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Post by bjorney on Dec 5, 2011 11:29:55 GMT -5
Hi, I just bought a beautiful GEM 1912 on Ebay. I think it may actually be NOS as it came in a box with a GEM blade that still had the cardboard on it!  I'm trying to figure out how old it is... Does anyone know how long the 1912 model was made? This one is Nickel plated and has the fancy "art-deco" scrollwork on the handle. |
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Post by wchnu on Dec 5, 2011 15:37:56 GMT -5
I have a couple of WW 2 sets that have the 1912 head on them. They do not have the regular metal handle though. They are great shavers. Not sure of the length of production
Fuzzy
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Post by bjorney on Dec 5, 2011 17:26:58 GMT -5
I have a couple of WW 2 sets that have the 1912 head on them. They do not have the regular metal handle though. They are great shavers. Not sure of the length of production Fuzzy Good Info. Thanks! I had heard that they went till the late 1920s, but this razor seems newer than that. I'm attaching a picture. Anyone know when this model was made? Attachments:
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Post by wchnu on Dec 5, 2011 18:56:42 GMT -5
I think it was made in the 20's. I love that handle i have a few like that and a ER that is gold. They shave great.
Fuzzy
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Post by HoosierTrooper on Jan 4, 2012 18:53:00 GMT -5
How long they made the 1912 is the million dollar question that a lot of us would like to know. The best I can tell ASR made the Damaskeene version with the round, knurled handle up until 1919 and then they switched to the hexagon handles. Here's a 1947 catalog page advertising the Gem Junior with a plastic handle, I don't know if ASR was still making them in 1947 or if they were leftover sets they were still carrying in stock. Note the Flying Wing, erroneously called the "bullet tip" at the top of the page, and the Clog-pruf Peerless set below it.  |
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Post by wchnu on Jan 4, 2012 20:01:42 GMT -5
I have some Gem Juniors with the pladtic handles. The one in the picture looks like a metal handle that I have several of. That is a really neat advertisement. Thanks for sharing.
Fuzzy
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Post by rocketman on Jan 15, 2012 13:45:12 GMT -5
It is pretty cool how long the single edge razor managed to stay on the shaving horizon. You can really see how many people were committed to the 1912 style of SE razor with folks still remaining faithful almost forty years later! Great catalogue page.
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Post by HoosierTrooper on Jan 15, 2012 14:06:40 GMT -5
It does seem like they were holding their own against the big G because they were consistently bringing out new models. I was talking to an elderly relative on my wife's side awhile back and he remembers buying a Micromatic when he was in the Army during WW2, said he used it he thought well up into the 70's but one of the blade stops broke. He was amazed that there are so many still around and being used by nutjobs like us! He thinks he still has it packed away somewhere. How long do you think they kept making the 1912 style frame? It is pretty cool how long the single edge razor managed to stay on the shaving horizon. You can really see how many people were committed to the 1912 style of SE razor with folks still remaining faithful almost forty years later! Great catalogue page. |
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Post by wchnu on Jan 15, 2012 17:49:53 GMT -5
I have some WWII sets that have the 1912 frame. They were called the. G3. So they were around that long.
Fuzzy
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