Help Identifying Vintage Gillette

Ive had this laying around in a drawer for years and decided to do some searching around online to get some more information about it.

The wood box reads Gillette Richwood - but all the photos that Ive seen online have a different design pattern on the actual handle.

Ive seen similar photos of an Old Style Bulldog Razor that looks identical -

Can anyone help me identify what I have here? Does this belong in the richwood box?


Here are photos:

The razor is a Bulldog and the case is for a New Standard.

It is a miss matched set but the razor is one to hang onto. You can find a New Standard for that case on the BST

I kind of figured it as being mismatched after looking through different photos online - Thank you

What is BST?

The Bulldog is something special!!! Nice Richwood case too!

Buy/Sell/Trade

I bet that Bulldog will be beautiful when you polish it!




DL

I want to get it shined up.... do you recommend boiling water & baking soda to clean it?

erickhaddad said:

I want to get it shined up.... do you recommend boiling water & baking soda to clean it?

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YES! http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=136809

I would start with hot water, dish soap, and a toothbrush. Follow that with Scrubbing Bubbles and more toothbrush. This gets the dirt, soap scum, and other SWARF (stuff what ain't really functional) off the razor.

Then, use the Aluminum Foil/Baking Soda tarnish conversion method outlined here by our friend Brian DiPalma.

I would then finish it off with a light polish using a soft cloth and Wright's Silver Cream or similar mild silver cleaner. It will bring out a nice luster and leave a protective coating to help delay re-tarnishing.

Very nice razor, sir . . . and like others have said, the Richwood box is a keeper as well.

I have three different silver New Standards that would look just lovely in that box!

erickhaddad said:

I want to get it shined up.... do you recommend boiling water & baking soda to clean it?

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That would be the best way to go about cleaning this razor.

The BST can be found in the Market Place area of the forum.

People can buy sell and trade there (BST)

Links to Mr Razor site to show what should be with each item

http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierer/Old%20Type/1918 Bulldog handle silver beschriftet Logo.jpg

http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierer/New Improved/1923 Richwood.jpg

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