[PIF] 1948 Aristocrat & Case

[haulage]

I'm in for this vintage piece of razor history

No connection to 1948, but I have some interesting bit of trivia: George Orwell wrote the dystopian novel 1984 in 1948

 

[cranewarrior]

I'm in for this vintage piece of razor history.

I believe 1948 was the first year the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) added television broadcast to their operations which previously had been over radio only. I worked at an ABC affiliate station for a couple of years part-time as a teenager. Nothing fancy, I was a gopher basically, but I got to realize that the TV "celebrities" who reported the local news were very much middle-class people with the usual pressures about raising kids and paying bills.

 

[AndyPanda]

I'm in for this vintage piece of razor history.

When I was growing up in the 50's, my dad shaved with an Aristocrat that looked just like this one. Dad started getting interested in trying a Norelco electric so he gave the Aristocrat to my older brother. Just before I was old enough to need a razor, my brother went off to College and took the Aristocrat with him and I never saw it again I ended up starting out with one of those Gillette Techmatic razors that had just come out.

 

[gpjoe]

Very nice, generous PIF.

Not in - I've already got one.

 

[Sam Hanwich]

I'm in for this vintage piece of razor history

On Jan 4 1948, Burma gained Independence from the UK. And I'm old enough to remember the days when there were signs alongside the highway where you would pass one sign and then another and then another to complete the little advertising jingle for Burma Shave

 

[hairless wonder]

I'm in for this vintage piece of razor history!

Thanks for the generosity and the opportunity to participate.

As for me, I don't really have a connection to 1948. The closest would be that my parents were born around then, but not in that year.

 

[pathologist]

I'm in! Amazing PIF, good luck to all!

 

[Radimus]

Just a quick bump for the thread. I’ll be drawing a winner to tomorrow night - sometime after 6PM EST. Thanks to everyone for participating.

The current list:

1) @ewk
2) @Jaybyrd
3) @dmshaver
4) @ButterfaceX
5) @Big_T
6) @haulage
7) @cranewarrior
8) @AndyPanda
9) @Sam Hanwich
10) @hairless wonder
11) @pathologist

 

[dmshaver]

Good luck everyone!

 

[SmokedStanley]

I'm in. Seeing as my Parents were not born yet, not much of a connection really, but I love vintage razors and have yet to come acquire one. Looking forward to tomorrow, thanks for the chance.

 

[emwolf]

Not in but lovely razor!

 

[Tinmantoo]

"I'm in for this vintage piece of razor history." Wonderful PIF! I did shave with this razor once, suggested and borrowed from a friend's collection. Found it to be possibly the best vintage razor I've tried!

 

[Phoenixkh]

My heart wants to have my name added to the PIF list, but my head tells me.... If you head down the Vintage rabbit hole, you'll be back where you started... In a razor buying frenzy.

I think this is a most generous PIF... so thank you, @Radimus , I'll graciously bow out. I hope the winner loves the way it looks and even more, the way it shaves.

 

[SmokedStanley]

The suspense, the intrigue, the mystery.

1. I will randomly pick the winner on April 2nd

The suspense, the intrigue, the mystery. Wondering who is the lucky winner of this glorious razor.

 

[Radimus]

Hi everyone! Sorry for the wait. Some family stuff came up last night.

The final list is:

1) @ewk
2) @Jaybyrd
3) @dmshaver
4) @ButterfaceX
5) @Big_T
6) @haulage
7) @cranewarrior
8) @AndyPanda
9) @Sam Hanwich
10) @hairless wonder
11) @pathologist
12) @SmokedStanley
13) @Tinmantoo

And a drum roll please....

 

[Chef455]

Hi everyone! Sorry for the wait. Some family stuff came up last night.

The final list is:

1) @ewk
2) @Jaybyrd
3) @dmshaver
4) @ButterfaceX
5) @Big_T
6) @haulage
7) @cranewarrior
8) @AndyPanda
9) @Sam Hanwich
10) @hairless wonder
11) @pathologist
12) @SmokedStanley
13) @Tinmantoo

And a drum roll please....

Say it!!!!

 

[Radimus]

The winner is #8 @AndyPanda!!!

Thank you everyone for participating!

 

[Radimus]

Now I just have to figure out how to DM someone... @AndyPanda, please feel free to reach out to me for how I can get this to you. I'm still a newbie at B&B.

 

[Chef455]

Congratulations @AndyPanda ! And well done @Radimus ! That is a lovely razor and a terrific PIF. Thank you for perpetuating the awesomeness here on B&B!

 

[dmshaver]

Thank you @Radimus & congratulations @AndyPanda!