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Ever-Ready razors.

Ever-Ready is the second of the American Safety Razor brands, and it shares the same year-by-year model chronicle as Gem. The brand exists in two jurisdictions, and that is the fact that decides most answers: the American line ends in the early 1930s, while British production continues afterwards.

Country
USA
Active since
Coverage
1904–1953 · 1 code systems
Dating tier
Codes only
In the archive
0 series · 1 code systems · 4 models
Years documented
1904–1953
1904–1905

The Yankee years

The brand begins as the Yankee company, with a one-piece tubular handle and the Three Star trademark, and the Ever-Ready name appears as the firm is renamed.

1906–1931

Merger and the American run

Ever-Ready merges with Gem into the American Safety Razor Company in 1906, and the American trademark runs until the early 1930s — the chart says the trademark ceases in the United States in 1931, and one forum source puts the last American use of the name at 1933 with the E-Bar.

1908–1953

The British line

Ever-Ready Razor Products Ltd was founded in England in 1908 and continues after the American mark lapses; the later British razors, including the Streamline, are a separate question from the American models of the same name.

Watch out
  • The American Ever-Ready got the head known as the 1912 only in 1930, so the popular name of the head is not the year of the razor.
  • The two endings of the American brand — 1931 in the chart and 1933 in a forum source — are recorded side by side and not averaged.
  • An Ever-Ready without its case is dated by the model window, and the window can be decades wide.
Code systems in this archive
Ever-Ready: a year-by-year chronicle of models and brand lines (1904–1953)1904 → 1953 · 18 rows · Medium confidence
Model catalogue

4 Ever-Ready models are catalogued with their production years, specs and safety notes.

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Frequently asked
Is my Ever-Ready American or British?

The stamp and the model decide. The American mark lapsed in the early 1930s, while the British company founded in 1908 continued in production, so a razor of the later pattern is British production and is read against the British line.

Compiled from 50 published sources — the source library.