Sterling Silver cased Gillette ID?

[SliceOfLife]

I didn't take pics, but at an antique mall near me (for $60) there was a sterling silver cased Gillette with a 1920 patent date near the knob (I think) and a name I didn't recognize (but forgot). It looked very much like a bostonian in chrome. And when you opened the lid to the case a hinge raised the razor up. The seller had it marked as Sterling Silver (Which I assume referred to the case and not the razor). Sadly it had a few deep scratches and a bent tooth.

Anyone know what type of razor it was? I saw the name on the underside of the lid, but forgot it already.


edit: I think it might have been a Norfolk... was it a smart move to pass on it (bent tooth made me put it back).


Razor looked like this but worse condition: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=95972&highlight=Norfolk

 

[Blue-EyedSon]

The Norfolk is a razor that is smaller than what would fill a Bostonian-type case. Was the case square and thin or rectangular and taller? If it is the latter, then it sounds like it could be a New Deluxe Belmont. Did it look like this?

 

[Blue-EyedSon]

Never mind the question above. I just noticed the part about the hinge raising the razor when you opened the case. As such, it couldn't be the square and thin case. It sounds like a Bostonian case. I'm not aware of others that operate like that.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Not a Bostonian, Belmont could be it. It was not square it looked like the case in your picture. Except that it had the name of the razor on the underside of the lid (like Bostonians and Aristocrats).

 

[Blue-EyedSon]

Hmm ... The only thing about a Belmont set is that it doesn't say "Belmont" on it as far as I know. So, if it had a name, then it probably wasn't a Belmont. Mr-Razor has listed on his site a Chippendale and a Algonquin, both of which have cases that are the same general shape as a Bostonian case. However, the pattern on the tops of those cases is different and the material is gold, not silver like the one you saw, and I don't know if they came in silver. Did the one you saw have the Greek Key pattern like the Bostonian cases or was it something different?

 

[mr-razor]

Hmm ... The only thing about a Belmont set is that it doesn't say "Belmont" on it as far as I know. So, if it had a name, then it probably wasn't a Belmont. Mr-Razor has listed on his site a Chippendale and a Algonquin, both of which have cases that are the same general shape as a Bostonian case. However, the pattern on the tops of those cases is different and the material is gold, not silver like the one you saw, and I don't know if they came in silver. Did the one you saw have the Greek Key pattern like the Bostonian cases or was it something different?

The Krumholz book says on page 175/176, the Chippendale and the Algonquin comes in silver too, but I´ve never seen one.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Chippendale
That was it. Thanks. Weird things like this bug me.


Small world. I suspect it's THIS razor: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=47494

Was marked $65 and the guys running the mall mentioned that it had been there for years. And we're both in PA, so a good chance of it.

 

[GentsInstinct]

Chippendale
That was it. Thanks. Weird things like this bug me.


Small world. I suspect it's THIS razor: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=47494

Was marked $65 and the guys running the mall mentioned that it had been there for years. And we're both in PA, so a good chance of it.

If it's been there for years, try and negotiate to move it out the door and into your collection.