I'm not sure if any of you have noticed or not but my signature here says 'WTT or WTB - NOS 1966 L1 Aristocrat'. This will need to be updated as it is no longer relevant but let me tell you a story regarding why I was after this razor. If you read my newbie thread you will have noticed that I was born in 1966, March in fact so I'm a L1. A little after I started with DE and became converted I was reading a thread about teaching our kids to shave properly given that many of us were NOT taught by our fathers. I have a son also born in March but a little more recently - 2001 to be exact. I vowed to myself that I would make sure that I taught him properly. I'm also a little into creating family history and traditions. On the day my son was born my father (his grandfather) and I went out an purchased an expensive but very high quality hammer. Every bloke needs a hammer I reckon and when my son turns 21 and get the memory box we created for him included within will be a hammer that his father and grandfather brought him on the day he was born. So obviously with DE shaving becoming a hobby and my prediliction for creating history I was always going to get him a special razor for his 18th (becoming an adult) birthday (yes, we tend to do both here in OZ, 18th and 21st birthdays are celebrated as special events). The obvious choice of course for a special DE shaving gift..... That is right - a L1 Gillette Aristocrat (with a Simpson Berkeley thrown in as well). Both are cased with their cardboard in pretty nice condition.... While the blades are not sealed they are L1 dated and come with the instructions (I don't expect the blades to actually be used) As you can see this baby glistens! Whether this becomes his daily shaver (he will of course be already taught how to shave properly before his 18th!) or something that he stores away this will (like the hammer) be forever HIS Gillette. Hope you liked the additional pics!
Love IT!! Those are the kind of defining moments in a young mans life that he takes with him the rest of his life....And when he gets older it will become even more important.....I rebond with my father everytime I make a lather or change a blade...A razor can be like a time machine that brings back moments and loved ones so effectively...Thats one of the greatest things about this hobby for me. My father and I were very close and it's very comforting for me to rebond with him every morning... Congratulations to you and your son for your fore-thought, and careing to put this together for him...I know he'll love it...And thinks for sharing it with us...
