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Flare Bottom Aristocrat
Manufacturer: Gillette
Dates in Production: 1914-1917
Type: DE, 3-piece
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Description: Silver plated 3 piece razor, serial number stamped on head.
Notes of Interest: Picture credit to slant-fan, razor in second picture is from 1917 and is in well-loved condition.
New and Improved Aristocrat
Manufacturer: Gillette
Dates in Production: 1922-1929?
Type: DE, 3-piece
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Description: Gold Plated,
Notes of Interest: Introduced in 1921, the case was "French Ivory" or "Imitation Ivory" celluloid case. Blade boxes were either gold plated or imitation ivory. Inside of lid has Gillette diamond and Aristocrat in gold lettering. Price was $6 to $13.50
New De Luxe Aristocrat
Manufacturer: Gillette
Dates in Production: 1930-1931
Type: DE, 3-piece
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Description: Gold plated set included blade boxes, shaving brush and soap containers and 10 blades. Very ornate and beautiful set. Was the highest priced set of Gillette's premium line and sold for $75. Serially numbered sets.
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1930's Aristocrat
Manufacturer: Gillette
Dates in Production: 1934-1940
Type: DE, TTO, Open comb
Weight: 2.3oz/66g. Rhodium plated version: 2.6oz/73g
Description: Gold plated, barber pole style handle.
Notes of Interest: This model was introduced for the holiday season of 1934 and retailed for $4.00. This was the first twist to open model Gillette offered. There were 2 different boxes for these razors; a gold plated case with a greek key pattern, and the blue leather box. Additionally, the late 30's Aristocrat has no rivets visible on the side of the head. Please see the last photograph, picture credit to enderi.
1940's Aristocrat
Manufacturer: Gillette
Dates in Production: 1941, 1946-1949
Type: DE, TTO
Weight: 2.5oz - 71
Description: Gold plated, smooth below the neck and above the TTO mechanism.
Notes of Interest: There are three different boxes for this razor; a blue leather with white lining/blue lettering on the lid; brown leather with white lining/maroon lettering on the lid; and brown leather with maroon lining/gold lettering on the lid. The exact order of their release is being researched but has yet to be determined. Additionally, there are 2 variations of the 1940's Aristocrat; the 1941 version is unnothced and does not have end caps; and the unnotched post-war 1946-1947 variety that does have end caps. These can be seen in the last photo comparing the former to the latter.
Aristocrat Jr (USA)
Manufacturer: Gillette
Dates in Production: 1947
Type: DE, TTO
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Description: forthcoming
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1948-1950 Aristocrat
Manufacturer: Gillette
Dates in Production: 1948 -1950; no date codes
Type: DE, TTO
Weight: 2.4 oz / 67 g
Description: Gold plated, knurling present below the neck, smooth above the TTO mechanism.
Notes of Interest: Introduced in 1948, this is the "third" closed-comb Aristocrat model, which features a notched center bar to make replacing the razor blade faster and safer. Ads refer to this as the Improved Aristocrat. This notch improvement was done for the Milord and Superspeed as well. The paper outer box is shown below as well as the instructions.
1960's Aristocrat
Manufacturer: Gillette
Dates in Production: Estimate 1961-1967
Type: DE, TTO, Adjustable
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Description: Gold plated Slim Adjustable, 1-9
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