Antique store pickup!!! Got 2 new safety razors

**Bulging_Biceps** · 03-09-2011, 12:01 PM

Ok, so I'm at an antique store near my house and Out of the 6 safety razors they had, I picked up these 2. Need help identifying what I bought. I would have bought all 6 but they had a complete set of golf clubs for 20$. Couldn't pass that up.

**kingfisher** · 03-09-2011, 12:03 PM

On the left looks like a Gillette Tech (maybe British) and on the right is a GEM single edge of some kind. Kind of looks like a featherweight, but I'm no expert on SE razors.

The plating loss on the Tech looks to be in a bad place for shaving comfort. Not sure I'd put that thing to my face, at least not that side of it.

**touchdowntodd** · 03-09-2011, 12:05 PM

good for you! ... if nothing else nice to have

**Sledgehammer39** · 03-09-2011, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by kingfisher

On the left looks like a Gillette Tech (maybe British) and on the right is a GEM single edge of some kind. Kind of looks like a featherweight, but I'm no expert on SE razors.

The plating loss on the Tech looks to be in a bad place for shaving comfort. Not sure I'd put that thing to my face, at least not that side of it.

It's a GEM Featherweight..

**Greyfox** · 03-09-2011, 12:21 PM

**drews50** · 03-09-2011, 01:12 PM

Mystery solved

**insomniac** · 03-09-2011, 02:25 PM

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=195671

**tvldatsi** · 03-09-2011, 02:27 PM

lol didn't like them too much did you

**kingfisher** · 03-09-2011, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by insomniac

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=195671

Wow. Just wow.

C'mon, dude.

That's not the way this site works. We treat each other as gentlemen.

**insomniac** · 03-09-2011, 02:37 PM

I like how the BST thread describes the Tech as VINTAGE. As opposed to the brand new production that Gillette is making.

**franz** · 03-09-2011, 02:55 PM

I'm not going to pile on in your B/S/T thread out of politeness but I think you owe it to yourself and the other folks on here to do a little research on the resale value of those razors. Just do a search on the B/S/T and see what they typically sell for in that condition. The Tech in particular seems to be in fairly poor condition.

The above holds regardless of whether you paid $2 or $20 for those razors at the antique store. If you are aiming to make a profit, you should sell them on the 'bay. B/S/T is not for that.

Just my (gentlemanly, I hope) two cents.

**GreekGuy** · 03-09-2011, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by franz

I'm not going to pile on in your B/S/T thread out of politeness but I think you owe it to yourself and the other folks on here to do a little research on the resale value of those razors. Just do a search on the B/S/T and see what they typically sell for in that condition. The Tech in particular seems to be in fairly poor condition.

The above holds regardless of whether you paid $2 or $20 for those razors at the antique store. If you are aiming to make a profit, you should sell them on the 'bay. B/S/T is not for that.

Just my (gentlemanly, I hope) two cents.

They wouldn't even sell on ebay for that amount. Nobody cares what you paid. If you bought a toggle for $5 and sold it for $100, nobody would mind. But the prices are way off. And the fact that you picked them up today isn't helping

**shavervinnie** · 03-09-2011, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by GreekGuy

They wouldn't even sell on ebay for that amount. Nobody cares what you paid. If you bought a toggle for $5 and sold it for $100, nobody would mind. But the prices are way off. And the fact that you picked them up today isn't helping

He's a real "player"