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Gillette ABC/Old Type ID Help

I came across this razor the other day, and upon close examination I realized that it appeared to be an ABC handle on a conventional thick cap, Old Type head. This was based on the shape of the cap, and the longer blade positioning posts. I assumed it to be a Frankenrazor, but I've always really liked the solid ABC handles, plus the price was right, so I picked it up. After getting it home and doing some comparisons with my other shell pattern ABC ( with the short, round posts) I discovered that this newly acquired handle has a deeper thread to accommodate a longer center stud; my other ABC shell pattern handle, while appearing otherwise identical, won't screw all the way on to the Old Type head. The new handle, on the other hand, is a perfect fit, indicating perhaps that it was designed to mate with a later, conventional Old Type head. I should also add that the newly acquired head has no serial #.

Anybody know if Gillette ever made such a razor?

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This is interesting.

Gillette made a couple different shell pattern handle. As far as I know there are 2 with one ring and 1 with a double ring shown below.

The differences between the 2 handles with one ring is that one is uniform in diameter and the other one tapers like the one you have. I thought they had the same thread pattern but this may have something to do with the differences? Not sure .
 

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Thanks. I came across that photo in my search as well. My shell pattern handles are both of the one ring, tapered shaft configuration. In that regard, they are identical, but the one depicted in my original post is threaded to accept the longer stud of the conventional Old Type cap (with which it was mated when I found it). My other one, which is part of a complete ABC set, is threaded only to accept the shorter stud of the ABC cap.
 
Thanks for this information. I had no clue that the ABC style handle was used on other razors. It does seem quite plausible that this could be the origin of this set; given the propensity of the ball end Old Type handles for cracking, this might well be a replacement from a non-Gillette razor.

Thanks again for that info. Anyone else have any ideas on this one?
 
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