Vintage Gillette New Improved Thin Blades can anyone identfy these
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Mark1966
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Gillette Thins - nothing special from memory but others might chime in
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I found better pictures, elsewhere, but couldn't find more information. The THIN were phased out, at the end of the 60's, and re-introduced ''somewhen'' in the late 70's. The font is definitively NOT from the 50's, the 'GILLETTE' use a font that was used between 1966 & until the mid 70's, and the 'NEW IMPROVED THIN BLADES' look like a font from the late 70's. I think those are from the late 70's but NOT us made (Maybe Australia ? That would be awesome).
Note: Maybe I'm dead wrong too lolll
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Monsta_AU
...can I interest you in some vintage blades?
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They are okay, nothing special. I'd offer $30-$35 for them, no more.
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Hey, if you buy 'em, let us know how they shave and what year they are from 
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Forget what I said about 'reintroduced at the end of the 70's' I have 2 Thin Blade R-1 1971 before my eyes and I also received a lot of Thin Blade V-1 1974 this morning. If they phased them out, it was only for 2 years top.
I shaved with a 1971, last year, and completely forgot about it. Shave was good.
I shaved with a 1971, last year, and completely forgot about it. Shave was good.