Astute observers will notice that US Gillette Dating Information skips from P to R, omitting Q. This subject has been discussed on some forums from time to time.
There are several theories about why Gillette omitted Q from the date code sequence, and possibly all of them are true. First, the letter "Q" can be difficult to distinguish from the letter "O".Second, omitting "Q" reduced the sequence to 25 codes: most people find multiples of 5 and 10 easier to handle than multiples of 13 and 26. So the full sequence from A to Z is exactly 25 years. This would have made even more sense if Gillette had started from A=1900 or A=1901, but in fact A represents 1955 and 1980.
Does anyone own a Q razor?I do,its a 1971 super adjustable
There are several theories about why Gillette omitted Q from the date code sequence, and possibly all of them are true. First, the letter "Q" can be difficult to distinguish from the letter "O".Second, omitting "Q" reduced the sequence to 25 codes: most people find multiples of 5 and 10 easier to handle than multiples of 13 and 26. So the full sequence from A to Z is exactly 25 years. This would have made even more sense if Gillette had started from A=1900 or A=1901, but in fact A represents 1955 and 1980.
Does anyone own a Q razor?I do,its a 1971 super adjustable