Cheers I've just pulled the trigger on it - hope I like it! I have another question about the 60s brass or metal one in the shop, the seller has described it as quote: ' I think it's probably a royal ace but it hasn't got the flow bar'. Is there such a thing?
converted Royal Ace maybe? There is the Hi-Fi but I'm not sure that was available with a COB shell. A photo will clear it up.
*correction, the Hi-Fi was available in brass. Later they were aluminium. And wood of course. The Hi-Fi has a simpler standard strainer.