Gillette Flare Tip Rocket ID...

[Missoni]

Just cases as concerns the #80 and Traveller Deluxe. Their vertical lined knurling and and rhodium finery set them apart from the standard Flare Tip rockets. I've read that only the handle is supposed to be rhodium but as far as I can tell, my own #80 appears to be fully rhodium plated. I actually prefer the grip of the standard nickel Flare Tip. I must take a picture of my humble and meagre collection sometime.

Both of mine shave the same; I agree with you the grip on the standard Flare Tip is better, but oh the way Rhodium catches the light and glistens and sparkles is so agreeable.

 

[TobyC]

Another utterly beautiful creation but it would eat this old pussy alive...

Nah, she looks mean but she's smooth as silk.

 

[TobyC]

1936 and folks are having to contend with the evils of brushless shaving cream even back then....eeek!

You got all that for $7.23, just throw the smearing cream away!

 

[TobyC]

Iv got a couple of old gillette brushless creams.
Life’s slightly better now lol

Beware of the K=34!!!

 

[Mike Smart]

Beware of the K=34!!!

What’s the deal with it ?

 

[TobyC]

What’s the deal with it ?

Hexachlorophene, it's now banned, causes brain damage and death, it's absorbed through the skin.

 

[Mike Smart]

Hexachlorophene, it's now banned, causes brain damage and death, it's absorbed through the skin.

i’ll be ok mate i’m not actually human

 

[Mike Smart]

Hexachlorophene, it's now banned, causes brain damage and death, it's absorbed through the skin.

Wow i genuinely never know that.
so your saying it’s in vintage gillette creams ?
Anything else ??

 

[TobyC]

 

[Mike Smart]

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Ffs & this ingredient is in Gillette Creams
do we know what the purpose of this stuff was ?
now i’ll need to look at all my vintage soaps / creams

 

[TobyC]

Wow i genuinely never know that.
so your saying it’s in vintage gillette creams ?
Anything else ??

Only the ones marked with K-34.

It was widely used.

Cosmetics and Skin: Hexachlorophene

Hexachlorophene was used in medicinal cosmetics until it was found to be a neurotoxin

www.cosmeticsandskin.com

 

[Mike Smart]

Only the ones marked with K-34.

It was widely used.

Cosmetics and Skin: Hexachlorophene

Hexachlorophene was used in medicinal cosmetics until it was found to be a neurotoxin

www.cosmeticsandskin.com

Thanks for info Tony,
As Always your a wealth of information
Thank You

 

[Mike Smart]

She the good part

 

[hotmetal]

Strewth I'ma stick to Wright's Coal Tar soap and go around smelling like a shed rather than hexachloroneurotoxify my ass.

 

[jimmyc]

Naw I'm just gonna not use anything, water seems ok for a shaving lubricant. How much are plasters the now.
The amount of crap that companies have said, yeah this is fine only to be shown years later they knew it was shit is unbelievable.
The onus should be on manufacturers to prove it is harmless, not others to prove it does harm. Fucking unregulated capitalism will destroy us all. Sorry for rant.

 

[hotmetal]

Here you go Jimmy.
I couldn't find the one I was looking for that said "Smurk Tabs" and in small print "HM Govt: Divvent smurk Tabs" but this one will do.