SO..is this a Gillette Double Ring (DR)?

Dibs on any razors that weren't destroyed.

 

Not so fast......
I requested some razor be willed to me.
search the debris for a will.

 

Man, this is a cold group

 

Oh.. Uh... Glad you made it out alive. Nothing personal you understand. I'm just thinking about the kids college fund.

 

now that your back from the clutches of the grim reaper

 

have you updated your will since your last post office delivery?

 

Well, better check with Mr. Freeze!

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I jest, I hope your collection serves you well for years to come

 

Looks like someone shoved a plain old rivet up in there. Why? So the shave would be RIVETING!

ahem

*slinks out the door*

 

Clearly it's not a rivet but is that a plastic knob on the Bullet Tip? I don't recall seeing one of those before, only brass.

 

By asking this, I'm confessing how little attention I paid in chemistry class. Does this work on gold plated razors, etc.?

 

Push it out from the other end already

 

I'm waiting to hear back from my dad (sent him the video), he's pretty good about ID'ing this kind of thing. In the meantime, my guess is it's an antique version of one of these, take your pick.

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Brass-Ball-Valve-Oilers_1401980246.html

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-x-3-8-9m...UNG-CATCHES-/251668840948?hash=item3a98a1c1f4

That still says nothing about why someone shoved it in there, unless it was to be able to tell it from someone else's double ring. It can serve absolutely no purpose otherwise.

 

Awww....you're NO fun

 

No, only Silver and Silver plating.

 

I'm beginning to think it may fit into a small hole in a Dwarven door that leads to an underground city full of Gold and jewels.

 

Thanks. I tried it this afternoon on a 1911 Old Type. It worked quite well. I'll post pics in The Haul tomorrow.

 

Got this reply from Robert Waits:

"I have a bare (no case) double ring that looks like yours marked PAT. APPL'D FOR with no other marks and no serial number on the inner handle, I decided it was "earIy 1904" (bought it decades ago for $4). BUT ... mine doesn't have a plug in the end of the handle. I don't remember ever seeing one with a plug, but I may have missed that detail. I would have to look at all my old Gillettes. To me, the plug looks like it was added.

I have another similar bare double ring marked PAT. APPL'D FOR with the number 18574 on the inner handle, but not other marks . That makes it early 1904.

Bottom line: I believe your find IS an early 1904 double ring made by Gillette, one of the ~50,00 not numbered. It could also be one of the 494 made in 1903. It has the real age marks of use (e.g., on the ends of guard comb tangs visible in the great picture with the Gillette truck). The end plug is a mystery; can it tapped out with rod thru the handle?"

So I guess another vote for tapping out the 'plug' and see what it's all about
Having said that, happy to hear it's most likely a real, early DR.

[Happy Dance]

 

Its a Joe 90 job......