Williams Wednesday Shave !! Wednesday May 26, 2021 Razor: Williams DE Razor Blade: Gillette Platinum (1) Brush: Williams/Synthetic Re-Knot Soap: Vintage Williams Stick AS 1: Humphrey's Alcoholado Maravilla 70 AS 2: Williams Aqua Velva Fragrance: CK One Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 931 Williams Razor came in yesterday just in time for this weeks Williams shave. I grated one of my Vintage Williams pucks to make a shave stick for a Stick Container I've had. I got it because I thought it was cool with the leather wrap and logo as well as a sticker from being sold in Philadelphia and I was born and raised near there in the burbs. Great shave and did a video to show how the razor opens to load the blade. Have a stupid fun day out there folks !
So awesome! Haven't seen a Williams Razor in many years! And unfortunately it's one that I have never been able to obtain myself. It's just a very unique design. One day... Sidenote: I have seen another one exactly like it, about 9 or 10 years ago, on eBay but it was not branded Williams so I didn't bother trying to win it. I can't recall now the brand it did have. Also, the leather wrapped Williams shave stick... Very nice collectible. I did have one of those at one time but I PIF'd it away to someone who really wanted one. From what I recall when doing some research based on old advertisements, the leather wrapped containers were from around the very late 1800s into the very early 1900s.
Veddy veddy nice. A unmentionable that I can really get behind!! Thanks for showing off. That shave stick is just awesomelicious.
The design may not have originated in the US. The one you saw mostly was one of these versions sold overseas without the W on them like this one pictured below that are patented in Italy and Germany. I believe these were produced in England.
Interesting. Those use a cap to hold the handle closed. I've never seen that before. The Williams/W ones and the one I saw without any branding all used the pinch/snap open/close handle ends. Other than that though, pretty much the same design. Very cool!
First I've heard of that style though not surprising. I'd bet 5 of your dollars that all these razors were produced by the same company.
