Newly discovered vintage razor!

An eBay seller is selling a "REGUS" razor! It has the following mysterious markings:

REGUS
PAT.OFF

It is MADE IN USA and is marked GILK41

Picture attached.

I presume the GIL is for Gillette but I must say, the K41 is a mystery to me. Looks like a Tech with a handle I have never seen, but I am no expert.

The only thing I know about it is that I like it! That's a good looking razor.

K-4 as a date code perhaps?

That is a grooved ball tip Tech. The seller obviously had trouble reading "Gillette" through the soap scum.

AsylumGuido said:

That is a grooved ball tip Tech. The seller obviously had trouble reading "Gillette" through the soap scum.

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Here's one I had.

Also, it looks like it is in a mismatched Ranger Tech case.

Thanks all! I do like the looks of the razor. Too bad I have about seven Techs already. Just can't see buying another.

There are so many variations on the Tech. Apparently most are ball-end.

BTW, I have seen Techs on eBay advertised as "Small Moom Tip". Is there such a thing? They are all from a single seller and look like typical ball-ends to me.

Robert Paulsen said:

Thanks all! I do like the looks of the razor. Too bad I have about seven Techs already. Just can't see buying another.

There are so many variations on the Tech. Apparently most are ball-end.

BTW, I have seen Techs on eBay advertised as "Small Moom Tip". Is there such a thing? They are all from a single seller and look like typical ball-ends to me.

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I've seen that too. I think the seller typo'd "moon" as "moom" and simply copies the sale whenever the post another. That said, "Small Moon Tip" isn't a commonly used name, either. I usually use "ball tip" to describe these handles and "ball end" to describe the handles commonly seen on Old Type and early Gillette New pocket editions.

I believe this seller uses the terms small and large moon tip to differentiate between the handles having either a large ball or small ball. He's the only one I've seen refer to the ball as a moon. BTW, REGUS PAT.OFF stands for Registered, US Patent Office.

-Clarke

AsylumGuido said:

I've seen that too. I think the seller typo'd "moon" as "moom" and simply copies the sale whenever the post another. That said, "Small Moon Tip" isn't a commonly used name, either. I usually use "ball tip" to describe these handles and "ball end" to describe the handles commonly seen on Old Type and early Gillette New pocket editions.

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Interesting. I never noticed that distinction but it is a good one. I will adopt!

AsylumGuido said:

That is a grooved ball tip Tech. The seller obviously had trouble reading "Gillette" through the soap scum.

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Grooved???? I always knew these as fluted....

Shave Cat said:

I believe this seller uses the terms small and large moon tip to differentiate between the handles having either a large ball or small ball. He's the only one I've seen refer to the ball as a moon. BTW, REGUS PAT.OFF stands for Registered, US Patent Office.

-Clarke

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Re: ball size -- I'm sure you are correct and as AsylumGuido pointed out the older Gillettes have the larger ball and the Techs have the smaller ball.

Re: REGUS. Yes, I understand that -- it's what made it a funny listing. The GILK41 did have me confused though and because I had never seen that handle before I thought maybe it was some sort of code, possibly a date code, as suggested by SepticTank.

thirdeye said:

Grooved???? I always knew these as fluted....

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I've never seen it officially described anywhere. I've always called it grooved just to distinguish it from the standard handle, but fluted does sound prettier.

I have this one, its a nice shaver.