I Hope this is the right place to post. If not I apologize. I had to share. A Little back story; as my AD grows from watches to shaving items, my wife and I had discussed the upcoming auction, and my search from some vintage Gillette razors. As my bids for some of the great items kept getting beaten, the discussion moved to something quite surprising. My wife lost her father in the 80's, and my MIL had , of course saved most of my FIL's stuff and my wife had mentioned that she thought he used to wet shave, however had switched to Electric back in the 70's, so there was probably nothing to be found, but she would get with her mom and look when she got a chance. Well the seed had been planted and the daily inquiries by me lasted for about a week, unitl she finally relented and began the search in earnest. Fast forward to today and while driving home from work I called to see if the treasure had been found. Alas she told me the oly thing that was left was some shave cream. I figured an old can of barbasol so I was ready to spend the evening watching the bids for the vintage razors creep upward, and relegated myself to either online or a Saturday at the Antique malls.
When I got home, she ledf me to the Shave den ( very out of character) to show me the Soap ( big deal right ) and this is what was sitting on the counter.
Also somewhat ironic that my avatar title changed to this today LOL
Along with this was:
Un opened full bottle of Brut 33 by Faberge AS
Un opened package of Old Spice shaving soap and a container never seen before.
A full Can of Brut 33 Shave cream of which still works and feels much more dense that the new stuff
So Christmas does occur in October. My questions are this:
Any advice on this would be appreciated. Looking forward to shaving with this, and the nostagic aspect and well as the memory of her dad make this a great find.
Thanks for all the advice so far. B & B Members are the BEST!!!
Thanks B & B without finding this forum, this may not have ever come to light.
When I got home, she ledf me to the Shave den ( very out of character) to show me the Soap ( big deal right ) and this is what was sitting on the counter.
Also somewhat ironic that my avatar title changed to this today LOL
Un opened full bottle of Brut 33 by Faberge AS
Un opened package of Old Spice shaving soap and a container never seen before.
A full Can of Brut 33 Shave cream of which still works and feels much more dense that the new stuff
- I assume this is a slim based on what I have seen, anyway to check the date codes (Found it G1 Jan-Mar 1961
- The finish is good, how would I sterilize this for use? ( would Barbacide work)(Done thank fellow members for the advice)
- There are some small rust spot on inside of missle doors.. How do I remove (was superficial came off with cleaning)
- Plating looks good, should I re-plate? (No need to re-plate finish is great)
- Both packs of blades are Black, are these special? I have never seen black razor blades (Informed these were orignal blades)
- I assume the adjustments are for blade exposure, I also assume trial and error? (Will try at one at proceed from there, again thanks for the advice
- Can anyone tell me the brush history?
Any advice on this would be appreciated. Looking forward to shaving with this, and the nostagic aspect and well as the memory of her dad make this a great find.
Thanks for all the advice so far. B & B Members are the BEST!!!
Thanks B & B without finding this forum, this may not have ever come to light.
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