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
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.
TV Special Flair Tip, Black handle Flair Tip and Tech. Date codes should be underneath, a letter and a number.
Two Super Speeds and a Tech. Use the last link below to check the Date codes. Black Super Speed: http://www.razorarchive.com/gillette-black-handle-super-speed/ Metallic (Gillette TV Special 1958)(not standard) Super Speed: http://www.razorarchive.com/gillette-tv-special-1958/ Date Codes: https://www.razoremporium.com/gillette-date-codes/
Look closer on the Metallic Super Speed, it's not the standard pattern on the Regular Super Speed. The Tech looks like a regular Tech to me. I'm guessing 1950s by the looks of it.
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):
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 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
Hopefully this will be the last question on the subject! Will the FHS-10 blades work on the Gem and Star? Rick
Yes for the razors pictured. The only Gem razors those blades won't work on are the Gem Micromatic razors.