Thread: Antique Store Find

I beleive that is a Gillette Superspeed, probably from the 1960s. There should be date codes on the underside that you can tell when it was made. You can soak therazor in soapy water to break up gunk on the inside. From there you can use scrubby bubbles or toothpaste to clean it. Just do a search here and you will find several threads about cleaning Gillettes.

I had that model at one time. It gave a fairly mild shave.

Mid '50's - mid '60's Gillette Superspeed, on the bottom will be a letter and a number such as D4, the letter will be the year and the number the quarter of the year it was made. An old toothbrush and some hot water and dish soap will get that looking pretty good. When clean use a fine metal polish such as Maas or Blue Magic etc to finish it up

A toothbrush and toothpaste is your friend. First soak it in vinegar for about ten minutes to dissolve the calcium/ soap build up. Rinse well after the simple polishing.
Go to the Safety razor threads to find good blade sources.
Have fun and go slow with the first couple shaves!
~Richard