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07-19-2021, 12:41 PM #1Junior Member
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Gillette Bostonian 1920’s?
Who can tell me some history. Good bad indifferent?
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07-19-2021, 01:48 PM #2I'm a social vegan. I avoid meet.
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I had one -- a 1924 (see below). Nice heft; aggressive enough, but not overly so. More "substantial" than the previous Old Type. Be on the lookout for "stress fractures" in the handle; especially at the top, where the tube joins the ferrule (it's a press-fit).
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Originally Posted by scottdhansen
It is a good shaver like the other NEW Improved Gillette's. What make's it a Bostonian is the case - very cool with the built in elevator that raises the razor when the lid is opened. Here's my two of a kind save the Richwood and Bostonian boxes - albeit out of focus sorry!
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