Can you guess what it is, yet?
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sɐǝɹpu∀
riverrun
Ah! GB190914526 - Nice...
N_Architect
Travel, See, Feel, Explore
Well done Paul!
pjgh
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That's just what I thought when I saw the actual razor several pictures on in the auction. I put my maximum bid in, it was reached. I lost. The seller got in touch saying the winning bidder did not conform to his selling specifications and so I was given second refusal. Naturally, I accepted
Cheers! I'm very happy to have one back in ... I sold one last year and rather regretted it, but never look back eh? Always look forwards and look what I found.
pjgh
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I have used this model and found it to be everything the 1924 is, but more so ... I recall really enjoying it. I think I will keep this pristine for now. I may well shave with it as that is, after all, it's purpose. Meanwhile, I'll enjoy as early a 1924 model as I can and try to imagine the rest while shaving
sɐǝɹpu∀
riverrun
The patent on the razor is rather interesting.
It's clearly a '1924' design, but patented in 1909/1910, earlier than even the 1912 patent.
The inventor is 'Julius Bueno de Mesquita' who in this patent feels the need to assert that he is a 'Gentleman' residing in London. By 1914 on a patent application in the US he claims to be 'a subject of the King of England, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York'.
I've made an online version of the 1909 patent available
here.
It's clearly a '1924' design, but patented in 1909/1910, earlier than even the 1912 patent.
The inventor is 'Julius Bueno de Mesquita' who in this patent feels the need to assert that he is a 'Gentleman' residing in London. By 1914 on a patent application in the US he claims to be 'a subject of the King of England, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York'.
I've made an online version of the 1909 patent available
here.