i was discussing my new addiction of DE blades/shaving related items w/ a long time customer last week. he mentioned that he might still have some hanging around.i kicked outta work early yesterday & was greeted my a ziplock back full of goodies left by him this morning..... what are they? help please :thanks date code p4 date code s4 date code h3 [/IMG] date code z2 date code e1 group hug travel kit date code L1
Unless I am mistaken, you have 2 black handle super speeds, a slim adjustable, a flair tip superspeed, a fatboy, and a travel tech. Your customer gave you all those? Buy the man a beer.
yep! he's been coming to me for all his firearm related needs for 15 years i havent even had a chance to thank him yet..im going to take them back to work tomorrow (ive cleaned them)in the hopes he comes by.. hope he doesnt want them back when he sees them
Wow, what a great customer! I second the idea of buy that man a beer! You got some real winners there. Congrats!
thanks. i was really talking about the diffrence between a slim, tech,ball end tech,super speed,slim adjustable,fatboy,etc... being new to this...all those models get jumbled in my brain l0l
Here is a small sampling: Gillette Slim Ball End Tech One of many Tech variants Fat Boy One of many SS variations Hope this helps!
WOW! Very nice!! I've learned a lot just from doing a Google Image search for the item in question. Out of every 10 images there may be one or two that doesn't belong, but I take majority rule. Also follow along the SOS threads. Lot's of the folks will post pics along with listing the gear they used to shave with that day. A new thread starts every Monday.
another question if i may... does the black handle hold any meaning? i think i red somewhere about the super speeds...the red was more aggressive,than the blue or vice versa
Black handle was the last variant of the SS. It replaced the silver flare tip. Red was more aggressive by gap size. Silver was medium range by gap size. Blue was the least aggressive by gap size. Before the tricolor tips, there was a black tip (a couple of years in the early 1950s) and a standard SS from the end of WWII to the early 1950s. Here is a standard or 1940s SS.
Your thinking about the tip of the handle; the silver part right below the black on those razors you have. Go back to the SOS threads I linked you to. See Bob's Red Tip in post #110. For other Super Speed ID, check out this thread, and this thread.
Yeah, we were all there, too, when we started this. Beer helps. Shaving does, too. But beer helps more.
Nothing more to add really other than to cruise the bay and when you see one you like, Google the name and read up on them and you'll eventually see enough of them to know what you are looking at. Just don't click that "buy now" button EVERY time you find one you like. Use Ebay as a training tool. You'll also be able to tell which ones to leave behind in a purchase as opposed to "wow, there's a traditional razor. I must buy it no matter what condition/how little I know about it" mode. At least that's how I was initially. As far as customer's go, I think you got a good one. Those are pretty nice razors, every one of them. :happy088
