Gillette slim cleanup

[Nonick]

So my $10 Gillette slim cleaned up not too bad.

Soaked it in boiling water and dish washing detergent a few times, cleaned up with autosol, and soaked it again to get rid of the autosol in nooks and crannies.

Repainted the numbers on the adjuster knob, which came up like new.

Small pitting on the top plate has gone through to the brass so nothing to be done there short of replating.

So we ended up with a good user grade razor, the TTO and adjuster work perfectly. There is no date stamp so ii assume it's a relatively recent production.

 

[Mark1966]

Nice cleanup!

In the second photo I can see an 'I' stamped which is half of the date code. The 'I' stamp indicates 1963 manufacture. The number stamped on the other side of the shaft will give you the quarter of that year it was produced @Nonick

 

[Nonick]

Ahh your right Mark, I didn't even see that!

It's I 3

So about this time 52 years ago

 

[eggbert]

BEFORE YOU GO AND DO THIS THE BELOW IS MEANT TO BE A JOKE

Have you tried bleach to see if you can get rid of the pitting?

DON'T DO THIS

 

[Nonick]

Yeah I saw that egg, what a shocker. Looks like something found down in the titanic now. Probably shaves like it too.

 

[Mark1966]

Ahh your right Mark, I didn't even see that!

It's I 3

So about this time 52 years ago

Yep!

(why does that make me feel old)

 

[Pjotr]

BEFORE YOU GO AND DO THIS THE BELOW IS MEANT TO BE A JOKE

Have you tried bleach to see if you can get rid of the pitting?

DON'T DO THIS

On the contrary, I'd really like to see what an overnight soaking in bleach would do to the internals of an adjustable.

 

[Dale.Whiley]

That's my quarter: August 1963.

 

[borked]

That's my quarter: August 1963.

Do you own one ?
@Nonick is a pleasure to deal with, so a sale or trade is an option if interested