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