Milord Update

Straight Arrow · Post by **Straight Arrow** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:16 pm

A week ago I posted this picture of my $5 ebay score that I hoped was a Milord:

Well, I received the shipment and this is what I have.

Pre-cleaning:

And post-cleaning:

Rich53 · Post by **Rich53** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:24 pm

That isn't a Milord. It looks like a gold ranger tech, if such a thing exists. I have a milord and a ranger tech. Unless all the plating is missing and it's all brass.

regards,

Straight Arrow · Post by **Straight Arrow** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:40 pm

According to this reference, the gold plated Ranger Tech is called a Milord:

http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/index.ph ... tte_Milord

Rich53 · Post by **Rich53** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:29 pm

A milord is a gold plated SS, and according to the reference, a gold plated ranger tech. I have the gold plated SS and a silver ranger tech. This is the first time I have heard of a gold plated ranger tech labeled as a milord.

regards,

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:36 pm

I dunno....where the hell is Danny or James when you need them, I ask you? Could be both. We know that Gillette recycled some of their names for different models, the 'Aristocrat' being one salient example.
Regards,
Gordon

With The Grain · Post by **With The Grain** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:11 pm

yup yup, the gold plated milord actually predates the ranger tech (off hand I've got no clue by how long), but that is indeed what you've found, a milord. Everyone else is correct in that gold plated superspeeds are milords as well, this is another case of name carry over

btw- your razor looks like it survived that case of gangrene on the doors quite well, in dealing with nickel plated razors I've found that a sure sign of plating loss... I wonder if gold plate is more resilient

either way, very nice clean up!

Straight Arrow · Post by **Straight Arrow** » Sat May 24, 2008 3:42 am

With The Grain wrote:
your razor looks like it survived that case of gangrene on the doors quite while, in dealing with nickel plated razors I've found that a sure sign of plating loss... I wonder if gold plate is more resilient either way, very nice clean up!

The plating is definitely thinner at the site of the gangrene but enough is intact to still look good.

MTgrayling · Post by **MTgrayling** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:39 am

Rich53 wrote:A milord is a gold plated SS, and according to the reference, a gold plated ranger tech.

The Milord was introduced in 1940 and the Ranger Tech in 1941. The one in the photo was one of the first TTO's after the Aristocrat which preceded it by a year.

Great find!

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Sun May 25, 2008 9:19 am

Rich, how did you clean that up?

Pauldog · Post by **Pauldog** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:44 am

Mine must be a later version, since it looks just like a gold Super Speed.

Pauldog · Post by **Pauldog** » Tue May 27, 2008 11:55 pm

By the way, one way to find a Milord on eBay is to search for "milford".

Straight Arrow · Post by **Straight Arrow** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:16 am

Zach wrote:Rich, how did you clean that up?

I used what I use to clean up all my razors:

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:09 am

Never heard of that product. Nor the use of a cook-top cleaner, but there's no arguing with your results!

thanks,

Zach

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:13 am

Makes sense -- when I lived at my old place we used it on glass cooktops, and it would take off almost anything, and not scratch the glass.

Gotta try that.

Pauldog · Post by **Pauldog** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:29 pm

Somewhat off topic, but I can't help it.

Will the cooktop stuff work on CD's and DVD's?

I've only found one thing so far that doesn't scratch. It's a white liquid from Allsop made especially for fixing CD/DVD scratches.