✅ SOLVED Old shaving tool.

[JustKeepDigging]

Found this about 2 feet deep, in Jupiter Farms. Any idea how old it could be ?

 

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[jeff of pa]

nice Find, I'll say 50's or 60's

 

[nhbenz]

I'd agree with Jeff. It appears to have an adjuster toward the top of the handle (the thicker portion), and Gillette's first adjustable safety razor was the model 195 "fat boy" introduced in 1958. It's very similar to this, but I'm not sure it's a match: The Gillette adjustable razors ? BruceOnShaving.com a blog by Bruce Everiss
If you want certainty you may have to clean the bottom of blade holder, and if it were ever possible to open it there are date code markings inside.

 

[CoilyGirl]

I remember those.Ouch.

 

[mical66]

i remember playing with my fathers razor like this , i would unscrew and screw the top to watch it open and close ,, funny what fascinates a 6yr old mind ,,lol

 

[old digger]

Used to use one, and as CoilyGirl mentioned, if you were not careful you would cut yourself very easily. Know wonder you found it buried so deep.

 

[JustKeepDigging]

I'd agree with Jeff. It appears to have an adjuster toward the top of the handle (the thicker portion), and Gillette's first adjustable safety razor was the model 195 "fat boy" introduced in 1958. It's very similar to this, but I'm not sure it's a match: The Gillette adjustable razors ? BruceOnShaving.com a blog by Bruce Everiss
If you want certainty you may have to clean the bottom of blade holder, and if it were ever possible to open it there are date code markings inside.

Ah alrighty! Thanks for the info, and that video was really cool to see. Happy hunting!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Remember instead of tossing sharp used razor blades in the trash, you would insert them in a slot in the medicine cabinet? All motels had them. Its rare but sometimes people inserted coins in these razor blade slots and they just dropped inside the wall. . Always check inside or behind old medicine cabinets for old coins if you tear one out.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

i remember playing with my fathers razor like this , i would unscrew and screw the top to watch it open and close ,, funny what fascinates a 6yr old mind ,,lol

now that hurt...guess I am older than dirt...

 

[woodstock]

Hey folks , look above you in the " unidentified bass object " and you'll see what I'm talking about cause it is a perfect example of the piece some posts above this one . I said it looked like one of the handle pieces from a double edged travel razor and in this picture you can see that the piece listed above is the center part of a Razor missing the bottom piece that opened the razor and the top . So I'm closing the books on that unidentified object posted above this . The picture helped ! So it's not a valve stem cover ... or a pen body ... it's a razor handle piece like I thought ! IMHO , Woodstock

 

[JustKeepDigging]

Hey folks , look above you in the " unidentified bass object " and you'll see what I'm talking about cause it is a perfect example of the piece some posts above this one . I said it looked like one of the handle pieces from a double edged travel razor and in this picture you can see that the piece listed above is the center part of a Razor missing the bottom piece that opened the razor and the top . So I'm closing the books on that unidentified object posted above this . The picture helped ! So it's not a valve stem cover ... or a pen body ... it's a razor handle piece like I thought ! IMHO , Woodstock

Glad I helped out hah!