I have found a really good condition one on Ebay so I have stuck a cheeky bid in
Anybody got one of these?
Anybody got one of these?
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British Gillette Rocket Aluminum One
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I have the HD500 variant with the aluminum handle.
It's not the LD, it has the same head as the HD, but with an aluminum handle. I don't know if anyone has one around here.
They don't seem to common.
It's not the LD, it has the same head as the HD, but with an aluminum handle. I don't know if anyone has one around here.
They don't seem to common.
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The seller says its the Light duty one but the head looks like a HD one.
Sellers identify the right razor about 20% of the time. For some reason they think they can call a superspeed a fatboy, or that its the same thing. They are usually clueless
So you're saying that 80% of razors are are wrongly identified? If that were the case, ebay would be a goldmine for collectors. But it isn't, it's just somewhere you can get the occasional great deal. Market forces usually balance everything else out.
There are several variations of aluminum Rockets. I have one HD style Rocket with aluminum outer handle, and the rest is brass, including the TTO, one that the handle and TTO are aluminum, with a brass head, and one 40s style Rocket that is entirely aluminum. I know there is also a gold HD that is aluminum, but I don't have one. Any other variations I am forgetting?
Its because people who buy them know what they are. For example, the president that sold for $166 that was termed a "Butterfly Model." The seller can call it whatever they want, if it shows up in a search, buyers will bid
I have these and one of the gold anodized all-aluminum ones, too.
I LOVE the TTO aluminum razors - the HDs (and the aluminum #66 and #58 - are there more? Achim? Guido?) - for some reason I invariably get great shaves with them
For what it's worth I got an alum' junior aristocrat off ebay, just last week. Shaves like a dream. And rockets are usually easily re-sold if they don't do it for you.
I have found a really good condition one on Ebay so I have stuck a cheeky bid in
I have a case for this razor, I think(?). It's plastic, red bottom with a clear top. It's Canadian, but says razor made in UK. Says ROCKET really big on top.
The bad news: It's been altered. I bought a slim adjustable from someone, and for some reason they thought it would be ok to cut some of the plastic out of the case and act like this was actually a slim adjustable case. Silly, SILLY vendors.
The good news: If you, or anyone else, wants this case, PM me. I'll PIF or trade or something.
Rock on!
achim lists 9 different hd rockets: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=157135
I bought a set that has an Aristocrat Junior case and a razor that looks like a normal Rocket, but is aluminum. Does your aluminum Aristocrat Junior have the baseplate that the brass one has, or does it have the standard Rocket baseplate?
edit: this is actually the one I have. It actually cleaned up really nice.
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It certainly looks like a Rocket from the pictures.
...OK then.
I need an aluminum Jr.... and a gold HD (heavy, not light). I'm using the word NEED here... help me out, razor gods!
Achim, are there any other aluminum TTOs from Gillette?
edit: the black tip aluminum handled superspeed is one....
edit redux: blue tip superspeed...?
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Jrs come in both varieties don't they (solid, flat baseplate and the... other one. [what do you call that? molded? press-fit? I'm blanking big-time....])?
Some of the black tip Superspeeds were aluminum.
