2 Piece De-Luxe Made in England with different G & D stamp

[elmerwood]

So I recently picked up this 2 piece De-Luxe and would like to share what I haven't seen before on a razor I've owned. At first I was assuming that it would be like Achims HERE and just a made in England version, but once I received it today I noticed its marked "importe d'angleterre" with a different style G&D stamp. Ive seen the importe d'angleterre on razors and cases before but the stamp is a little different. For one, its a bit larger stamp than my other razors that have this mark. Two, it has what looks like the little Gillette diamond logo under it. And three, its on a British made razor.
I'm sure this isn't the first of its kind but cam someone shed some light. Was this the stamp that the English would put on their razor that they were exporting? Also this has no serial number?

 

[ironfist]

Can't help much buts its pretty cool Will follow this to get more info

 

[DrAwkward]

I've seen several English-made Gillettes that were destined for France with that "Importe D'Angleterre" stamp, which of course just means that it was imported from England (to France).
Pretty nice looking NEW DeLuxe. Is it the 15 mm or 17 mm base plate? How does it shave?

 

[Mark1966]

New one to me

 

[elmerwood]

I've seen several English-made Gillettes that were destined for France with that "Importe D'Angleterre" stamp, which of course just means that it was imported from England (to France).
Pretty nice looking NEW DeLuxe. Is it the 15 mm or 17 mm base plate? How does it shave?

I've seen this too, but I was mainly referring to the G&D stamp on a non USA razor.

 

[ItsAllGravy]

I've got two English NEW Goodwill Empire sets, one is 'Made in England' the other is "Importe D'Angleterre". That G stamp isnt on either of those or any of my English NEW's.

 

[elmerwood]

New one to me

Yeah me too. Im curious to see what Porters look like one the bottom.

 

[mblakele]

That looks familiar: is this its cousin?

And from Achim:

And here is my favorite explanation:

I've been reading here and there on the internet and found scarce informations about laws in France: it seems that under 3 microns (or 10 depending on the source) of plating there is no need to have a specific mark.
There is a site indicating that the first law about plating marks dates back to 1860: platers need to write their initials in a square ("poinçon carré") but that it did not guarantee the qualitiy of plating and that, most of the time, platers use only their own trade mark (i.e. not in a square) till the modification of the law in 1985.
One thing I read is that the customs may have a copy of importers plating marks (but that may be too difficult to get access to it...).

 

[elmerwood]

That looks familiar: is this its cousin?



And from Achim:



And here is my favorite explanation:

Interesting tid bit of information. It would be neat to see if we could dig up the marking book they may have used at the time. it does appear to be the same one the Jake had posted, of course Ive never seen a razor from Jake that didnt look perfect. Now off to the Sam with this little guy