Gibbs adjustable razor

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There are some others...
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From what I see, all the adjustables shared the same head, which is a good thing, why change something if it works so well.
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jmudrick said:
There are some others...
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Also there is No13, which is simmilar to the No14. The head got mild and aggressive side, mark with + and -.

Gibbs made a razor for French military. You can find new ones on this web page - https://www.trancheemilitaire.com/a...ir-gibbs-armee-francaise-annees-50-neuf-.html It is good razor, but works better with some havier handle.

The most of them use special Gibbs blades, but some of them work with regular blades. I think that micro-reglable (or click-pen) Gibbs No9 and military razor take regular blades.

It is pretty hard to find complete history of Gibbs. I try but no luck. I hope someone will be luckiest then me.

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Thank you pj3r and jmudrick for the info, also blademonkey.
The invoice, has just been paid. Posting was as I thought 10euros bringing the whole thing to 30.15. Not bad for a non cracked sleeve one.
As I'm a sucker for smoothness coupled with efficiency. I think drawing from your experience, this little razor will be a hit with me.
Thank you all for your invaluable help, I wouldn't have been able to do it without you guys.
 
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Kypros Christodoulides said:
From what I see, all the adjustables shared the same head, which is a good thing, why change something if it works so well.
Thank you for posting.
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No15 (aluminium and chrome one) and No17 shared the same head, but No9 had the different one. As I know.

There is also some minor cosmetic difference between No15 and No17. If i am right, some of No17 have ingrave No17 on the bottom of the base plate, and some don't. All No15 are clearly marked as No15. On No17, red dot on adjustable ring has two positions. On No15 the red dot is in the midlle of the ring.

I also find information (but i'm not sure that is 100% true) that they have date code on the top of the baseplate. There is 3 or 4 digit number which represent the month and the year of made (like 351, which means march 1951).-But this information take with some care.



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jmudrick said:
The completist in me wants one but I sure do like the heft of the chrome versions. The aluminum are really light as you'd imagine.

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I agree with you. But some great razors i use (Standard and alu General) are light and great razors!

Now, i am more in SE world so this is not so interesting for me. When I was in hunt for alu No15 prices was too high for me at that moment.

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pj3r said:
I agree with you. But some great razors i use (Standard and alu General) are light and great razors!

Now, i am more in SE world so this is not so interesting for me. When I was in hunt for alu No15 prices was too high for me at that moment.

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Read my post as the words of a man trying to convince himself of something he doesn't believe :) .

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image.jpg This is the EK Tools HD punch purchased from Amazon which is perfect for punching out the little notches on the sides of DE blades so the fit the Gibbs Ajustable razor perfectly, so no more making sure the blade is sitting perfectly before tightening the razor up. Very easy to use and well worth buying if you happen to have a Gibbs razor that use the propriety Gibbs blades. :)
 
Blademonkey said:
View attachment 29473 This is the EK Tools HD punch purchased from Amazon which is perfect for punching out the little notches on the sides of DE blades so the fit the Gibbs Ajustable razor perfectly, so no more making sure the blade is sitting perfectly before tightening the razor up. Very easy to use and well worth buying if you happen to have a Gibbs razor that use the propriety Gibbs blades. :)
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Speak French?? One of us should go on the French traditional shaving forum to recommend this punch. I'm very pleased with it.

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jmudrick said:
Speak French?? One of us should go on the French traditional shaving forum to recommend this punch. I'm very pleased with it.

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Unfortunately not, maybe a French speaker can pick up on this and pass on our recommendations. I too am pleased, thanks for the tip that prompted my purchase.
 
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