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Wow, sounds like quite a collection! I only have about 7 - most of them inherited from family members who have passed on. Grandpa's '54 SuperSpeed is my daily shaver. The new toggle was a lucky find, to be sure. It came from a small rural estate auction where made-in-china angel figurines were getting lots of bids, but the Gillette garnered minimal interest (3 bids total).
I suppose this belongs in this thread, ~99% of these were yard/estate sale or flea market finds -
I got into double-edge razors a couple years before vintage ones went completely nuts. I had a few already from auction lots but not paid too much attention to them. Once I became aware of those it seemed like I started seeing them all the time, weird. It is a rabbit hole though because the next thing you notice is variants and that's what I started looking for. Then you want the original packaging, or a barber shop case. etc. But, I never found a toggle and yours is a collection capstone.
Nice thing about collecting these is I use them. They shave great and 100 blades is ~$16 mailed. Between the new & NOS vintage blades I have, I will never need to buy blades again and the cost of those is well less than a good dinner out for my wife & I. Previously I was spending that every ~2 months on multiblades. It adds up...
Don't have many pics up, here are a few -
Immediate post-WW2 Merkur Slant -
~1930s Hoffritz (Merkur) 4-piece travel
Gillette open-comb variants -
1904 date Gillette double-ring, superb shave, they nailed it right out of the gate -
Gillette Bostonian in chrome -
Schick injectors 1930s & up, I appear to have the only green bakelite one in the world -
A couple straights -
1840s Greaves & Sons-
The math is strong with this one.
Yep, 100 blades lasts ~2.5 years for me. There really should be a shaving thread somewhere. I know we aren't the only ones MannyE.
Although I don't recall the day, it was 2007 when I switched over. I was standing in line at CVS (northeast drugstore chain) and contemplating my impending Gillette Fusion purchase. (At that time IIRC it was close to $18 for 4 and I would be buying another pack in ~20 days.) Within the previous few weeks I'd won a knife lot at auction and there were several razors & NOS blades in the group. I figured, "What the heck!" put the Fusions back, grabbed the best Speed from the lot, cleaned it, and by day 3 there was no looking back. I moved from safety bar ones pretty quick after a brief dabble with single-edged & injector ones and settled on the open-comb type.
stopped at a garage sale on my way downtown. scored this lot of loot for $8, and the little gramophone is a pencil sharpener. when you turn the handle, the platter even spins. (i do not have any media in micro-78 format)
the tobacco tin is filled with nos razor blades
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Went out early this morning for a garage sale listing CDs. Was very pleased with what $40 bought. Many were sealed, including the Dead sets!
Allman Brothers Band - Idlewood South
Beach Boys - Smiley Smile/Wild Honey (UK)
David Bowie - Young Americans
Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (Bonus Tracks)
Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday (Bonus Tracks)
Byrds - Back Pages (Radio Sampler)
Eric Clapton - S/T
Eric Clapton - Crossroads (4CD)
Cream - Live Cream Vol. II
ELO - The Essential (2CD)
Jerry Garcia - Reflections (W Germany)
David Gilmour - About Face
Grateful Dead - Best Of The Grateful Dead Hour (PROMO)
Grateful Dead - Two From The Vault (2CD)
Grateful Dead - Three From The Vault (2CD)
Grateful Dead - Fillmore West 1969 (3CD)
George Harrison - Best Of
Led Zeppelin - II (Germany)
Marshall Tucker Band - Carolina Dreams
Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds
Pink Floyd - Shine On: Selections From The Box (PROMO)
Keith Richards - Main Offender
Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads
Rolling Stones - Flowers
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks (2CD)
Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (Virgin)
Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
Ron Wood - Gimme Some Neck
Yes - Fragile
Neil Young - Decade (2CD)
Neil Young - Mansion On The Hill (Maxi Single)
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (PROMO)
ZZ Top - Fandango (PROMO)
I suppose this belongs in this thread, ~99% of these were yard/estate sale or flea market finds -
I got into double-edge razors a couple years before vintage ones went completely nuts. I had a few already from auction lots but not paid too much attention to them. Once I became aware of those it seemed like I started seeing them all the time, weird. It is a rabbit hole though because the next thing you notice is variants and that's what I started looking for. Then you want the original packaging, or a barber shop case. etc. But, I never found a toggle and yours is a collection capstone.
Nice thing about collecting these is I use them. They shave great and 100 blades is ~$16 mailed. Between the new & NOS vintage blades I have, I will never need to buy blades again and the cost of those is well less than a good dinner out for my wife & I. Previously I was spending that every ~2 months on m
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I bought a lot of three gilletes at an estate sale last week.. I polished two of them.. I really don't know anything about these, but I need to learn.. What did I buy?
If you did, it would be about 10 seconds long.stopped at a garage sale on my way downtown. scored this lot of loot for $8, and the little gramophone is a pencil sharpener. when you turn the handle, the platter even spins. (i do not have any media in micro-78 format)
the tobacco tin is filled with nos razor blades
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Django Reinhardt.