Norwich Evening Record Valet auto strop

[ekeko]

Picked this up the other day, early valets work for me with the GEM blade. Can’t use Feather, seem too coarse. Anybody else have similar experience?
Norwich Evening Record 18?? - 1952 Connecticut USA, not the Norwich in England.
Does anyone have any comments on the origins of this type of branding? Maybe the newspaper gave them away to readers?
Have a great weekend everybody,

 

[Palmolive fox]

Picked this up the other day, early valets work for me with the GEM blade. Can’t use Feather, seem too coarse. Anybody else have similar experience?
Norwich Evening Record 18?? - 1952 Connecticut USA, not the Norwich in England.
Does anyone have any comments on the origins of this type of branding? Maybe the newspaper gave them away to readers?
Have a great weekend everybody,


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Is it the original case that came with the razor?....The seller may have used the case as a selling attraction to boast the sale?....I have a Valet Auto Strop VC1 which i use, and works with a de-spined/modified Personna/Gem PTFE blade which is identical to yours....Unfortunately it didn't come with it's case though...Hope this is some help.

PS: Below is a photo of mine with the modified Personna /Gem blade.

 

[ekeko]

Hard to say, I doubt it is original to the case but I have another (rollers front and rear) in a similar case although no logo on the lid, so it’s definitely a Valet case although probably older than this particular razor.

Is it the original case that came with the razor?....The seller may have used the case as a selling attraction to boast the sale?....I have a Valet Auto Strop VC1 which i use, and works a de-spined/modified Personna/Gem PTFE blade which is identical to yours....Unfortunately it didn't come with it's case though...

PS: Below is a photo of mine with the modified Personna /Gem blade.

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[Palmolive fox]

Hard to say, I doubt it is original to the case but I have another (rollers front and rear) in a similar case although no logo on the lid, so it’s definitely a Valet case although probably older than this particular razor.

Have you tried fitting a Modified Gem blade in it?

 

[Palmolive fox]

Hard to say, I doubt it is original to the case but I have another (rollers front and rear) in a similar case although no logo on the lid, so it’s definitely a Valet case although probably older than this particular razor.

Something of interest. http://shavenook.com/showthread.php?tid=2035

School me on the Valet Auto-Strop

So I've taken possession of my first Valet Auto-Strop, minus the strop. The razor looks like it's never been used once: Looking at the blades (in full disclosure, the pictured blades arrived with a different purchase and were not part of the razor pictured above), it looks for all the world...

www.badgerandblade.com

 

[ekeko]

Yes, modified GEM does work in this Valet And gives a pretty good shave. This particular Valet model was apparently marketed as an adjustable razor and it is possible for fine adjustment of the blade position but the comb section needs to be reasonably stiff in rotation I find to do this.