The many, lesser-known Aristocrat varieties
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I have 2 questions...
First - Is the Red Tip truly an Aristocrat? I know the TTO Aristocrat's came out in 1934, but I thought the Red, Blue, Black were all part of the SS family?
Second - Why did Gillette put out another line of Aristocrats (1934) with the same name as the older 1920's model?
First - Is the Red Tip truly an Aristocrat? I know the TTO Aristocrat's came out in 1934, but I thought the Red, Blue, Black were all part of the SS family?
Second - Why did Gillette put out another line of Aristocrats (1934) with the same name as the older 1920's model?
Nice, I didn't know they made a red-tipped Aristocrat. Good specimins, thanks for sharing.
I've also seen Ball-end Aristocrat of both open comb, and tech head varieties.
I think the OP had tongue-in-cheek when he posted these photos from less-than-knowledgeable eBay sellers. Neither one of these is an Aristocrat, but they're in Aristocrat cases. 
Wow i thought those were the Never before seen SS Aristocrat and Aristocrat Tech 
I, for one, appreciated the bone-dry humor. 
I, for one, appreciated the bone-dry humor.
Isn't that the best kind?
I, for one, appreciated the bone-dry humor.
I do too now that I have egg on my face.
...still learning. But I still am looking for an answer to my #2 question.
I do too now that I have egg on my face.
Les us know how the shave goes.
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Gillette really liked the Aristocrat name. They used it for everything from a 1916 Old Type to a '67 gold-plated adjustable, and everything in between.
I think they may have just stuck that name on whatever their most expensive razor was at any given time.
Kind of like when Dodge brought back the Charger name, but put it on a four-door sedan.
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And I apologize for putting eggs on anyones face... honestly it IS hard to keep track of all the various Aristocrat varieties without Achim's site/Krumholz/Waits.
Another rarity
Aristocrat and Ranger Tech cases seem to show up a lot with wrong razors in them.
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