paydepst
08-02-2007, 04:52 AM
I posted this in one of the other forums and thought I would share it here as I found it interesting and thought some of you who spend most of your time at TSD might not have seen it.
This thread came about because of someone selling a Pre WWII MiLord over at B&B. Here you can see the pictures of that razor-
N.B. this razor is missing an end cap
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/DustBST_full.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/Dust_side2.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/Dust_side.jpg
Now I'm interested in the Pre War MiLord so I naturally took a look. In the case of the MiLord, I'm looking for a display piece and this was clearly in the nice shaver category so I decided to pass. As I was about to close the thread though I noticed something. The handle was definitely Pre war but the head was Post war SS style. Here's a photo of the Pre war MiLord-
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/PREMiLord.jpg
and here are two of the post war version from another ad-
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/Image-06B90240F5F511DB.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/Image-070BD2FEF5FF11DB.jpg
Notice the head and the handles in both versions and that the first MiLord combines characteristics of both. I felt this was one of those transitional hybrids we are always hearing so much about and decided to pm a few gurus and all are willing to concede the possibility that I am right about this. The razor was manufactured in the USA. Following is a mint example of this hybrid from my German Gillette connection-
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/AchimRT_full.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/AchimRT_base.jpg
And there you have it! Thanks to everyone for the use of their photos. I thought this was kind of neat and was wondering if anyone else has seen this razor?
BTW, if anyone has a pre war MiLord like the second one pictured above please contact me if you wish to sell it.
As Gollum would say, "I wants it! Must have the precious!"
This thread came about because of someone selling a Pre WWII MiLord over at B&B. Here you can see the pictures of that razor-
N.B. this razor is missing an end cap
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/DustBST_full.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/Dust_side2.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/Dust_side.jpg
Now I'm interested in the Pre War MiLord so I naturally took a look. In the case of the MiLord, I'm looking for a display piece and this was clearly in the nice shaver category so I decided to pass. As I was about to close the thread though I noticed something. The handle was definitely Pre war but the head was Post war SS style. Here's a photo of the Pre war MiLord-
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/PREMiLord.jpg
and here are two of the post war version from another ad-
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/Image-06B90240F5F511DB.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/Image-070BD2FEF5FF11DB.jpg
Notice the head and the handles in both versions and that the first MiLord combines characteristics of both. I felt this was one of those transitional hybrids we are always hearing so much about and decided to pm a few gurus and all are willing to concede the possibility that I am right about this. The razor was manufactured in the USA. Following is a mint example of this hybrid from my German Gillette connection-
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/AchimRT_full.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/mjl1297/AchimRT_base.jpg
And there you have it! Thanks to everyone for the use of their photos. I thought this was kind of neat and was wondering if anyone else has seen this razor?
BTW, if anyone has a pre war MiLord like the second one pictured above please contact me if you wish to sell it.
As Gollum would say, "I wants it! Must have the precious!"