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Pick the Gem you like shaving with, multiple choices allowed for different models!

  1. Gem Lather catcher

    26 vote(s)
    24.5%
  2. Gem Junior

    28 vote(s)
    26.4%
  3. Gem 1912 Damaskeene

    35 vote(s)
    33.0%
  4. Gem Micro Matic clog proof

    35 vote(s)
    33.0%
  5. Gem Micro Matic Bullet handle (flying wing)

    29 vote(s)
    27.4%
  6. Gem Micro Matic Open comb

    41 vote(s)
    38.7%
  7. Gem Push button

    20 vote(s)
    18.9%
  8. Gem G- Bar

    32 vote(s)
    30.2%
  9. Gem Feather weight

    22 vote(s)
    20.8%
  10. Gem Contour

    9 vote(s)
    8.5%
Multiple votes are allowed.
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  2. That ASR chart is AWESOME!
    Is there a set of images that go along with it, perchance?
    - Bax
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  4. Great link!
    That (along with the chart above) ought to be in a sticky somewhere!
    Good find!
    Thanks,
    - Bax
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  5. There is always Ulysses Pantoja's research on ASR (hosted on my site):

    https://razors.click/asr/
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  7. Do buy (I have) but grain of salt required.

    [​IMG]


    -The Improved Ever Ready was the rebranded 1912 , not the 1955 Heavy Flat Top aka G-Bar.
    -It is seen 1930-35.
    -The NRA logo appears in ASR copy into 1935
    -The Chromium Improved ER Razor is widely advertised in 1935.

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  8. They made a razor specially for the National Rifle Association?
    That's pretty awesome!
    Maybe I should find one of those... and wear my "life member" hat while I shave with it!
    :)
    - Bax
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  9. Sure wear your hat :

    "The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was a prime agency established by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) in 1933. The goal of the administration was to eliminate "cut throat competition" by bringing industry, labor, and government together to create codes of "fair practices" and set prices."

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  10. FDR's government establishing "fair practices?" HA! That was funny. The program was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in May 1935 -- unanimously. Not sure why FDR thought a patently unconstitutional, anti-capitalist goofball program like that would fly. Then again, FDR cared very little for inconveniences like the Constitution. I see the NRA eagle on the box... too bad the razor doesn't have the NRA eagle engraved or stamped on it somewhere. Congrats on the fascinating piece of Razor History on the shelf in your Shave Nook!
    :)
    - Bax
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  11. Much of what the NRA intended just immediately reappeared in the Wagner Act. Without the eagle. I would gently advise steering clear of political commentary.

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  12. :signs011::eatdrink047:
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  13. Roger wilco!
    Interesting history stuff!
    I'll keep an eye out for a (non-political) NRA razor.
    If I'm lucky, I'll find one in the wild (dusty antique shops, estate sales, etc).
    Hunting is half the fun!
    - Bax
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  14. Micromatic Open Combs are easy to find in the NRA boxes -- once you've mastered that Clog-pruf :)

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  15. Waits boo boo notwithstanding, here's the actual Improved Ever Ready c. 1934-35.[​IMG][​IMG]

    As I've posted previously the razor was marketed at least through 1936 (without the NRA emblem).

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  16. Perhaps an NRA razor with a "Radio" blade would be coolest... after the blade's worn out, you could use it to groove with the music of the hepcats on the AM broadcast band:
    radio.jpg
    That's why it's called a "Ever-Ready Radio Blade," right?
    :)
    - Bax
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  17. Unfortunately the Radio blades went out with the new blades for the Micromatics.

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  18. There was a time when naming stuff was a lot cooler...

    radarmen.jpg
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  19. I've been drivin' all night, my hands wet on the wheel...
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  20. Which Gem model had threads on the head to allow use with any handle? I could have swore I read something about that a while back, or am I dreaming it?
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