Trying to complete my Birthday Gillettes - Help Needed

LBussy · Apr 21, 2014

I've read the wiki and all I can find ... I've distilled it down to this:

For my birth year (1965) the wiki says following were made:

Tech
Flare Tip Super-Speed
Slim Adjustable
Lady Gillette

I have the Slim and the SS, still can't find the K4 Tech. Of the Tech though I see there (might be) is different kinds. Do all of these apply?

Standard Ball-End
Heavy Tech
Travel Tech

DrAwkward · Apr 21, 2014

LBussy said:
I've read the wiki and all I can find ... I've distilled it down to this:

For my birth year (1965) the wiki says following were made:

Tech

Flare Tip Super-Speed

Slim Adjustable

Lady Gillette

I have the Slim and the SS, still can't find the K4 Tech. Of the Tech though I see there (might be) is different kinds. Do all of these apply?

Standard Ball-End

Heavy Tech

Travel Tech

Just because Gillette was making a particular model in 1965 does not mean that they made a significant number in every quarter. I have been looking for a Flair Tip SS and a Tech made in my birth/year quarter for a long time. I have never seen a single example of either one, not even in other people's collections. I guess in that particular quarter, Gillette must have been concentrating on making adjustables.

Jeff_H · Apr 21, 2014

DrAwkward said:
I have been looking for a Flair Tip SS and a Tech made in my birth/year quarter for a long time. I have never seen a single example of either one, not even in other people's collections. I guess in that particular quarter, Gillette must have been concentrating on making adjustables.

Was Gillette even making Flair Tip SS's when the first Council of Nicaea was convened? :001_tt2:

LBussy · Apr 22, 2014

DrAwkward said:
Just because Gillette was making a particular model in 1965 does not mean that they made a significant number in every quarter. I have been looking for a Flair Tip SS and a Tech made in my birth/year quarter for a long time. I have never seen a single example of either one, not even in other people's collections. I guess in that particular quarter, Gillette must have been concentrating on making adjustables.

Fair enough ... and you know it's not like I've had eBay alerts for a year telling me the moment one pops up either. It's a "casual obsession" so I look every once in a while. I'm more trying to confirm that my understanding of what they were making.

Jeff_H said:
Was Gillette even making Flair Tip SS's when the first Council of Nicaea was convened?

Ouch!

DrAwkward · Apr 24, 2014

Jeff_H said:
Was Gillette even making Flair Tip SS's when the first Council of Nicaea was convened?

I'm not THAT old, but I do have fond memories of the Battle of Hastings. Never liked that guy, Harold ...

LBussy said:
Ouch!

Shhh! He's like Voldemort. It's best not to say his name.

Johnsebesta · Apr 24, 2014

Even the very wise cannot see all ends.

Morman Bridge · Apr 24, 2014

I looked for a birth year Flair Tip for a year or so before one popped up on the bay. Since then, all of a sudden I spotted three more. Go figure . They must not have made many Super Speeds in 1962.

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