Aluminum British #58

[heirkb]

I just got one of these and have a few questions about it.
Are these rarer than the non-aluminum versions?
Are they all aluminum (handle and head)? The head even feels light on this razor
Are they rhodium plated? Mine seems to be slightly matte in some areas and I assumed that may be a result of the aluminum base (it does not seem to polish as well as my other razors)
I will post pics tomorrow. It's in the kitchen right now and I'm too lazy to go down there right now

 

[merwtje]

The handle and the head are aluminum in I'm not sure with what kind of plating is used for the handle. The head is not plated and the doors shine like rhodium. Look at this old thread.
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=41280&highlight=aluminum

The heavy versions are more usual though.

 

[rodd]

Aluminum ones are hard to find. It is hard to know which style you are getting until you pick it up.

 

[heirkb]

I figure if I don't like the shave, I can sell it. Aside from some scratches on the inside of the doors and the inside of the baseplate (and these ARE visible scratches. Not huge gouge marks, but 2-3cm scratch marks that can be seen in the right light) and a little ding mark on the center bar, everything is nice and shiny now. I repolished the baseplate a bit so it's shining too.
How much is a fair price? I've seen mint heavy #58's without cases range between 125 and 175 on the BST, so I was thinking this would be worth between 125-150 USD?
If the shave is not the best in the world, I'd really prefer a two band T2 to this razor I think

 

[heirkb]

Here are the pictures. The black dots on the bottom of the baseplate thing are way less noticeable in real life, but the camera picked up on them. The camera really destroyed this razor. Usually my razors look better in the camera than in real life, but this is definitely a case of the opposite
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