mine ain't even got any jimps!:( luckily got pre 1950 on order:)
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mine ain't even got any jimps!:( luckily got pre 1950 on order:)
Can anyone help me with approximate dates of production for this razor. Just got it... seems to be a NOS... is this one of the 'better' ones?
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Yeah, it's one of the good ones. Pre 1950, as you said.
But it isn't NOS: scales are much newer than the blade, as well as the box.
Box matches scales, but not the blade.
Cos I own a good bunch of them :)
These scales doesn't match a pre 1950 blade. I'm not meaning they're a fake, of course. They're real Fialrmonica scales but weren't used until 60's. Pre 1950 scales were usualy plain, or with a brass lyre logo.
With no doubt, those NOS Fillis you saw hadn't curved characters on the tang, had they?
Besides, if you check the listing photos in the bay, you'll see a clearly repinned pivot.
Why are they supposed to be pre 1950? It is certainly possible that there was stock ground and finished ready for scales that were put at a later period.
If you are referring to styles of the lettering and such, you may be right, I do not know the history, but I can tell blade that has never been honed from one that has, and that is what I think matters in the discussion of NOS vs not, the scales can be anything they want to be , they do not do the shaving. My personal opinion of course.
Well according to the trademark office the first registration for "Doble temple" was in 1962.
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