User Manuals

We present a few copies of user manuals of old razors and shaving accessories.

Feel free to email your best or most interesting scans of user manuals to us for publication in our gallery.

The rights to all images remain with the authors.

Wilkinson Seven-Day Razor Set

1954 Gillette SuperSpeed  (Courtesy of Peter Eaton)

Gillette Adjustable Razor (Fat Boy) 1950s

Gillette Adjustable Razor (Slim Model) 1960s

GEM Original Model

GEM Featherweight Razor 

GEM Micromatic Razor

GEM Push-button Razor


GEM Contour (Courtesy of Christopher Harbach)


Kama Straight Razor (Courtesy of David Marriott - Australia)


Schick Band Razor


Gillette Techmatic Razor


Star Razor


Travalong Razor


Valet Razor


Twinplex Stropper


Optatus-Tank Stropper (Courtesy of Morrie Katz)


Lillicrap Hone



The following instruction leaflets were kindly sent to us by Joachim Duwe (a.k.a. Mr Razor) from Germany. He is a razor expert, a keen collector and a respected seller on German eBay. We thank him for allowing us to share his great collection of instruction booklets.

Gillette 195 Razor (Early Fatboy - 1958)

Gillette Aristocrat (1940s, no notch) Razor

Gillette Executive Razor (1960s)

Gillette President Razor (1953)

Gillette Blue Tip Razor (1958)

Gillette British No. 66 Razor (1950s)

Gillette TV Super Speed (1958)

Gillette Double-Ring Razor

Gillette Super-Adjustable Razor

Gillette Ranger Tech Razor

Gillette British Aristocrat No. 19 (1930s)

Gillette Adjustable (Slim) in French, Dutch and German

Gillette Adjustable (Fatboy) Razor (1961)

Gillette Adjustable MkII (British)

Gillette Toggle Razor (1960) in German

Gillette Toggle Razor (1960) in English

Gillette Techmatic Razor (1970)

Gillette Senator Razor (1938)

Gillette SuperSpeed Razor (1948-50)

Gillette Rocket Razor - British/German (1956)

Gillette Rocket Razor - French (1956)

Gillette Adjustable (FatBoy) Razor - French (1960)