WWII era razor blades

Here are some of the WWII era razor blades that appear in black and white in the book. The captions are from the book.

The post immediately following this one will cover Gillette wartime blades.

(Above) WWII civilian razor blades and their military issue equivalents. Gem produced a special “Armed Forces” box of five blades but the blade and wrapper were the same available in the civilian market.

WWII era Marlin razor blades. Two versions of the “camouflage” military issue blade, made by different manufacturers, top, and a civilian “Perfect Edge” blade sold in the blue version of the same packaging, second row left. The rest are “High Speed” blades made for Marlin by different manufacturers. Bottom left is the same model blade found in Paul Cornell’s radio. “Blu Srike”, “Durex” and a few other blades had the same slot shapes and all may have been made by Club.

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