Please, help me identifying this razor

[jorgesei]

Hello. I think this is a true single ring, but I´m not sure. It's stamped H077107 on the handle, and inside you can read BRPATNº2876302.
Do you think it should clean up nicely? I have not tried yet, because I am not sure about how to do it.

Thank you

 

[thirdeye]

Looks like an early single ring, sorry I don't have my date code list at hand.
I think it should clean up very nicely with some scrubbing bubbles, a toothbrush and a little effort. Then a light polishing should bring it back to it's original shine.

Look in the stickeys here in the safety razor forum and you should find a thread on cleaning up old razors.

Very nice score.

 

[Hoos]

That would be a 1918 Old Style single-ring.

Link to razor cleaning in my sig block.

Congratulations on a nice find!

 

[jorgesei]

Thanks. The thing is that it looks so rusty that I thought it might be a silver plated razor. I guess is nickel plate, right?

 

[Oldguy]

Thanks. The thing is that it looks so rusty that I thought it might be a silver plated razor. I guess is nickel plate, right?

Silver plate over brass. Gillette didn't use nickel until maybe 25 years after this razor was made. Give it a cleaning. You may be surprised by how nice it can look.

Len

 

[jorgesei]

OK, I will try. By the way, is this the same razor than mine? I mean the same model, I get lost when it comes to Old Type Gillettes...

 

[T Rick]

That's a British Patent number, correct? So it was made in England?

For cleaning that up, once you get the heavy stuff off, you may want to try the baking soda/boiling water/foil method as outlined by AsylumGuido in the 13th post in
this Bulldog thread.

My 1912 Canadian Single Ring was pretty clean to start, but it sure worked a treat on it!

 

[jorgesei]

That's a British Patent number, correct? So it was made in England?

For cleaning that up, once you get the heavy stuff off, you may want to try the baking soda/boiling water/foil method as outlined by AsylumGuido in the 13th post in
this Bulldog thread.

My 1912 Canadian Single Ring was pretty clean to start, but it sure worked a treat on it!

The British Patent number is what I don´t understand. I didn't know that by 1918 they were making Gillettes in England...
I will try the baking soda method, I´ve seen videos of it, but I didn't think it actully worked. Great if it does.