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I'm sending it back to you with some soap and blades next week. Thank you so much!
Favorite Aristocrat?
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You are most welcome! Hope you enjoyed being able to find out first hand how they all compare <grin>
Hi experts. Any thoughts on what this one is? Just a 1934 US with no plate on the handle? I ask because it looks like copper instead of brass.
Thanks!
Thanks!
It's not copper, it's red brass. The alloy contains a higher percentage of copper, compared to yellow brass.
Is fake, send it to me
Nice 34!
Nice 34!
Ahh, thanks guys!
It has a weird knob issue, something must be broken in the handle. When trying to open the doors the knobs drops down about 1/4" and the doors stay closed. Push the knob up and the doors open perfectly. Tighten it like normal and the knob goes up and the doors close.
Ever seen one with this issue before? It shaves great so it's a keeper either way. I'd get it a resto and replate if the knob situation can be fixed.
It has a weird knob issue, something must be broken in the handle. When trying to open the doors the knobs drops down about 1/4" and the doors stay closed. Push the knob up and the doors open perfectly. Tighten it like normal and the knob goes up and the doors close.
Ever seen one with this issue before? It shaves great so it's a keeper either way. I'd get it a resto and replate if the knob situation can be fixed.
Genius, thank you!!!
Wow, honestly a 20 second fix. I dumbed it down to wrapping coated wire around the handle and squeezing with a Channel Lock in a few places.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
Nice. [emoji106]
i would need your help to differentiate #15 and #21....I am trying to see the different comb design but I do not succeeded ...
I have one of them...
on top mine is 73 gr and Mr Razor stated 72 or 74 gr....thanks
Tam
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There's one exception but, usually #15 sets - OC razor, #21 sets - SB razor. Pretty easy to distinguish.i would need your help to differentiate #15 and #21....I am trying to see the different comb design but I do not succeeded ...
I have one of them...
thanks
Tam
Great scores, gents! Congrats!
Hi Nuclearblast, this is not what i understood looking at
http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierer/One-Piece solid guard bar/solid guard bar.htm
that s why i am hesitating...
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tam
The easiest way to start understanding, is knowing that the numbers refer to sets (case + razor) and not to the razors themselves. The same razor was often sold in many different sets, and the UK OC Aristocrats are a great example. For example, the razor in the #15 set is the exact same as the one in the #19 set, and others. The differences are the cases and/or plating.
There's 4 Generations of UK Aristocrats:
1st - OC, solid baseplate, crimped handle
2nd - SB, solid baseplate, crimped handle
3rd - SB, solid baseplate, rocket-style handle
4th - SB, diamond stamped baseplate, rocket-style handle
The 1st and 2nd Generations both have a #15 set, and this is the exception I was talking about.
If you don't have a case, you don't have a set. If your razor is OC it's a 1st Generation Aristocrat, a SB is a 2nd Generation Aristocrat.
If it's a SB and even if you don't have a case, I guess you can say it's a #21 because that's the only 2nd Generation set that I'm aware of, apart from the exception I mentioned above. I don't know if those were even sold in Europe.
If your razor is OC and you don't have a case, it could have been sold in quite a few different sets, although the #15 is the most common.
If you do have a case, it should be easy to ID. It's everything on Achim's site.
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^Impressive, Edgar.
Dang it! 
I secretly hoped Edgar didn't know the answer of that one.
I secretly hoped Edgar didn't know the answer of that one.
Both the #15 and the #21 in my possession have an open barrel…meaning there is a hole at the bottom of the handle.
When I look at the #21, I can clearly see a screw that is part of the TTO (twist-to-turn) mechanism….but when I stare into the barrel opening of the #15, I do not see any such screw…only darkness….I wonder if that is another distinguishing characteristic (although the comb design clearly seems to be the most obvious).
Well, gents, a couple of shaves with my (long searched for) Aristocrat #16....
With an Iridium Super + MWF.
VERY nice, for sure
. It's mild, really mild, and efficient. Reminds me of a Rocket HD 500? And... seems to be less "aggressive" than my Aristocrat Jr #49? I will have to investigate.
Sturdy, shiny and beautiful. After the first pass my ugly mug was more than decently shaved...Have to try it with a Feather.
Very glad to have got it. So far my favourite Aristocrat!
With an Iridium Super + MWF.
VERY nice, for sure
. It's mild, really mild, and efficient. Reminds me of a Rocket HD 500? And... seems to be less "aggressive" than my Aristocrat Jr #49? I will have to investigate.Sturdy, shiny and beautiful. After the first pass my ugly mug was more than decently shaved...Have to try it with a Feather.
Very glad to have got it. So far my favourite Aristocrat!
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Congrats Juan! Those 16's are a delight. I consider them the best TTO ever made. As you said mild yet very efficient. Seems like it's barely working but shaves whiskers off like some of the more aggressive non-TTOs. They are easy on the eyes as well.
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