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Thread Number: 36385
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Craftsman electric shaver |
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| Post# 390064 4/7/2018 at 13:44 (2,204 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I saw a real oddball item on the shelf at Goodwill the other day--a Sears Craftsman electric shaver! I wasn't even remotely tempted to buy it but I did find it to be an oddball piece of cross-merchandising from I'm guessing, the early '60s. I can't think of another example of Sears stretching the Craftsman brand outside the traditional hardware and lawn care categories. It looked a lot like the Remington shaver my dad used when I was a little kid. I didn't take a picture of it but the URL below will take you to an eBay listing for one just like it. A Remington just like the one Dad had is in the similar items lineup at the bottom, second row, second from right.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO human's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 390066 , Reply# 1 4/7/2018 at 14:03 (2,204 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 390137 , Reply# 2 4/8/2018 at 12:41 (2,203 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 390156 , Reply# 4 4/8/2018 at 19:27 (2,203 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
Equally amazing were the motors Remington made for their electric shavers in Bridgeport, Connecticut. I never got a good shave out of the Norelcos, but the Remington XLR-3000 is the best electric shaver of all time IMHO. Victor Kiam was a marketing genius and the Remington microscreen really does shave as close as a blade!
These Craftsman shavers are not really rare and for a time Remington did make the shavers for Sears, however this was not one of them. Payer in Austria also made some Sears shavers. | ||
| Post# 390165 , Reply# 5 4/8/2018 at 21:06 (2,203 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
The Sears marketing department:
"We need to sell an electric shaver, what brand name do we slap on it?" "Ok boss, we'll spend countless weeks researching a new brand name for our electric shaver line." "It's just a shaver, for pete's sake! Just pick one of our existing brand names. One that exudes masculinity!" "Lady Kenmore?" "Craftsman it is!" | ||
| Post# 390186 , Reply# 7 4/9/2018 at 10:19 (2,202 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
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It all depends on the type of beard you have. The cutter combs on a Norelco are THICKER than the foil screen on a foil type shaver. So, rotaries (like Norelco) work better for those who have soft beards. Yours truly who has a coarse beard gets a closer shave from a foil shaver like a Remington or Braun. My father swore by Norelco and I've tried his and many others. I've just always found a foil works better for me....
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| Post# 390200 , Reply# 8 4/9/2018 at 14:24 (2,202 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Personally, I've never used an electric shaver of any sort that didn't make my face itch like crazy afterward. For me, it's gotta be a blade--and a good quality one at that. My dad used Remington for a long time and then switched over to Norelco maybe sometime in the '80s. When he died a couple of months ago, Mom gave me his last two Norelcos, one of which was only a couple of months old. Both were caked with clippings so I thoroughly cleaned them and gave each a try. Both were miserable. Oh well, the pop-up trimmers are useful.
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| Post# 390208 , Reply# 9 4/9/2018 at 15:25 (2,202 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Another good one Was the 60s and 70s Ronsons with the foil head. | ||
| Post# 390225 , Reply# 10 4/9/2018 at 17:50 (2,202 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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I've never used one of those foil type shavers, have always used a rotary, usually Remington, a few Norelco. But that's mostly all my dad ever used either, so naturally what I had when I started shaving.
Personally, I always prefer a razor and shaving cream. Rinse with hot water. Very relaxing and feels smooth afterwards and smells nice. Electrics make my skin red and never get as close. I agree the side trimmers are very useful though, for getting the sideburn edges nice and clean. It's all a moot point now, anyway, as I've gone fully bearded this year and no plans to shave anytime soon... lol | ||
| Post# 390233 , Reply# 11 4/9/2018 at 21:45 (2,202 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
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Oh yes, I forgot about Ronson. They did make an excellent shaver. I still have a Ronson 66 foil shaver from about 1957. Sunbeam Shavemaster was also an excellent shaver. At one point Bulova (the watch company) even made an electric shaver. I had one, but the plastic casing completely disintegrated. Now they're rarer than hen's teeth!
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| Post# 390303 , Reply# 13 4/10/2018 at 21:45 (2,201 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211) | ||
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I think these are the shaver sharpeners you are looking for. Now they offer a few different types depending on which model Norelco you have....
CLICK HERE TO GO TO Oreck_XL's LINK | ||
| Post# 391888 , Reply# 16 5/12/2018 at 08:07 (2,169 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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I have a two-head Norelco, made in Holland, from the early '60s (I think) that my grandfather gave me when I was a teenager. It has two 'wings' that open up on each side to allow access behind the shaving heads. One says 'Norelco' on it and the other says 'Philishave'. For a long time, I assumed 'Philishave' was a model name. These days, I wonder if one of the wings had been replaced.
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