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To my eyes, the bit that stands out the most as "not quite right"" is the metal piece above the resin part of the handle. It just doesn't look "Gillette" and I'm not sure how to express that ...
With more than one out there ... we know it's "a thing". Rather than a one-off, a short run?
I agree, the top piece is odd, not like any regular Gillette piece I've seen.To my eyes, the bit that stands out the most as "not quite right"" is the metal piece above the resin part of the handle. It just doesn't look "Gillette" and I'm not sure how to express that ...
Undoubtedly, it's a really nice razor and very well done. Moreover, that it is from the area where Gillette were manufactured does leave us with questions.
I know from collecting literally scores of absolutely unique, in one respect or another, 1912s that there were prototypes that were put together that were never repeated. Someone in the R&D department putting together something, happened to chat to one of the shop floor guys who poked his head in to see if they were going for a pint after work, took a liking, was told the by the R&D guy he was just messing around, handed the razor ... and it left the factory.
The handle itself put me immediately in mind of the Astra - the Russian 'Slim Twist' clone, but actually having one in my collection, it's not actually the same handle. I do recognise it though. I'm scouring my "sold" pictures to see if I had another clone with that handle. Again, my story above could well be along those lines: Russian clone was being inspected in the factory and someone found a happy coincidence that it fitted together neatly with bits in the parts bin.
Either way, congratulations! It's a smashing looking razor and quite the enigma.
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