Two recent purchases arrived yesterday. The first was an English Four-Piece Flat Bottom Tech.
It was listed as a vintage Star razor but, unbeknownst to the well-meaning seller, lurked a Gillette.
Overall condition is good with some brassing of the safety bars and the bottom portion of the handle. There's a couple of interesting things about it, though:
First, there is the question of how an English razor ended up in a case from a military razor from a different company. (Did ASR even use this case in England?)
Next, there are the blades which are still wrapped in cellophane. I'm wondering if these could be the original blades which came with the razor.
Finally, there is the two-piece handle. Apparently, it is somewhat of an unusual variant. Mr. Razor doesn't show any exactly like it as the others either have a different knurling or are missing the two rings near the end. In fact, the only other one I could find on the Internet was from a WTB post on another forum and that photo apparently came from a German eBay auction.
Now for the second package:
I normally don't go for auctions for NOS blades, but the seller was throwing in the razor and, with an opening bid of $0.99 and $1.19 shipping, I decided to go for it. I love the typography on the wrappers and, especially, the use of the phrase "Newly Improved". The adverb makes it seem so quaint compared to the modern "New AND Improved".
The razor is an NDC post-War Tech and needs more cleanup but I'm sure it will shave fine.
Not too expensive though !
