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Well after a lovely holiday weekend I decided to reach for the last Aristocrat (or the first) in the collection. This set is beautiful and the French Ivory case in very fine condition. The interior has been redone and cleaned up quite nicely. The blade banks came with unused and period correct 3 hole blades and an unopened tuck of the same. The single ring included in the set is in very fine condition and though it would be from perhaps the very end / beginning of the serial number / no serial number era, I do believe it may be a mismatch. However, it is a beautiful set that has withstood the test of time. Aristocrat indeed! It was loaded up for today’s ritual with a Gillette Platinum.

Today’s soap was Barrister & Mann Tuesday. Yes, apropos indeed! Love the lavender and violet in this scent and it is just so easy to use.

Lathered up with the Chubby 1 and enjoyed a wonderful three pass BBS shave. I enjoyed the New LC Shave earlier last week but this single ring is hard to beat! It is near perfect in its weight and balance and shaves incredibly well! Hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful long weekend. Happy shaves all!

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Gillette Aristocrat 1916-20
Blade: Gillette Platinum
Brush: Simpson Chubby 1
Pre-Shave: Proraso White Lotion
Lather: Barrister & Mann Tuesday
Aftershave: Barrister & Mann Tuesday
Additional Care:
B.I.G. Co. Alum Block

 

Well, Shazam! It's a real Beaut!

 

Had a nice shave today, no thanks to the blade though. Day 3 of trying the Bic Chrome Platinum blade. I wasn't impressed today either. Just not as smooth as my Nacet. I'm giving another day or two before I decide, but it's an uphill battle now for it. I enjoyed the brush a couple of days ago so used it again today.

RFB
Bic Chrome Platinum
Haslinger Schafmilch
24mm APShaveCO Synbad knot in a handle turned by Graydog
Lucky Old Man AS splash

 

Holy wow! That’s awesome!

 

Very nice!

 

Thank you Sir!

 

Thank you!

 

23/04/19-- #44 french new rfb set..
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Beautiful razor!

 

thank you sir, nice shaver..

 

Extremely nice set.

 

'52 Super Speed

 

Very nice set up Sir!

 

How is the French RFB different?

 

Gillette Blue tip / Gillette Silver blue

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its not. identical razor to the english rfb with french lettering on the baseplate and case is red inside instead of blue..

 

thank you..

 

Thank you for the explanation

 

After 4 days with the Bic Chrome Platinum blade, I'm ready to discard. I still prefer Nacet. Shave today was quite refreshing.
RFB
Bic Chrome Platinum
CBL Norse Spice
Elite Razor 24mm Manchurian White
TSD Bourbon & Vanilla

 

24/04/19 --#44 new rfb set,gsb ,wcs synthetic
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