Other than the plating, do the Diplomat and President differ in such particulars as blade gap or something else?
Difference between Gillette Diplomat and President
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Here thanks to Mr Razor as always :
Here you can see from left to right:
1948-1951 Aristocrat, gold plated
1953 Diplomat, gold plated
1953 President, nickel plated
The Diplomat and President have the knurling near the knob
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Here you can see from left to right:
1948-1951 Aristocrat, gold plated
1953 Diplomat, gold plated
1953 President, nickel plated
The Diplomat and President have the knurling near the knob
If you are asking about how the two shave, I've never noticed a difference. Far as I know they just have the different plating and came in different cases.
nice id love to get my hands on one of those
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My inquiry is simply this. If you took a Diplomat and plated it in rhodium would it be a President? The same for a President plated in gold; would that be a Diplomat? In other words are there any differences such as blade gap or anything else that would - other than plating - differentiate the two.
they look identical to me
The very first President (Y-1) was a rhodium plated Aristocrat handle with a band next to the TTO knob.
L to R
1946-47 Aristocrat (gold) top and bottom band
1948-51 Aristocrat (gold) knurling top and bottom band
1953 Y-1 President (rhodium) knurling top and bottom band
1953 Y-2 President (rhodium) knurling top and bottom
IMHO the 46-47 Aristocrat is just a shade more aggressive then the other three. Presidents are nice shavers and have a nice feel in your hand..... hard to explain...... It's my Sunday shaver.
L to R
1946-47 Aristocrat (gold) top and bottom band
1948-51 Aristocrat (gold) knurling top and bottom band
1953 Y-1 President (rhodium) knurling top and bottom band
1953 Y-2 President (rhodium) knurling top and bottom
IMHO the 46-47 Aristocrat is just a shade more aggressive then the other three. Presidents are nice shavers and have a nice feel in your hand..... hard to explain...... It's my Sunday shaver.
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Thank you, Chuckman. Where does the Diplomat fit into this hierarchy? I have a cased 1948-1951 Aristocrat, a Y1 and an A1 President; and two cased A2 Diplomats. My Y1 President is knurled all the way like the Y2 in your picture.
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Hierarchy of what? Aggression, price, shave, collectors value?
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Technically speaking.
From Chuckman post:
The very first President (Y-1) was a rhodium plated Aristocrat handle with a band next to the TTO knob.
L to R
1946-47 Aristocrat (gold) top and bottom band
1948-51 Aristocrat (gold) knurling top and bottom band
1953 Y-1 President (rhodium) knurling top and bottom band
1953 Y-2 President (rhodium) knurling top and bottom
IMHO the 46-47 Aristocrat is just a shade more aggressive then the other three. Presidents are nice shavers and have a nice feel in your hand..... hard to explain...... It's my Sunday shaver.
"""Thank you, Chuckman. Where does the Diplomat fit into this hierarchy? I have a cased 1948-1951 Aristocrat, a Y1 and an A1 President; and two cased A2 Diplomats. My Y1 President is knurled all the way like the Y2 in your picture.""""
From those you mentioned, I think in a blind shave test, you would probably not feel a difference. Presidents seem to be harder to come by and so it depends on whether you prefer gold or rhodium. Again, just my opinion.
From those you mentioned, I think in a blind shave test, you would probably not feel a difference. Presidents seem to be harder to come by and so it depends on whether you prefer gold or rhodium. Again, just my opinion.
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Since none of your guys really answered my question, I will conclude that the first President is an Aristocrat plated in rhodium; the Diplomat is a President plated in gold. There would be no way to tell if a President were plated in gold or a Diplomat plated in rhodium.
Only trouble with that theory is that the President is not entirely rhodium, as per this thread.
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/169277-The-President-is-not-all-Rhodium
I have a few Presidents and have to agree.
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/169277-The-President-is-not-all-Rhodium
I have a few Presidents and have to agree.
You are asking questions and when a member answers , u ask another question and confuse the answer. B&B member Chuckman already answered your question. If you want to know how to detect what razor is plated you can take it to a jeweler because sometimes users can replate razors to alter its original plating. But for the record the razors you asked about all differ in plating, and by design just slightly . The aggression levels of each is slightly different but not major.
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1948-50 Aristocrat models from this time period are a little tamer than their predecessors ...1946-47 considered most aggressive version of the Aristocrat.
lets add some more fuel to the fire, the Gillette Regent Tech, looks like which one of the group?
Regent Tech has no notch, end caps or text inside the head.(PAT. NOS. ON PACKAGE)
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Aristocrat?
OK, 48-51 Aristocrat but it is not same thoughno notch, end caps or text inside the head.(PAT. NOS. ON PACKAGE)
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