Its been a little while since I have been able to post. I got picked up for recruiter duty for the Air Force so I've been a little preoccupied with going to recruiter school and moving to South Carolina.
Anyway, to the point, my family and i went antique shopping today and I couldn't help but find something shaving related! A ton of techs and kronas, a fat boy that was marked 120 for a user grade, a few brushes.....ect.... Then BAM! There it was! Saw this little gem for 30 bucks. It was in TERRIBLE shape so I talked the guy down to 20. Well I knew it was a new improved because I've been looking for one for a while but after getting it home, it doesn't look like the ones I have seen. It has a flat base plate not the little bullets.
I proceeded to try to find out exactly what it was and when it was made but I haven't had any luck. It has some engraving on it close to the screw on the bottom, it says "PAT JAN 13 1920 U.S.A" and "OTHER PATENTS PENDING" underneath that. I'm petty sure the NEW IMPROVED didn't come out till the 30s so it really has me stumped.
Either way, after I cleaned it and polished up the bare brass, it looks like a million bucks. I can't wait to give it a whirl tomorrow morning. Sorry for the long post but maybe some of the awesome vintage guys here can help me out.
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Anyway, to the point, my family and i went antique shopping today and I couldn't help but find something shaving related! A ton of techs and kronas, a fat boy that was marked 120 for a user grade, a few brushes.....ect.... Then BAM! There it was! Saw this little gem for 30 bucks. It was in TERRIBLE shape so I talked the guy down to 20. Well I knew it was a new improved because I've been looking for one for a while but after getting it home, it doesn't look like the ones I have seen. It has a flat base plate not the little bullets.
I proceeded to try to find out exactly what it was and when it was made but I haven't had any luck. It has some engraving on it close to the screw on the bottom, it says "PAT JAN 13 1920 U.S.A" and "OTHER PATENTS PENDING" underneath that. I'm petty sure the NEW IMPROVED didn't come out till the 30s so it really has me stumped.
Either way, after I cleaned it and polished up the bare brass, it looks like a million bucks. I can't wait to give it a whirl tomorrow morning. Sorry for the long post but maybe some of the awesome vintage guys here can help me out.
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