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Post by PJGH on Jan 14, 2016 3:10:50 GMT -6
All the '14s used the old smaller thread.
The 'Test Outfit' razors I have (the capless '14 bases with a clip back and wider thread) were from the early '20s and NOT 1914 models, just similar. I believe we can place the 12 tooth into the mid-'20s as the baseplates bear all the hallmarks of those 'Test Outfit' razors and so logically, these come after the early-'20s.
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Post by mjclark on Jan 14, 2016 3:22:54 GMT -6
All the '14s used the old smaller thread. The 'Test Outfit' razors I have (the capless '14 bases with a clip back and wider thread) were from the early '20s and NOT 1914 models, just similar. I believe we can place the 12 tooth into the mid-'20s as the baseplates bear all the hallmarks of those 'Test Outfit' razors and so logically, these come after the early-'20s. Ah-ha! But why oh why switch from 11 to 12 teeth? Was there a complete retooling every few years, which would explain the change in combs and caps??
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Post by PJGH on Jan 14, 2016 4:46:43 GMT -6
My guess (as above) is that there was a corner of the factory where prototypes were made, small runs (like the 'Test Outfit') and so on ... and when the 1914 was ceased on the main lines, the remaining baseplates and caps were put together into "special" boxes to sell off. That small corner of the factory had mis-matched parts which fitted together ... and they fitted them together in a small run to use up remaining bits.
... or something like that.
11 to 12 teeth can be explained by the 'Test Outfit' razors, but why 12 teeth on those razors?
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Post by mjclark on Jan 14, 2016 4:57:45 GMT -6
Hmm... maybe they had lots of caps and handles but no frames so retooled them. Ha ha - the ASR mysteries are deep indeed
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