I'll add some more pictures of the wrapper and blade later tonight. Use each blade twice, and that price drops to 0.05 and tells you what the price per shave is. For instance, a 10 pack with 100 blades costs 0.10 per blade. Also note the H and K on your blade, mine's got X and D, these must be date codes of some sort, or maybe plant and product version codes (argh this is going to drive me nuts) someone out there must know Wilkies codes. Individual DE razor blades often cost pennies, meaning that you can buy and test out many varieties without expending a huge amount of money. New, in their unopened original packaging. It's interesting looking at your blade and wrapper, it seem's like some of the earlier ones have the black stripes that are on your blade on the wrapper as well. 5 pack of the rare Wilkinson Sword light brigade shaving blades. I now know what BBS feels like, no iritation or blood loss of any kind, but the AS splash let me know it was a very close shave. Then I realised two days stubble was gone in one stroke and it doesn't even feel like there's a blade in, talk about smooth, I even did an ATG pass which I never do and just to push my luck I did some ATG touch ups in stubbon areas without re lathering, just a splash of water:icon_razz: Get the best deals on Wilkinson Blades In Collectible Safety Razors when you shop the largest online selection at. Well this morning my initial thought was 'shit' been sold some duff worn down used blades, that don't even reach over the guard bar to touch the skin:icon_eek: You know that felling you get with the first stroke of a blade new to you. Just tried one this morning and OMG, these ones are even better than the others I've got. You won't believe this, but they were a UK seller with UK only delivery and I was the only bidder (£11.50) delivered:angel: Amour Noir 1950s Classic Vintage Double Edge Butterfly Safety Razor Comes with Chrome Resting Stand Twist Handle Mechanism in Luxury Gift Box Brand. Chromium to resist corrosion, Ceramic to for added durability and. Free shipping on many items Browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Oh yeah, i have some 5 packs (Sword Edge gray pack) that were priced at 47 cents. Todays Classic Double Edge Blade retains the orginal precision honed Wilkinson Sword Edge. Get the best deals on Wilkinson Blades In Collectible Safety Razors when you shop the largest online selection at. There's lots of variations on a theme and sometimes it helps to have all the info available. Might I suggest you post a pic of the wrapper, plus the actual blade itself, whenever you have a Wilkinson to show. Sound like something you might like to try in your spare time? There's probably7-8 different packs floating around the nning anywhere from good to amazing. If you ever feel ambitious and feel like doing reviews on each one, I'd be happy to send you out some of every Wilkinson blades I have to sample. You probably saw the same posts in other forums that I did when trying to get some dating info. I can't tell you when any of em were made. Then you got a number of different kinds of Super Sword Edge blades.yeah, not all of those are the same. There's other versions I could add to your list, such as Super Shave and Sword Edge, plus more I'm forgetting. Far as the dating goes.good luck with that. I've probably used more types of those vintage ones than anyone else, so that's a small something. Vintage Wilkinson Sword Chromium Edge (Light Brigade) Impressions JaxJim 1 2 3 8 Next 1 JaxJim Before proceeding far I want to thank packtray for his generosity in PIFing me a pack of NOS Wilkinson Sword Chromium Edge blades in the Light Brigade packaging several weeks ago. I'm not an expert on Wilkinson blades.well maybe I am around here anyway. This thread discusses when W-S bought UFI.Whew doggies (said in my best Jed Clampett voice), Here is an NLRB case about the changes: UFI RAZOR BLADES v. I think that they were not making special blades for the U.S., but just packaging them and putting legal advertising copy on the wrappers that was different than the UK market where W-S had much more market share.Īround 1976, W-S bought a small blade manufacturer in NY/NJ called UFI and shut down UFI´s double edge production and started repacking UK blades themselves in the US rather than using Colgate Palmolive. Wilkinson later bought a small blade manufacturer and did its own packaging through them in the U.S.īlades were often shipped in bulk to the U.S. See the snippet view of the first article in this Google Book search result. The Mountainside NJ address was part of Colgate Palmolive. In 1970, Colgate Palmolive assumed marketing and distribution responsibility for Wilkinson Sword in the US for a period of time. From an older thread: Vintage Wilkinson Blades
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