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    Found this today and as usual could not resist. Not mint by a long shot, some plating wear off the cover plate, the usual hairline crack in the hollow handle and so on. Gave her a quick clean/disinfect and light polish before a shave using vintage Yardley soap and a fresh Persona blade. All I can say is what a smooth shaver it is. Love these old open comb Gillettes and as a bonus they don't seem to clog up with soap like some other types of DEs seem to. I'd get another one in better shape in a heartbeat. Please excuse the poor photo quality, it is a heavy crop of a SOTD photo.

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    Had trouble with the threaded swaged end of the handle coming loose because of a slight crack in the hollow portion of the handle. I substituted a thick bar handle from a Gillette New model to cure that.
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    Dragging up an oldie here Bob, I was going to purchase one with the same crack in the handle without any plating left on it. Since you say it comes loose and I haven't got any other de handles I passed on it. Very helpful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER View Post
    Dragging up an oldie here Bob, I was going to purchase one with the same crack in the handle without any plating left on it. Since you say it comes loose and I haven't got any other de handles I passed on it. Very helpful.
    Since the original post I found many threads on repairing that common problem. I did a quick and dirty glue job using Gorilla glue, I think it was. The crack is still there but so far it is holding up nicely. So I wouldn't necessarily be put off by a cracked handle.

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