Gillette ball-end NEW (in wrong box!)

As far as I’m concerned, the NEW is the best shaving razor Gillette ever made, and the ball-end handle their most tactile. Put them together, and what more could you ask for?

 

Well, how about a box from a pre-1910 Old Type thrown in for free?

 

I bought this on eBay for $7. I see it as a great razor with a free box – which is probably worth more than the razor.

 

I've got an early single ring Old Type, which can live in the box (here: www.flickr.com/photos/38722915@N04/5769562581/ ) although it spends most of its time out on the bathroom counter. This ball-end handle NEW gives a smoother, although not closer, shave – it's the newer razor, having been produced in the 1930s.

 

All I did was clean the razor (soak it in Tilex to remove soap scum, Lysol to disinfect it, and a gentle scrub in dishwashing detergent with a toothbrush) and give it the briefest of polishes on an old T-shirt.

 

I took some leather conditioner to the outside of the case, and cleaned the dust out of the inside with Selotape.

 

I took the picture in natural light, on a piece of paper put down underneath a window.

 

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