Thanks and I'm still picking up on the trail that was blazed many moons ago by you, Achim,Ironfist, Jake and Mark!
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Thanks and I'm still picking up on the trail that was blazed many moons ago by you, Achim,Ironfist, Jake and Mark!
What magnificent elegance!!Use it in good health and enjoy!I recently acquired a 1936 silver plated British Aristocrat that can be seen in Achim's site. I received the razor recently and got around to cleaning it up today. As is common to silver plated razors, the razor had a lot of tarnish that went away with just one soak using the aluminum foil / baking soda / hot water process.
Razor, case interior & price insert. The silver plating on this razor is perfect and worked out to a brilliant shine with just one soak and no polishing at all:
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I never imagined that a silver plated aristocrat could look as beautiful as its rhodium plated relatives, but they do hold their own against their rhodium plated cousins when it comes to appearance, class & finesse. The 1936 silver plated open comb Aristocrat (left) and its rhodium plated #21 aristocrat cousin (right) side by side:
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Close up of the 1936 silver plated aristocrat showing the head and center bar (without wings):
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The nickel plated case (that has not been cleaned up yet) and the silver plated aristocrat:
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There is one difference between my set and Achim's set though: the notch on the base plate in my razor is different than in Achim's sets and is exactly like in this post on another thread started by elmerwood. I do not know if there was any conclusion on elmerwood's set but here is mine with the unique base plate!
What magnificent elegance!!Use it in good health and enjoy!