I recently purchased a Gillette Pocket Edition off of eBay, and true to my normal style, I purchase first and research later. So now with the razor working it's way to me, I came across this site which seems to be a copy of an old Gillette catalog or price list with drawings and info on the Pocket Editions:
Gillette Pocket edition models
My set was identified on the eBay listing as a 503, and that reference shows the 503 as having a floral case, which mine does. However, the razor handle in the picture also has a floral pattern, and mine does not. It has that straight column pattern which were from the 500-502 series.
Just to check it out, I looked at other listings on eBay and many show a mismatch between case and handles. I know that often times, Gillette had a practice of just using any available handle with an available head and put them in an available case. Were they doing this way back with the Pocket Editions?
Gillette Pocket edition models
My set was identified on the eBay listing as a 503, and that reference shows the 503 as having a floral case, which mine does. However, the razor handle in the picture also has a floral pattern, and mine does not. It has that straight column pattern which were from the 500-502 series.
Just to check it out, I looked at other listings on eBay and many show a mismatch between case and handles. I know that often times, Gillette had a practice of just using any available handle with an available head and put them in an available case. Were they doing this way back with the Pocket Editions?
