I´ve never seen that handle before 
Old Type with unusally open ball end handle
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Looks like it's missing a bit. Is the ball one piece or does the end pressed or soldered or glued on?
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I would say the ball is one piece. The open/hollow ball I know only from some british NEW, but that looks different:
Achim, very curious.
Not even a guess here, Achim. Very unique!
Hmm, this is an odd find achim. Does the hole go through the full length of the handle into the place where the handle attaches to the head? I so... I wonder if Gillette was experimenting with TTO or two piece designs that early on.
Whoa! Five-year flashback. 
If it's anything like the open-ended British NEWs, then yes, the hole goes all the way through. The threaded hole in the neck of the regular ball-end handles goes all the way through into the hollow-tube handle already.
If it's anything like the open-ended British NEWs, then yes, the hole goes all the way through. The threaded hole in the neck of the regular ball-end handles goes all the way through into the hollow-tube handle already.
Achim - aren't you the guy we go to when we don't know? 
Beats the heck out of me.
Beats the heck out of me.
