Razor kit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SAFETY
- DATE
- 1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0995.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR CO. OF CANADA LTD., AUTOSTROP DIV.
- MODEL
- VALET
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.0 cm
- Width
- 4.7 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Toilet article
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GILLETTE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY IN WIDE USE FROM THE 1930'S UP TO THE 1950'S WHEN ELECTRIC RAZORS BECAME COMMON
- Canada
-
MADE IN CANADA - Function
-
BLADE MOUNTED IN THE BLADE HOLDER FORMS A RAZOR WHICH IS USED TO CUT, OR SHAVE, BODY HAIR. KIT ALSO CONTAINS A STROP WHICH IS USED TO SHARPEN THE BLADE. - Technical
-
SAFETY RAZORS CONTROLLED THE DEPTH THAT A BLADE COULD BUT INTO THE SKIN AS THE METAL HOLDER WITH GUARD STOPPED THE BLADE FROM CUTTING DEEP - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON HEAD: 'VALET/ GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR CO./ OF CANADA LIMITED/ AUTOSTROP/ DIVISION/ MONTREAL/ CANADA'/ ON BOX: 'VALET/ AutoStrop/ RAZOR/ "The Razor/ that Sharpens/:itself"' '5 VALET AutoStrop BLADES...NEW STEAMLINE/ RUNNER-GUARD'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- RAZOR: GOLD COLOUR/ BOX: RED WITH BROWN 'TWEED' PATTERN
- Decoration
- N/A
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GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR CO. OF CANADA LTD., AUTOSTROP DIV., Razor kit, after 1929, Artifact no. 1985.0995, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0995.001/
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