Gillette milord USA made Rocket

stemwad, perhaps a couple of photos and links to your sources might not be a bad idea. If you do, indeed, have something that rare then congratulations. I, for one, would like to see more about it as I did not know this razor type even existed.

Milord was a Rocket (Super Speed) pre-flare model Gillette, and came in Gold. It's a very nice razor but I think mine was made on more than one day. I'll try to get a picture of mine today.

As soon as the Razor arrives I will post photos

They made the razor for one day but I'm sure they made more than eight only eight have surfaced that we know about there's probably more out there but nobody knows they probably experimented with it when they were making the regular milord and then stopped. All the Rockets I know of were made in England. The only real difference in the razor is the gap by the tto knob closes all the way when the razor is shut the regular milord super speed does not. And I have no idea what a tub of nuavia goes for.

My US made Gillette Milord Rocket has no gap at the TTO nob either opened or closed.

Maybe someone is counterfeiting? Or misrepresenting provenance? Its surprising and a little suspicious that at this point in the wet shaving revival a heretofore unknown razor can pop up. Rare, valuable and without identifying markings of any kind. Anything is possible I suppose. Its virtually impossible to confirm this sort of thing. Gillette was mass producing these things by the millions - they were meant to be used and thrown away and were really only vehicles to drive blade sales and not fine collectible works of art. Record keeping would have been sparse at best and the fact that Gillette eventually adopted an alpha-numeric production code system seems inexplicable. It certainly wasn't because collectors would want to know the production date, probably just inventory control so they could count how many razors were produced in particular quarters/years. I think its fair to be skeptical when people are asking significantly above market prices for "unique" objects.

Jar.... post a photo of your razor open and closed and when I get mine will compare the two in photos

Just chumming the water before he directs you to eBay or bst. Or he will "entertain" offers. Also known for his shifter knob brushes  and his One blade with stand and leather case. A question I would like to ask him is what is half a tub of Nuavia worth?

Still no pics lol.

Maybe when I get the razor it'll be possible to take pictures but I think it's going to be real difficult for me to post photos if I don't have the razor yet or maybe you couldn't figure that one out

I was beginning to think the seller was getting cold feet but it was marked shipped from eBay