I've got a Bulldog that has a similar gap at the bottom. On mine you can tell someone used a hacksaw to shorten the handle. I believe that was probably because the threads wore out, and this shortening allowed it to tighten up and still be usable.
what a bout the serial number it have only 5 digit so i can't find a date in the wiki .
. thanks , i was thinking that 5 digit is earlier than 6 digit . so is got 100 year this year .I don´t understand your problem:
1917 = D516475-E449207
Sure it’s a bulldog. But do you really want to have to take it out for a walk all time and pick up after it? Send it to me and I’ll do the dirty work.
So I bent down, and I reached down, and I scooped down, and I gathered up a generous
mitten-full of the deadly yellow snow
The deadly yellow snow, from right there where the bulldogs go!