The almost sort of Comprehensive Guide to the Gillette Tech

fine french tech....

 

Another flat bottom tech variation

 

very cool..where was it made?

 

It is British made but I think it was made for foreign distribution. I am pretty sure the flat bottom razors with open combs or closed guards like this with those style shoulders on the cap were mainly produced for razors sold in India.

I'll know more about it once it arrives.

 

very cool.the gillette insignia and handle suggest early 60s..

 

This covers most of the known Tech razor head variations except for that one, the French post war style Techs with open comb guards and the most common one which is the American post war Tech design from 1948 - early 60s. Technically the English one is the same but the stampings are different.


Here is an open comb style with similar if not same shoulders on it.

 

That is assuming they made flat bottom techs past the 40s. Far as I know the 3pc tech design became unified by the 50s regardless of where it was made.

 

yes sir.the brit's all stem from the 7 oclock flat bottom razor design..

 

you should ask Mr.Razor.he was a euro gillette worker..

 

I should add South American made Techs are also missing but share the same razor head design.

 

I have to walk back my statement and agree that it is most likely a 60s or later era razor. Here is a picture of the cap.


That cap style coincides with the revision of the base plates in 61 or 62.

 

very cool.another transition type design..

 

I will also add based upon the handle sometime 61 - 62 until about 1968 since that is when that style handle disappears on British made Techs and they went to the same style handle aluminum handle as the American Tech razors.

 

7 o’clock was a cheaper Gillette brand, not a company, after Autostrop and Gillette merged.

 

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Here is one you may not see again anytime soon. It looks like a flat bottom tech but has shoulders like an old type and was most likely made sometime between 1962 and 1968ish based on the handle. Logo is also a 1960s style Gillette logo and cap style is of the 62 and later tech razors. Cap used to have Gillette embossed on it but the original lettering is almost completely faded. I don't think this was ever made for Anglo markets. This one came from India and maybe a unique variation to that market.

 

very cool score.makes sense as both blade types are probably still in use in some countries, or older tooling.

 

Of interest while perusing ebay. This is far as I know the last production year or close to it for a Canadian 3pc Tech razor with a date code of 1953.

 

very cool.my newest canadian tech is z-4...1954.havent seen one newer..