RAD – Stage 2…

This weekend we went to Oregon to visit my sister Kimry, and we stopped at the Antique mall and Fruit Stand at Thorpe… and I entered stage 2 of Razor Acquisition Disorder. There were a few razors there, and a couple more at an antique store in Sisters. So, here’s my collection so far:

From Top to bottom:

• My first razor, a Weishi from RetroRazor
• Next I collected a 1948-50 Gillette SuperSpeed
• Then, this weekend, the rest, with pictures…

An EverReady brush that I’ll be restoring someday with a Badger Silvertip knot:

A 1918-1921 Gillette Old Style razor with a cracked handle and missing the butt. Not sure what I’ll be doing with this one other than cleaning it up a little bit:

A 1930’s Gillette “NEW” style razor, gold plated. Well used, the plating has been worn off the head, but still in excellent shape. Should be completely usable with a little polish:

In this picture, it’s with an old box that it was sold in. The box is a 1940’s box.

 

With the early razor above, below is pictured a 1957 C1 Gillette SS3 Red Tip Super Speed, and a 1960 F4 Gillette Super Speed. Both need a little clean up:

The gem for this trip is a 1951 E1 Gillette Tech. New, never used, in the original box that was an American Red Cross gift, and came with three spare blades and one (Gillette Blue) in the handle (slightly rusty.) Two of the blades are in Red Cross wrappers, and the third is a Gillette Blue. Photos: