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Post by Electrif on Mar 7, 2019 13:43:03 GMT -6
The Gem Junior I was lucky enough to win in the Christmas PIF was quoted as being 1907. However the date on the head reads Pat. Aug 28 1900. So I was wondering where 1907 came from. If I've missed something, tell me off.
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Post by riverrun on Mar 7, 2019 13:58:18 GMT -6
The 1907 probably comes from Waits' compendium. I find that patent numbers on razors often have nothing whatsoever to do with the actual razor. They just stuck a patent number on that they owned - rather than nothing. Have a look at this patent: razors.click/patents/US1806087/It was claimed for Schick injectors type D/E/F/G/H - looks nothing like any of those razors. The patent date often tells you that a razor can't be older than a certain date. To actually date razors you would have to look at old advertising as well.
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Post by jayaruh on Mar 7, 2019 14:15:01 GMT -6
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Post by wchnu on Mar 7, 2019 14:45:10 GMT -6
The Gem Junior I was lucky enough to win in the Christmas PIF was quoted as being 1907. However the date on the head reads Pat. Aug 28 1900. So I was wondering where 1907 came from. If I've missed something, tell me off. That date comes from the ad jayaruh posted. Pat dates mean very little. The 1912 is a prime example of that.
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Post by riverrun on Mar 7, 2019 15:45:47 GMT -6
The Gem Junior I was lucky enough to win in the Christmas PIF was quoted as being 1907. However the date on the head reads Pat. Aug 28 1900. So I was wondering where 1907 came from. If I've missed something, tell me off. That date comes from the ad jayaruh posted. Pat dates mean very little. The 1912 is a prime example of that. The 1924 was patented in 1909 (UK) and 1915 (US) if I'm not wrong.
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Post by Electrif on Mar 7, 2019 15:59:38 GMT -6
That date comes from the ad jayaruh posted. Pat dates mean very little. The 1912 is a prime example of that. The 1924 was patented in 1909 (UK) and 1915 (US) if I'm not wrong. Now I'm beginning to think, why the hell did I ask.
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Post by Flintstone on Mar 7, 2019 17:30:43 GMT -6
It’s the only downside of SE’s for me. A certain unmentionable company seemed pretty obsessive (at least periodically) about using serial numbers and date codes on their razors; but with most of my SE razors I’m just happy to get in the ballpark with a possible decade, and that’s after searching for advertisements and matching pictures with cases and razors. But while I’d love to get a definite production year, it’s like scent on a soap, doesn’t do anything for the shave....just makes me happy to think about what was going on when the razor was first used.
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Post by riverrun on Mar 7, 2019 18:06:59 GMT -6
Personally, I don't care if I know the exact year for a razor or not.
My 1912 is probably from the 1930s or thereabout, so is my new MMOC. My Kampfe Star razors are post-1902 and pre-1919 - close enough - by the end of the year, they'll all be over 100 years old. My weird Butler razor... I don't have a clue. Never seen a patent, an ad or any other mention of it. My Fashion-Razor is from sometime around 1950 etc...
I'm cool with that.
What bothers me, is that I don't have a clue who designed that Fashion Razor.
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Post by wchnu on Mar 7, 2019 18:44:37 GMT -6
Personally, I don't care if I know the exact year for a razor or not. My 1912 is probably from the 1930s or thereabout, so is my new MMOC. My Kampfe Star razors are post-1902 and pre-1919 - close enough - by the end of the year, they'll all be over 100 years old. My weird Butler razor... I don't have a clue. Never seen a patent, an ad or any other mention of it. My Fashion-Razor is from sometime around 1950 etc... I'm cool with that. What bothers me, is that I don't have a clue who designed that Fashion Razor. Maybe the same person who designed to The Deb.
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