched Tech...

    Here is what Brit is talking about at 11:04 (for some reason it keeps stripping the start point I'm trying to link to):
     
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  10. monzaman

    monzaman New Member

    Thanks again for the info! How about some more?!?! I bought these in the same auction and am wondering if a: these GEM blades will work for the Gem and Star razors[​IMG] razor 3.jpg 0002491_62-0165-gem-extra-sharp-coated-single-edge-blade_300.jpeg
    and b: if blades are still available for the Valet? It has three pins on the top part that help hold the blade in place razor 3.jpg
     
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  11. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Yes on the Gem blades. The only modern blades for the Auto-Strop are Feather FHS-10 blades.
     
  12. monzaman

    monzaman New Member

    Hopefully this will be the last question on the subject! Will the FHS-10 blades work on the Gem and Star?

    Rick
     
  13. BBS

    BBS Well-Known Member

    Yes for the razors pictured. The only Gem razors those blades won't work on are the Gem Micromatic razors.
     

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