Gillette Aristocrat Blades

[xillion]

I won an unopened pack of Gillette Aristocrat Blades, which appear to be stainless blades in an Aristocrat dispenser. Anyone have any more info on these blades? I found some images on Mr.Razor.
Here are the images from the seller.

 

[Straight Arrow]

I've never seen these before. Interesting find. They must have been produced in very limited quantity.

 

[xillion]

I've never seen these before. Interesting find. They must have been produced in very limited quantity.

I too had never seen or heard of them before and the packaging looked very interesting to me, that's why I decided to pick the up.

 

[haiti222]

Google Books does it again. Unfortunately, the two references to them are in snippet mode only.

In the British magazine the Spectator, there is a 1966 article detailing the stainless blade wars and Gillette's introduction of the Aristocrat blades.

Then, in this book about the British playwright Noel Coward is this tempting snippet...

My Life with Noel Coward - Page 273
Graham Payn, Barry Day - 1996 - 416 pages - Preview
... ield has a tiny bit The Aristocrat is made by Gillette from ultrafine stainless steel, burnished to brilliance. Incidentally, it just so happens that the Aristocrat gives a far finer shave than any other blade. ...



Search I used:
http://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&tbo=1&q=gillette+aristocrat+stainless+blades

 

[xillion]

Very interesting, thank you for the info haiti222.