Wilkinson Sword Empire Set

[Jayaruh]

I have that set too, Jim.  I have modified a Gem blade to use on mine.

That's cool to know. Thanks.

[riverrun]

The Empire was sold from 1930 to 1953.
The patent is here: https://razors.page/patents/GB321115/
I'm not an expert and can't narrow it down.
I ended up with three (by-catch or dirt cheap at a car boot sale), but not a single salvageable blade.
I'm looking for a 7-day set or just a bunch of decent blades.
Not urgently. On my watch list for years... one day... It needs to be cheap... but with perfect blades...
I can wait...

I hope you get your seven day set. At least you are in the right country. HA! Looks like mine will arrive tomorrow. I can hardly wait.

Weirdest stuff. After looking for two years or so, the following shows up on eBay today:
Wilkinson 7-day Empire Set with 6 blades in a nice condition case.
Buy it now for £15 - yet nobody is interested. Have a look why:




Yes, it's not a Wilkinson Empire at all, but a GEM 1912.
I already have three Wilkinson Empire razors, but no 7-day-set box and no usable blades.
The blades are worth a gamble. No good images of them.
I also have no GEM branded 1912.
If the blades are good... £5 each - absolute minimum. The 1912 £5 minimum, more in the UK, the box looks very good... £10 surely... 
That's even with buy-them-all discount well more than twice what I paid.

And all that just pops into existence a day after I mention it? Magic!
(And no - I didn't start looking harder yesterday. Just one of my usual daily eBay email search alerts - which usually just wash overpriced flotsam and jetsam into my mailbox)

[Jayaruh]

I hope you get your seven day set. At least you are in the right country. HA! Looks like mine will arrive tomorrow. I can hardly wait.

Weirdest stuff. After looking for two years or so, the following shows up on eBay today:
Wilkinson 7-day Empire Set with 6 blades in a nice condition case.
Buy it now for £15 - yet nobody is interested. Have a look why:




Yes, it's not a Wilkinson Empire at all, but a GEM 1912.
I already have three Wilkinson Empire razors, but no 7-day-set box and no usable blades.
The blades are worth a gamble. No good images of them.
I also have no GEM branded 1912.
If the blades are good... £5 each - absolute minimum. The 1912 £5 minimum, more in the UK, the box looks very good... £10 surely... 
That's even with buy-them-all discount well more than twice what I paid.

And all that just pops into existence a day after I mention it? Magic!
(And no - I didn't start looking harder yesterday. Just one of my usual daily eBay email search alerts - which usually just wash overpriced flotsam and jetsam into my mailbox)

You get the case and some blades. Plus a 1912 Gem.

[Jayaruh]

Well, it made it. I took pictures and cleaned it up. It has one hollow ground blade and four spined WS blades. The spined blades are partially rusted.
My computer is with a computer guy who is replacing a noisy fan and hopefully recovering some files for me. So, I can't do the photo things until I get it back.
Going to the dermatologist tomorrow for work on my left side of neck. I will post pics when I get my laptop back.

[riverrun]

You get the case and some blades. Plus a 1912 Gem.

Seems like a good deal for the money. The Empire razor is not very valuable in the UK. Common as muck. Try selling one without a nice case...

Well, it made it. I took pictures and cleaned it up. It has one hollow ground blade and four spined WS blades. The spined blades are partially rusted.
My computer is with a computer guy who is replacing a noisy fan and hopefully recovering some files for me. So, I can't do the photo things until I get it back.
Going to the dermatologist tomorrow for work on my left side of neck. I will post pics when I get my laptop back.

Of the neck or the razor?

SCNR
  

[Jayaruh]

You get the case and some blades. Plus a 1912 Gem.

Seems like a good deal for the money. The Empire razor is not very valuable in the UK. Common as muck. Try selling one without a nice case...

Well, it made it. I took pictures and cleaned it up. It has one hollow ground blade and four spined WS blades. The spined blades are partially rusted.
My computer is with a computer guy who is replacing a noisy fan and hopefully recovering some files for me. So, I can't do the photo things until I get it back.
Going to the dermatologist tomorrow for work on my left side of neck. I will post pics when I get my laptop back.

Of the neck or the razor?

SCNR
  

I'm home now after 5 hours at the dermatologist. He removed the spot with martins and had to go back one more time to get some at the 10 o'clock position. Then, he was able to close. I am working from my wife's computer today.

[Whiterook]

I bet the Coronation sets aren't that cheap!