1930's era ? (not sure what I just got)

Discussion in 'Safety Razors' started by Old_Spice, Feb 1, 2022.

  1. Old_Spice

    Old_Spice Active Member

    thumbnail-2.jpg thumbnail-2.jpg 3 piece w/ blade box, gold unknow age, no letter & number
     

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  2. Old_Spice

    Old_Spice Active Member

    OK, here's the skinny on this one.....cleaned it up, popped in a new Gillette platinum blade, lathered up w/ some Taylor of Olde Bond Street tobacco & would have to say----- disappointed over-all. It looks cool and as an antique/heirloom glad to have it however it will be at the bottom of the rotation.
     

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  3. DrStrange

    DrStrange Well-Known Member

    Show the part that you're not showing.

    The handle is a 1920's style handle,
    but some razors from the early 1930's also use that same handle.

    Show the bottom of the top cap where the screw is
    and show the top of the base plate, where the blade sits.
    and an end view of the razor head.
     
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  4. PanChango

    PanChango Not Cute

    It looks like a new, but the base plate is on upside down in one of the pics.

    I get that it might not be your favorite now or ever, but it can be a fantastic razor. I love mine.

    If you aren't really enjoying the shave, don't use it for a while. Revisit it down the road. Tastes change.

    Before you get rid of it, give it a 30 day challenge. It takes some time to learn a razor and get the best out of it.
     
  5. Old_Spice

    Old_Spice Active Member

    Dr Strange, here's those pic & Pan I'll keep after it!
     

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  6. DrStrange

    DrStrange Well-Known Member

    I didn't notice that before,
    but I think the base plate is upside down in all of the pictures which show it.
     
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  7. Old_Spice

    Old_Spice Active Member

    You're correct. That's how it was shipped, and like an {idiot} I put it back that way, what was I thinking ?????????????? This changes everything. Thanks guys
     
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  8. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    It's an Old Type open comb razor. 1920's
     
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  9. brit

    brit in a box

    late 20s old type set.i have the same one but i keep a gold tech in it.
     
  10. DrStrange

    DrStrange Well-Known Member

    Yes, it is that. A 1920's old type.


    I wrote goodwill because I was about to post an image of a goodwill,
    but the file size was too large and I neglected to erase the text before continuing.
     
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  11. DrStrange

    DrStrange Well-Known Member

    Lets try that again.
    This is a Gillette Goodwill razor.
    It's a type from 1931, which uses a 1920's style handle.


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  12. Old_Spice

    Old_Spice Active Member

    So the general consensus is late 20's early 30's "New" ? The handle knob is what throws me. Assembling it wrong and shaving that way w/ it is the dumbest thing I've done all day (but the evening is young!!!)
     
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  13. PanChango

    PanChango Not Cute

    Thats an Old Type.

    I could not see the pics enough and thought it was a short comb new with the baseplate on upside down. With the second set of pics, it is an Old Type.

    Here's an image showing gillette base plates

    https://i.imgur.com/NYKu8DG.jpg
     
  14. DrStrange

    DrStrange Well-Known Member

    It's definitely a 1920's old type.
    I edited and corrected my post where I said it was something else.
    I posted a picture of a goodwill razor
    as an example of a 1930's razor which used a 1920' s handle,
    to show the necessity of seeing the details of the head for proper identification.
    but you definitely have a 1920's Old Type Gillette.
    "Old Type" is really the name of it.
     
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  15. brit

    brit in a box

    look under razors.
    https://mr-razor.com/
     
  16. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    I looked real quick over at his site. I didn't see an Old Type with that case.
     
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  17. brit

    brit in a box

    i know oddly enough..sought after case i hear..:).the black/gold liner is perfect in mine,even snaps shut like it should but the leatherette outer coveriing is dy and cracked.mine is also light red/brown ,different than most i have researched and seen.
     
  18. Old_Spice

    Old_Spice Active Member

    One more picture, correctly assembled thumbnail-1.jpg
     
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  19. DrStrange

    DrStrange Well-Known Member

    I like it!
    I expect that you will like the way it shaves.

    ?
     
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  20. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    hmmmm.....doesn't the term "rotation" come from the root "rotate"? And to rotate is to go around as in a circle. And isn't a circle without beginning or end, thus having no top or bottom? And if it can be considered to be at the bottom of the rotation at any given time, it will soon rotate to the top of the rotation, will it not? Thus, if in a true rotation, it cannot be placed "at the bottom of the rotation" with an expectation to remain there.



    :taunt002: to philosophical for this early in the morning? :happy102:
     
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