British Aristocrat Collection

[mr-razor]

Wow...you learn something new everyday...I hadn't even seen a popular till now and I thought I'd been doing my research. Are they particularly rare or something?

I think they are rare:

 

[heirkb]

Does anyone know which way you need to turn the screw on the inside of one of these to open it? I have a somewhat messed up 15 I'd love to try to fix and clean a little, so I wanna try to open it up.
I just can't figure out which way to turn the screw to open it. A fatboy turns counter clockwise, an SS turns clockwise, what does a 15 do?

 

[merwtje]

Look at this thread to see how a silver plated #15 could look!

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=57320&highlight=silver

 

[bonusmarple]

So would you say that rhodium never has any tarnish, and that if there is tarnish the razor is silver-plated? Seems that all my "rhodium-plated" razors show tarnish when cleaned with Maas or Flitz but I just figured it was a result of age and moisture exposure.

Would be interesting if there were some exacting method for determining whether the plating is rhodium or silver. Any suggestions?

When my mother-in-law passed, my wife wanted to have some silverware appraised. The jeweler said he could eyeball it, but to be absolutely certain, he would have to take a sample and check for reactivity. We elected to go with the "eyeball" method.

 

[bonusmarple]

didnt you buy a razor from ebay for 300 bucks, i think the seller was from argentina....

Yep, that was the gold #66.

 

[razor_n_blade]

I´m not sure, but I believe the silver plated brit. Aristocrat comes 1936 and was only called "Aristocrat". 1938 he was rhodium plated and called #15 Aristocrat:

Excellent information, and certainly answered my question!

 

[heirkb]

I think they are rare:

Funny we were talking about this. I just scored one and may not have done so if I didn't know what the razor was. I like to know what I'm buying on eBay

 

[GoldenMonkey]

Funny we were talking about this. I just scored one and may not have done so if I didn't know what the razor was. I like to know what I'm buying on eBay

Did you get it for a good price?

 

[heirkb]

Yea actually. Got lucky on the bay. The only thing is that it's pretty dirty, so I just hope I can clean it up

 

[ctakim]

Beautiful! I am holding off collecting these European beauties because of their rarity (and expense) on this side of the Atlantic. But they are magnificent to behold (I feel my will weakening!)

 

[GoldenMonkey]

I'm just happy I scored highball's cased 1934! Can't wait to get that thing in my hands.

 

[Nozzlejocky]

Very nice bunch of razors you have there. Quite impressive.

 

[bonusmarple]

I'm just happy I scored highball's cased 1934! Can't wait to get that thing in my hands.

The 34 is a nice razor, enjoy.