Is this a 'NEW' BOSTONIAN or just a 'NEW'?

Just got this on the Big E.

The seller was selling with a description of a 'NEW' BOSTONIAN.

It says NEW on the case so I figure that is all it is.

I think I still got a good deal on it.

A Bostonian looks different, right?

Thanks

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I have this New Bostonian. Not my pic but identical condition. http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierer/The NEW/1930s NEW Bostonian.jpg. The razor looks similar but the cases are different. So I am not sure.

it's all in the case. the same model razor (common thick bar handle) was used in several different sets- defined by the case it came in (red and black, bue and gold, bostonian.) the set you're showing is the regent. on mr-razor's website he show the regent with a different handle.

I have this set and it's a ball handle, not the bar handle. It's a nice set and you really never quite know with Gillette.

-jim

gearchow said:

I have this set and it's a ball handle, not the bar handle. It's a nice set and you really never quite know with Gillette.

-jim

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it´s called "Regent" and comes with a ball end handle:

mr-razor said:

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it´s called "Regent" and comes with a ball end handle:

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Thanks for all of the replies.

The first pic is my razor and case.

So does that mean I have a 'NEW' in a Regent case?

Thanks!

Most of Gillette's "premium" razors prior to WWII were the same razor in a different case. Achim's set is a Regent because it is a NEW razor with ball handle packaged in the Regent case with the correct blade safe.

Yours has the bar handle, which was not part of the Regent package . . . although the other elements are correct for a Regent.

We see the same situation with earlier versions of the Bostonian (and others) where it is a New Standard razor housed in the special Bostonian case.

I believe the Tuckaway and Big Fellow were the only premium razor that were substantially different than the other deluxe models.