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Fantastic Jimmy! Thanks for the pics! I have never seen a razor quite like the Pomco on the left in the first picture. If my eyes aren't deceiving me, is the head actually in a curve rather than...

Wow, you were quite the DE collector! No wonder we're hitting it off so well so early in my "career" here. :)

That's an impressive list of slant razors -- any chance you own an open comb...

Have you ever shaved with a Barbasol? I think this is the most aggressive fixed head DE ever made. It's the same size and weight as a Gillette Big Fellow, but in comparison, it makes the BF seem...

Okay, this is embarrassing! I have one of those sitting front and center in my display cabinet that is about 3 feet behind where I am now sitting and typing, and it is indeed a bulldog handle! ...

To clarify my definition of "best", I'm thinking in overall terms. The Executive was one of the few US built razors that had a level of quality comparable to the Brits. As I said, there was only...

IMHO, the razor that shaves far better than any of the US or British Aristocrats (or Diplomats and Presidents, for that matter) that does not get much mention because of its rarity, is the Executive....

Okay, got it. :)

My Diplomat is a 1955 model ("A" code), and coincidentally, I have never seen a 1953 "Y" model -- I've only seen Presidents with "Y" codes.

Um, that's not a #66, that's a Diplomat. This is a #66:

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Absolutely!

Correct. The notched center bars didn't show up until 1948.

HOWEVER, Gillette was famous for making some mixed parts razors because they they didn't throw anything away when they did design...

Generally speaking, the British Aristocrats were built to a higher standard and are more refined than their US counterparts. The pre 1950's Brits (#15, #16, #21, #22) had flat, thick base plates...