Vintage 7 O'Clock Razor

[jason_white]

I have recently picked up a vintage 7 O'Clock safety razor for £5 at a car book sale. Could anyone shed a little light on how these razors perform as there is very little information on the net. And yes, the pack of razors is in its original cellophane.

Does anyone also have an idea on value, not that I want to sell of-course, just curious.
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[mulligano]

I have never seen one of these before, but it looks really interesting. Nice find!

 

[pjgh]

Indeed! Nice find. All I know about 7 O'Clock is that is was a Sheffield company which was ultimately bought out by Gillette. I believe a number of their designs were simply appropriated into the Gillette lines.

 

[UKRob]

NorfolkDick is the man for advice here but if the original blade has a spine on it then the modern Gem blade will probably fit. The only way to establish just how they shave is to try it out - I would guess it will lean towards slightly aggressive but some of these old SE razors are great for a change of pace.

You can get DE blades from Connaught.

 

[Norfolkdick]

Greetings

I have only ever seen photo's of two, one on stropper.com and the other is yours! here is the link

http://www.stropper.com/home/stropp...&select2=&select3=&select4=&select5=&select6=

They are obviously very rare but i doubt they are worth much.

The main question ie whether any available blade will fit (with or without modification) I just cannot answer, you will just have to play around with a GEM and Feather SE and try to 'scheme' something, some of these quirky old razors took proprietary blades

Its still a nice find, sorry I cannot tell you any more.

Regards
Dick.

 

[pjgh]

... this one in similar nick went for about $80: http://www.antiquesnavigator.com/d-203114/antique-boxed-7-o-clock-safety-razor-made-eng-1911-12.html ... no razors with this one.

 

[pjgh]

Just to update this one as I've pulled the trigger on one myself, this is part of the AutoStrop fold who also produced the Valet razors. It is co-incidental that it bears the same trademark name as a company which was bought by Gillette and subsequently used as a trademark of their own.

Did you have a go with it, Jason?

I think it will take a modern Feather single edge blade.

 

[flip-68]

I managed to get one of these this week. Did anyone manage to fit a blade into it? How does it shave?

 

[pjgh]

Yup!

http://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/forum/thread-25467.html

 

[flip-68]

thank you sir - i knew i could rely on you! - cleaning tips too - i got a job lot on ebay so have plenty of cleaning to do too

 

[Derbyshirechap]

good find and at a fiver too!