Need help identifying razor.

[droes]

Hi guys,

I got this razor from my grandpa last week, and I'm wondering what it is? I looked around a bit and it looks like a Gillette Tech, but I could be mistaken. There's no numbers that I could find, but it does say 'made in England' on the baseplate. If someone could help identify (and perhaps date?) this razor I'd be very grateful.

[CGW409]

If you could take some shots of the razor disassembled we might be able to get a better idea with some of the spotting features.
I picked up one similar a week ago(no Made in England) that I'd thought to be a mid to late 40's Tech but from what I could tell after getting it home and cleaning it looked to be a full Gillette frankenrazor consisting of a Tech head and baseplate mated to a NEW handle.
My purely speculative guess would be you may also have a similar frankenrazor.

[huck1680]

Looks to be a Tech head and it's in a Leresche case, maybe it's a Leresche handle as well

[Krona Kruiser]

Looks to be a Tech head and it's in a Leresche case, maybe it's a Leresche handle as well

+1 It may be a Leresche handle but it may also be some incarnation of an English Tech. Check under the caps to see if it was made in England. Awesome case though.

[alex2363]

+1 It may be a Leresche handle but it may also be some incarnation of an English Tech. Check under the caps to see if it was made in England. Awesome case though.

Jake had 1 few years ago http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/alex2363/attachment-2.jpg

[alex2363]

+1 It may be a Leresche handle but it may also be some incarnation of an English Tech. Check under the caps to see if it was made in England. Awesome case though.

heres a red case 1 http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/alex2363/2044A.jpg

[Sledgehammer39]

Nice looking razor!

[droes]

Thanks guys! I made some pictures of the disassembled razor, maybe that could provide definitive answers :).

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[mblakele]

I think the handle looks like this English NEW set (from Achim's site). It may have been a factory substitution for a same-period Tech, but I suspect it was a user modification. The logo on the cap does not seem to show up on UK Techs until about 1949. The center bar under the cap is a style I have not seen before, but Gillette UK seems to have experimented with many different blade alignment designs in that period.

http://mr-razor.com/Rasierer/The%20NEW/1946%20(R2%20on%20blade)%20NEW%20England.JPG (http://mr-razor.com/Rasierer/The%20NEW/1946%20(R2%20on%20blade)%20NEW%20England.JPG)

[CGW409]

Thanks guys! I made some pictures of the disassembled razor, maybe that could provide definitive answers :).

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The oblong holes by the guard in the base plate (versus triangular holes) put it as a late 40's Gillette Tech but the Gillette logo on the cap is different from my Gold Tech of a similar era so it could be a pure Gillette Frankenrazor.
Not that that's major deal what's important is the family history.