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WhosYerBob
12-27-2009, 12:04 PM
SOLD!







Next up is the following:

Item: Gillette Toggle razor, with a production date code of F4 (winter of 1960). No box or papers. I picked it up to see how I would like a Toggle and decided to buy another one to keep in my minimalist kit. This one goes out to another that would like to try the Toggle legend for themselves.

Condition: User-grade, as can be seen from the photos. It has all sorts of blemishes; plating wear on the head and bars, paint missing from the numbers, thinning of all the varnish, etc. It's obviously been used hard over it's life. I have cleaned it up, polished it and it's now a very slick shaver. It may not be cosmetically perfect, but mechanically it's in excellent shape. This razor is shave-ready; it has been cleaned with Scrubbing Bubbles, sterilized with Barbicide, then treated with 91% alcohol before being wrapped up and shipped out. No extra packaging is included. What you see in the image is what you get.

Amount used: Used for two months.

Prices: I'll sell it for $35 via PayPal, shipped.

Shipping: CONUS only, and I ship it via USPS Priority Mail.

BBrad
12-27-2009, 12:08 PM
PM on the way

bythbook
12-27-2009, 12:08 PM
PM sent

WhosYerBob
12-27-2009, 12:17 PM
On hold - sale pending. Bythbook got his PM to me first, then posted here afterward.

WhosYerBob
12-27-2009, 12:41 PM
Sold - thanks B&B!

bythbook
01-02-2010, 02:52 PM
Received this today - my first Toggle - much better condition than Mitch indicated - can't wait to give this one a try - look for it in tomorrow's SOTD!


Jon

strat1117
01-02-2010, 02:57 PM
Jon -- you always get the good ones.

Enjoy it!

Congrats to Mitch and Jon -- two of B&B's finest Gentlemen.

bythbook
01-02-2010, 02:58 PM
Jon -- you always get the good ones.

Enjoy it!

Congrats to Mitch and Jon -- two of B&B's finest Gentlemen.

well, thanks, Neil!

[buy the diver... c'mon - you know you want it...!]

grump
01-02-2010, 03:05 PM
Wow Jon, excellent purchase!:thumbup1:

benvh
01-02-2010, 03:12 PM
Nice score! I'd like to try a toggle one day. Enjoy it and congrats on a good buy!

hypo_style
01-03-2010, 04:42 PM
What a great deal. Congrats, guys!

bythbook
01-03-2010, 04:53 PM
What a great deal. Congrats, guys!

I shaved with it this morning - very nice shave! I see what all the hype over Toggles is about, I think...

my SOTD pic:

http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr274/bythbook/sotd0103101.jpg?t=1262529302

I'm thinking I should write a celebration of shaver-capable vintage razors - the lookers are nice, but for the value... a well used, mechanically sound vintage razor can't be beat!

WhosYerBob
01-03-2010, 06:31 PM
Glad you like it - it deserves a nice home.