A Sunday sit-down: the Gillette Double Ring
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- I'm interested in the history of Gillette and the product tonight of certain razors, that I would love to have in my collection.
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Gillette Prototype:
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Gillette Double Ring:
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Such an interesting and educational video. It’s amazing to find out more about Gillette history. Many Thanks, Mark.
Thank you Paul. I'm glad you found it interesting. Cheers.
Hi Mark- Great Sunday Sit-Down; thank you! A very nice bit of razor history and I think this will be a very nice series, as well. Thanks for the links, too. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Take good care and be safe and be well. Enjoy the week ahead. All the best, my friend!
Hi Mike. Thanks for watching, it is an idea for something just a little bit different. Christmas day and Boxing day were very nice, mate. I hope yours were too. See you soon for a new year's shave. Take care.
Fantastic video today, Mark. Well done on putting together such a concise history.
Thanks mate. I'm glad you liked it. 😀
Thank you for the lavender trick Mark 😉
To tell you the truth I would love to have a bell tube in my collection more than a double ring.
Hi George, those lavender moth balls are lethal! I think there is something else in there, as well as the lavender. I also tried placing the leaflet in a bag with bicarbonate of soda and freezing it, for a week. I forgot to mention that but I only had marginal success. Yes, I can see how the bell tube would be very desirable. I have a couple I would like more than the double ring, but that's for another video 😀
Thanks for the history lesson. I look forward to the next one. Once again you proved there is more to wet shaving than just shaving.
There is more to wet shaving than just shaving. I like that and it certainly is true, for some of us. I used to have a life, once 😂
Very interesting history 👍🏼.
Thank you and regards,
Patrick
Cheers.
This was an excellent episode Mark. What a wonderful lesson. Well done!
Thank you very much Chris. I've started something now, I'd better work out what comes next 😀
@@FriendshipShaving I would love to see a FS educational series like this. There aren't many people doing this sort of content and you're great at it.
Lovely video again Mark. Very interesting and informative. Well done Mark.
Thank you, Andrew. I appreciate it.
This is a great idea to showcase some vintage razors in your Sunday series, Mark! Really enjoyed this video. Cheers.
Thanks very much. It was something I'd wondered about for a little while. I'm glad I took the plunge. Cheers.
Howdy Prof. Mark! Gillette History 101 in session. I am an eager pupil. 🙏🏼
Cheers! 🤠
Cheers Bradley. See you soon for a new year's shave 😀
Very interesting Mark! TY for the information.(VLS)
You're very welcome. Thanks for watching 👍
Fantastic Sunday sit down Mark, very informative and interesting, you dispelled a few myths, interesting about the adjustment suggestion, which is of course now used by PAA in their Ascension series razors. Thanks again, have a happy New Year.
Thank you, Simon. It is interesting that the 'adjustment' method is used by PAA. I had forgotten about that; it would have been a good point to make in the video. Cheers.
Great Sunday sit down,. I enjoyed it very much. Merry Christmas and a Happy New year Mark all the best for the year ahead.
Very best regards Gordon.
Thank you, Gordon. I hope you had a very enjoyable Christmas. Very best wishes for the new year. Fingers crossed for the year ahead. Take care.
Interesting presentation! I didn't realize that there was, in that day, a service that re-sharpened used razor blades. There were various gadgets that re-sharpened razor blades and some people collect them. At the time, Gillette pretty much had a monopoly on blade production and the prices were relatively expensive. I hope you can find a "two ringer" at a price that won't break your budget. Happy New Year!
Thank you, mate. I've seen some of those re-sharpening gadgets; I think there's even one made of glass with uranium in it. Fingers crossed for a Double Ring and a Gillette Popular and a... The rabbit hole is getting deeper 😁
Great job on the video! I also assumed that when they mentioned "rings" that it was the rings at the base of the handle. Great info!
Merry belated Christmas! 🎄 🎅 🎁
Steve
I'm not the only one then ☺ I'm really glad I put the video out now. Cheers.👍 Belated seasons Greetings to you, Steve. I hope you had a good one. Happy New Year.
Looking forward for your next Sundays Gillette history vintage razor episode!
I do remember a few year's ago in YUtube an american bloke named: Big John alias' The mad doctor ' or something, had a simalar review as yours Mark!
Anyway keep it up !
Thanks Peter. That name rings a bell, I wonder if his videos are still around. I'll have a look. Cheers.
Nice sit down chat Mark, always learn something new.
Thanks Dennis. Much appreciated.
Interesting Mark, thanks so much for taking the time to put this video together.I too was confused about single/ double ring razors.
Thanks Peter. I'm kind of glad I wasn't the only one 😊
Very interesting and informative. Be safe
Thanks Roy. You too mate. Basically, I'm not going out until this is all over! 😁
Thank you for another interesting and insightful program from an intellectual perspective and pleasant Sunday chat from the social P.O.V. I have not specifically searched for the Double Ring but I think I may have seen a couple included in bulk lots of razors for straight up sale on Ebay. I'll look more closely in the future, of course, if I come across one in good condition most likely pull the trigger.
Gosh, that would something, to find a double ring in a lot of razors. I always look, but there are American sellers that won't post to the UK, and I don't get to see their items. I'll bet there are still one or two lurking around second hand, or bric a brac stores.
Very informative. Another great video, Mark :-)
Thanks very much, Doug.
You are a wealth of knowledge. Perhaps this should be your specialist subject on "Mastermind". 😀 I have found that baking soda works miraculously well on removing foul odours from refrigerators, bags, or anything else and may be worth trying if the smell returns.
I tried baking soda and freezing the leaflet, I forgot to say but it was only marginally successful. I'm just well, read. For some reason, I find these old Gillette's fascinating I think it's because they are still around, still shaving!
I only used it to try and deodorize the paper leaflet/booklet. I'm not sure you'd need to use it to deodorize metal as it doesn't usually smell but you raise a good point Howie. Thanks for making that clear.
Happy New Year! Stay safe, my friend.
Thank you, Charles. Let us hope for a happy new year, for all of us. All the very best, my friend.
Hi Mark. Thank you for this interesting Sunday sit-down talk. The angle we hold a razor against the face is supposed to be critical yet I have no idea whether my razor is at 30 degrees or not. I wonder how much movement of the handle is required to change that to 45 degrees. This is made all the more difficult when you take into consideration the variable contours of each individual face. I didn't know blades were sent away to be re-sharpened. Amazing to think this would be a cost effective business practice. Hope you enjoyed your Christmas and I wish you all the best for the New Year!
Hi David. The angle does vary a bit for some razors. The Feather AS-D2 works better at a 45 degrees angle. With 30 degrees, is that from a horizontal handle or from a vertical handle? 😆 At least 45 is in the middle! Thankfully most razors are quite intuitive.
A most wonderful and informative "Sit Down", Mark! Excellent presentation and research. King Camp Gillette deserves a proper statue, I believe.
Thank you very much. I'd not thought of it before, but surely there is a statue or monument dedicated to him, somewhere! The fellow was a genius.
Nice one Mark
Thanks Jim. Cheers.
Thank you.
Your welcome.
very interesting .looking forward to the next one . he definitely saw where the money was disposable razors
He was undoubtedly a very clever man and quite a visionary, I think. He also had quite a cool name. Imagine being called King. 😀
Oooh! I didnt know there was a litho tin case!
Oh yes! Getting hold of one might be a challenge though! I hope you're well, Dan. Best wishes for the new year.
I'm going to enjoy this series. I've always been a student of all sorts of histories. I have a head full of useless infirmation🤔 or so I've been told. I'm very anal retentive.
Thanks Mark.
Thank you. I do enjoy finding out about the different razors. We are lucky that Gillette as a company documented everything pretty well. I'd love to visit the company archive. Can you imagine what's in there? Heaven.
If the smell comes back Mark, I'd suggest leaving it in a box of bicarb.
I'll try that. It's a good idea. Apparently, some of the smell, in these old leaflets etc., might be to do with some of the organic compounds in the paper and ink starting to decompose.
Nice sit down and chat Mark. Do you own a Gillette prison tech aka Gillette psycho? I’d love to get my hands on one just for the uniqueness of it.
Hello, mate. I don't own a Gillette Psycho but, like you I think they look great. I wonder if they used them in the UK? I've only ever seen US ones for sale. Good call 👍
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Nice one. He was shaving with a straight on a train, and cut himself, rest is history. 😁👍
Shaving with a straight razor, on a train. No wonder he cut himself! 😀 I'm glad he did. I love the old Gillette's, as you know. What a wonderful legacy.
@@FriendshipShaving Yeah, lol. Same here