What kind of razor is this?

[thefenst]

Just won this user grade DE on eBay.

Any ideas what it is?

Thanks!

 

[MacDaddy]

It's a clone of Gillette's ball-end Old Type made by George Ibberson & Co. of Sheffield, England. Theirs is one of the closest copies I've seen. The biggest giveaway that it's not a Gillette -- if you weren't able to see the inscription -- is the shape of the cap studs. They're rounded off like the ABC caps, but noticeably longer.

 

[Toothpick]

^ what he said.

 

[thefenst]

It's a clone of Gillette's ball-end Old Type made by George Ibberson & Co. of Sheffield, England. Theirs is one of the closest copies I've seen. The biggest giveaway that it's not a Gillette -- if you weren't able to see the inscription -- is the shape of the cap studs. They're rounded off like the ABC caps, but noticeably longer.

Thank you very much! At first I thought it was an Old Type, but I didn't see the Gillette name on there.

 

[celestino]

It's a clone of Gillette's ball-end Old Type made by George Ibberson & Co. of Sheffield, England. Theirs is one of the closest copies I've seen. The biggest giveaway that it's not a Gillette -- if you weren't able to see the inscription -- is the shape of the cap studs. They're rounded off like the ABC caps, but noticeably longer.

+1 Very nice find and enjoy!

 

[Go West Young Man]

Can I exercise a pet peeve here? You didn't "win" that razor, you "bought" it - and outbid everyone for the privilege of doing so.