Ranger Tech: Years, differences?

**T Rick** · 09-28-2009, 08:54 AM

I've just picked up a Ranger Tech I bought yesterday on eBay (local Seller). No pics yet, I'll shoot some and post them up in a bit.

The Wiki says they were made in 1941, but production then ended due to the war. They show a pic, in which the "wings" of the center bar are tapered towards the top. Country Joe posted a thread yesterday, about a '46 Ranger Tech. I wasn't aware they existed, but now think mine probably is a '46. The wings on my center bar are squared, just like on a '47 Super Speed. So I suspect it's a '46. Can anyone confirm this?

Also, my cased Ranger Tech had the typical slot in the case for a pack of blades, a blade safe or dispenser. Does anyone know what would be the proper piece to fill this opening?

**AsylumGuido** · 09-28-2009, 09:03 AM

The easiest way to differentiate between a '41 and a '46 Ranger Tech is the endcaps. The '41 has no endcaps. The '46 does have endcaps.

**AsylumGuido** · 09-28-2009, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by T Rick

I've just picked up a Ranger Tech I bought yesterday on eBay (local Seller). No pics yet, I'll shoot some and post them up in a bit.

The Wiki says they were made in 1941, but production then ended due to the war. They show a pic, in which the "wings" of the center bar are tapered towards the top. Country Joe posted a thread yesterday, about a '46 Ranger Tech. I wasn't aware they existed, but now think mine probably is a '46. The wings on my center bar are squared, just like on a '47 Super Speed. So I suspect it's a '46. Can anyone confirm this?

Also, my cased Ranger Tech had the typical slot in the case for a pack of blades, a blade safe or dispenser. Does anyone know what would be the proper piece to fill this opening?

A five blade pack of Blue Blades would be the correct piece to complete the set.

**AsylumGuido** · 09-28-2009, 09:07 AM

See the set at the lower left.

**T Rick** · 09-28-2009, 11:00 AM

As always, I can't thank you enough!

*[It seems then, that maybe they made two different styles in 1941? Or perhaps the earliest 1946 models didn't have the end caps]?

Here is an auction that sold a two days ago. *[The pic matches the one in the Wiki].

Here are the pics of mine. *[Obviously, the "wings" are different (the same as on a '47 Super Speed). But mine has no end caps, and the near new condition it was in leads me to doubt they were removed or fell off]. I bought it from the son of the original owner, having gotten it from his estate.

*[So that leaves us with either early and late 1941 models, or early and late 1946 models. Your thoughts?]
*ETA: This was completely wrong, read further into the thread for correct info.

Last, one with my '53 President I cleaned up at the same time.

**AsylumGuido** · 09-28-2009, 12:03 PM

What picture in the wiki are you talking about with "tapered" wings? I see the one you linked to in the eBay auction and it looks iffy. I have never seen a no notch with wings like that. They almost look like they have been filed off.

**T Rick** · 09-28-2009, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

What picture in the wiki are you talking about with "tapered" wings? I see the one you linked to in the eBay auction and it looks iffy. I have never seen a no notch with wings like that. They almost look like they have been filed off.

Thanks for setting me straight

. Obviously I was mistaken, I'd have sworn there was a pic like that in the Wiki (there isn't). Thinking back, I probably associated this one with the Wiki, as that is what I used to ID this razor as a Ranger Tech (remember, still a noob

, is it too late for me to plea newbie ignorance?

). I'll edit a note into my gibberish above, I guess I presumed this was what a '41 center bar looked like. I should have realized my mistake, as going back even to the '41 Aristocrat, the wings are the same as the '46/'47.

So mine is a '41, and a very nice example too. Beginners luck strikes again

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