Gillette Rocket, the refined DE.

Is this a Rocket?




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it is a gillette one piece.called a rocket if sold in canada in a red plastic or cardboard case.in england it's called an aristocrat jr from 1949 -54 ish.
collectors and others called anything with the telescoping knob a "rocket" type for ease of identification compared tp other types.

 

being yours appears to be gold plated it would be a rocket deluxe in canada with a blue case or aristocrat jr gold in england.

 

What I meant to ask is how unique is it, not having the "Made in" on the plate, for something other than a Canadian? It is clearly British because it mentions a British patent.

 

it could easily be an early export version of the 1958-61 brit flare tip for the canadian market or other.not seen another so far but the only gillettes of the era (1950s) i.ve seen with "no made in" were canadian ones.german and french gillettes also featured "no made in" on a few models.

 

Flare tip rocket works for me. But all of this is a bit above my pay grade.

 

Solved! English Aristocrat



Really smooth shaver!!!!


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Well, not entirely solved. The Cdn ones also were stamped with England. So…….. perhaps a, Rockrat?

 

yes.early canadian ones were stamped made in england ,on the case also.there are so many weird variants due to delays and shortages.

 

The 3 Amigos..
L-R..1948 Brit. Aristocrat jr,Canadian Rocket,1947 U.S Aristocrat jr

 

I could have got my grandpas Super Speed black tip right before the flare tip, at one point they used a plastic similar to Bakelite as the tip end, that it was in the 1950's during the Korean War he almost went into, my grandpa was issued the shaver that he used for years.

I could not use the shaver because the tip was falling apart chipping out very brittle and falling off the inner knob, this was when I in 2017 had just bought a very similar head of modern shaver a Micro Touch One that I have found out later is actually a Weishi model rebranded not that Weishi made better identical clone for less with the USA Micro Touch and a few others using the same model. On inspection the model was the nickel style chrome with possibly an aluminum handle because the way it never tarnished after my grandpa put it away after losing his eyesight in 1986 no longer able to drive. My grandpa after eyesight getting lost used the bigger head original size Bic disposable one blade in all Yellow for years on the under chin part and stray upper cheek as he kept after going full legally blind a full beard as before he had a shorter beard in the summer hot months. My dad donated those last 4--5 unused Bic in the hanging off the 6 pack to a nearby nursing home to use that my grandpa lived in for the last year & 1/2 of his life for the barber people that came in once a week to use on those who could not shave themselves anymore and gave haircuts every 2 weeks.

Too bad because the Korean War Era Super Speed black tip the two versions of the model are sought after due to being the model soldiers had from a war/police action, not to mention model was only made for 2--3 years.

Reason the tip was plastic on these models is plastic is to save materials for a war effort, why some were lower grades aluminum alloy in the handle with nickel plated aluminum head to save on materials that might be needed for another World War seeing how the world was going at the time in the early 1950's with Russia and the Communist countries/states or what Russia was doing.

 

Now AI is hacking the Photobucket site to use those for more AI photo content.

 

Gillette made most of the contract shavers for USA, Canada, England, and Australia, this is why. Shick did make a few of the shavers for the early British war effort it was found the for the shavers they needed a bigger brand to keep up with the war effort so Gillette stepped in with the Tech the soldiers to Corporal with the plastic handle Zemek head for Canada, like the USA had. I am not sure what the other countries got but they were a Tech model of some kind, I think handle and head of Zemek or a body of wood with a Zemek cast part or something like this, I do not think the molded plastic was that big of a thing before WWII unless it was Bakelite or the only other similar plastic as Nylon was rather new.

 

britain didn't have a tech razor until after the war,,1947 ish..only open comb.

 

Yes, but the WWII shaver was close to a tech in handle and how aggressive the blades are, just open combed not sure the model. Probably the same for Australia.