Gillette Shaves

29 Apr 2024

Gillette Slim I4
Shark Super Chrome
Sterling Agar

 

Gillette Slim Twist / Vikings Sword

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that's a cool pic Chris..

 

thanks Gary. Nice razor.

 

Very cool Gary, they keep finding you!
Love those adverts, especially the manicured ladies fingers in the advert!

Just an early Aristocrat maybe?

Would be a cool score if you could find the his and hers set in one

Don't see (m)any probak blade around, guess they never did very well

 

thank you Chris.officially known as a Milord set.a friend has a complete ladies version and has offered it to me a while back.cool to look at but i wouldn't use it,so i didn't buy it..the Proback blades are from the forced Valet Autostrop buyout in 1929 when Gillette was caught fiddling the books.Probak blades and razors were Autostrop's original products,and the blades were carried along for a few years after the autostrop takover.all the goodwill razors and early New series were the result of that era.
in England/EU they acquired Rothbart and similar stuff happened there..

 

Gillette Red & Black Special Set
Bic Chrome Platinum Blade
Semogue Excelsior Boar Brush
Monsavon Au Lait Shave Cream
Sea Breeze Astringent
Lustray Draggon Noir Eau De Toilette

 

cool deluxe shave and pic Jim,always love the deluxe.

 

thank you Gary, great shavers

 

Gillette Brit. Flare-Tip Rocket / Wilkinson Sword / Spiffo! Castillo 24mm SHD / D.R. Harris Sandalwood Shaving Soap / OSP Sandalwood ASL​

 

Gillette Fatboy / Gillette Platinum

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Razor: Pre-War Tech (this is really a misnomer since they were produced during WW2)
Blade: Feather (4)
Soap: Proraso Green
A/S: Mennen Skin Bracer

 

Gillette Flare Tip / Gillette Platinum

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cool razor.they are called the prewar as your example was made was made mostly in 1939-40,aka pre war for the U.S.your example (civilian) pre war stopped production when war time srarted and the bakelite and steel examples were made.civilian razors were then restarted in '46,no triangular techs made at this point,but left over mid war designs.england didin't have a "tech",never called one in those days,and canadian made triangular slot techs are the only civilian type nickel/brass razer i have seen in khaki soft and hard military cases.

 

5 May 2024

Tried the Slim on 7 with a Shark (2) not the greatest success. Could just be me, or the Shark. But I still like the razor, even though some find it boring!

 

Super stretched Hummer you got there Gary

Think I will revert to my HD again tomorrow

 

Gillette ‘80s British Tech
Feather
HC&C Blue 26mm G5C Synthetic
RazoRock Santa Maria Firenze Shaving Soap & Aftershave​

 

Razor: "40s" Style Gillette Superspeed dated 1953
Blade: Astra SP, Russian (1)
Soap: Arko stick, face-lathered
A/S: Pinaud Clubman

 

thank you Chris..i love HD shaves,between a regular rocket and a brit red tip..

 

that's a nice clean looking ss ..