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- Sunday November 3, 2013
I took a punt on these recently as a job lot, the online picture wasn't bad but not very detailed, to be honest I expected some plating issues etc but apart from one very small bit missing on a 1912 handle end and thumb button top there's nothing.
I thought there was a 'Streamline' and a stropper in there but wasn't 100% sure , so it was nice to see I wasn't wrong!
I'd never really noticed before but the marking /script inside and out on the right hand end 1912 is a slightly larger and different font if you look closely...honest it is!
The stropper;
and a couple more including the Streamline;
last few;
The Streamline and the stropper both have the heavier nickel plated handles not the later??? alloy ones.
The blade shown is a British made 'Star' that I acvquired recently in a job lot of blades, it was NOS but didn't look that great ...so I cleaned it carefully, honed on and old Valet strop pasted with 'Autosol' then stropped it with a very good Valet strop 10 or so times and got a decent shave in three passes...winner now to find some more NOS single edged carbon blades!!!
I thought there was a 'Streamline' and a stropper in there but wasn't 100% sure , so it was nice to see I wasn't wrong!
I'd never really noticed before but the marking /script inside and out on the right hand end 1912 is a slightly larger and different font if you look closely...honest it is!
The stropper;
and a couple more including the Streamline;
last few;
The Streamline and the stropper both have the heavier nickel plated handles not the later??? alloy ones.
The blade shown is a British made 'Star' that I acvquired recently in a job lot of blades, it was NOS but didn't look that great ...so I cleaned it carefully, honed on and old Valet strop pasted with 'Autosol' then stropped it with a very good Valet strop 10 or so times and got a decent shave in three passes...winner now to find some more NOS single edged carbon blades!!!