I have never really paid a enough attention to the Gillette New Improved , I have a US Gold Bostonian with no serial # and like the shave but like the NEW Deluxe better. Received a Silver Canadian NI with a low serial 9262 Z so I started doing a little research and one of the 2008 posts mentioned that there was a transition NI razor that instead of having the two through the baseplate posts had a slotted baseplate like the NEW.This brought to mind the NEW Deluxe , I have a Gold Criterion and a Silver Belmont Deluxe and on Mr Razor's site they are early NEWs circa 1930. Both of these razors have New Improved type handles and are 3 piece razors like the New Improved.The New deluxe also has a thick base plate.My question is was there a transition from the New Improved to the NEWs with the Deluxe being that razor or was there some other path ? There seems to be some visual similarities the Deluxe may be a transition to the later NEWs? Any thoughts ?
The Canadian New improved ,the serial #is below 10,000 so my guess is it is first year of manufacture?
On the left are the no serial # NI Bostonian and the Criterion NEW Deluxe
Center pair the Canadian NI and the Belmont Deluxe
Right pair the NI Tuckaway and the NEW Deluxe Norfolk
Glenn
Transition from the New Improved to the NEW
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