Unusual head slots - Gillette New?

[lagaffe]

I picked up an old Gillette on eBay, and now that it's arrived I'm having trouble identifying it. It came in a bakelite box, and looks like a 1930-ish New, except for the unusual slotted head. Can anyone tell me any more about it? Did News have a variety of different head styles on them?

Thanks

(pre-cleaning pics)

 

[Jim]

No Photos?

 

[tominabox1]

Yeah thats a British New. Pretty sure anyway...

 

[Radar O\'Reilly]

No Photos?

It appears his image server is down, which would explain them not loading.

 

[lagaffe]

It appears his image server is down, which would explain them not loading.

Sorry guys - they're in a Picasa web album and Google seems to be having intermittent problems showing them right now.

 

[Radar O\'Reilly]

Sorry guys - they're in a Picasa web album and Google seems to be having intermittent problems showing them right now.

Try uploading them to you B&B gallery account.

 

[Pike]

Nice find I love Brit gillettes. I have not seen that particular one. I look forward to the experts IDing it! I have a british tech that has similar slots, I have not seen that on the New head.

 

[Ceri]

I think I bought one just like it yesterday - didn't look like anything I'd seen and was wondering if it was even a Gillette

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150425824215&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_500wt_1182

 

[amishmotorboat]

Yours, Ceri, looks like it should. I think lagaffe's has a replacement cap.

 

[lagaffe]

It's a possibility, I suppose. Here it is cleaned up (though I can now see some polish in the teeth in the pics that I need to clean out!):

 

[Ceri]

I doubt I'll get mine through the post before the bank holiday weekend - I hope it cleans up as well as lagaffe's.

 

[xillion]

I have a Brit New head like the one posted. Mine came as part of a British Service Set. It is the best shaving new head I own.

 

[lagaffe]

Looks a cracker, Chris! It's interesting to see that the 'bumps' on the cap on yours aren't centred but are biased towards one side.

I guess there are quite a few unusual variations on these New heads - really fascinating to see them on this thread. Until now I didn't know these existed!

 

[Ceri]

I finally got around to photographing the razor I bought. It isn't a Gillette but a 7 o'clock, and has suffered quite a lot of plate loss.

It only cost a few pounds so one I could just put down to experience, the thing is though I've been using it for a couple of weeks and it gives such good shaves I'm contemplating getting it replated.

I've bought a NEW since from eBay, and I'm awaiting delivery. If it shaves as well as the 7 o'clock I'll probably not get the latter replated.

Sorry about the quality of photos, but I only have a point and shoot digital.

 

[lagaffe]

Just noticed the French Service Set on Mr Razor's site - this looks identical to mine except for the fact that mine doesn't have French on the head!

Don't think that pic was up before earlier this year when I was trying to identify mine. So - mine looks like some kind of Service Set, though not a British one like Xillion's earlier in the thread.