Acquisitions December 10 to December 16

[Halden]

 

[TENroaches]

I got an email from a friend the other day who said he knew some folks moving into a house where a 93 year old aunt had lived, and they said they had to move a lot of junk out. He asked them to keep an eye out for any old razors for me. They found some, and gave them to him. Here they are!

I won't get to meet them until Dec. 23 at the earliest, though.

Just so I'm sure.... that is a Fat Boy, and some sort of GEM, right? The GEM uses a single edge blade? I know the Fat Boy is a popular razor, but what about the other? I almost bought a Fat Boy a month or so ago, so I'm thrilled to be getting this one.

 

[jlander]

GEM Featherweight. Great little razor.

I occasionally use one for touchup if my current eBay special hasn't quite come upto snuff

 

[Dr. Mike]

Items I acquired on B&B this week:
TOBS Avocado shave cream
TOBS Bay Rum splash
SCS Bay Rum w/ a Twist EDT
Some samples of Speick

Last week I also made a great new addition to my shave den that I will include here:
AOS Lavender shave cream
C. O. Bigelow Bay Rum AS balm

 

[boboakalfb]

Antonio Puig Agua Lavanda

 

[raditzer]

I went to C&E today and got their very last Best Badger Brush! They sold me the display brush as they only had the pure badger in stock at $35. I'm excited to try it out tomorrow. I also received my B&B sample package today (finally) and am looking forward to working my way through it. Overall a very good day.

PS. just because I got a C&E BBB doesn't mean I'm not going to get the B&B essential brush...I'm still getting it!

 

[johnniegold]

From Charles:

 

[Beast]

Bought this at a local old-school hardware store (Parker Astin) in Bryan, Texas. Very thick and creamy, very light, pleasant scent.

They do have a website and I'll give this cream a swirl tomorrow morning and report back to everyone after that.

 

[biomesh]

Four tubes of NOS Coates Shaving Cream.

2 Tea Tree
1 Almond
1 Lime

Ordered Tuesday, arrived Thursday

 

[jlander]

Picked this up today. I won't say for how much, I would be embarrassed.

Mappin & Webb 5/8 Spike Point in pretty nice shape. Came out of the box (wrong one) sharp enough to pop
the hairs off the back of my arm.

 

[joel]

Picked this up today. I won't say for how much, I would be embarrassed.

Mappin & Webb 5/8 Spike Point in pretty nice shape. Came out of the box (wrong one) sharp enough to pop
the hairs off the back of my arm.

I'm jealous....

 

[jlander]

I'm jealous....

You have 7. And in ivory no-less.

I can't wait to try this, The blade is absolutely clean, but the scales are celluloid. May see if Robert has any of that Mammoth Ivory left. Or maybe MOP?

 

[Taz]

The razor was packaged with a paste all over it that rubbed off and maintained this blade perfect. The packaging was labeled 5/8 but the razor actually measures a hair over 6/8. I am loving this one great addition to my dd collection.

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[Austin]

Don, you need to slow down with those straight razor purchases.

 

[Aaron622]

Picked up some of the basics from Charles at QED. He threw in the Real Shaving Co cream free because he had just run out of TOBS Avocado in a tub. How's that for customer service! I lathered up some Tabac just in my hand and couldn't believe how much rich, slick, creamy lather I was able to generate using just a few swirls worth of soap. Can't wait to actually shave with it.

 

[jlander]

3 new vintage blades added to my herd.

From left to right.....

George Wostenholm IXL 5/8 Full Hollow Ground Spanish Point, Etched Blade, Silver Inlaid Black Celluloid Scales

Yankee Cutlery "Parisian" 6/8 Square Point Hollow Ground, Etched Blade, Silver & Pearl Inlaid Black Celluloid

Wade & Butcher 6/8 Quarter Hollow Notch Point, Black Bakelite (Chipped)

All the blades are in great shape. Only on the W&B is there a problem with the scales.

 

[Luxlover]

I received a new gift wrapped glass jar of Crabtree & Evelyn Sandalwood shave cream.
5.3 oz. of pure shaving joy. I have never tried any C&E products before.


Steve

 

[usqview]

sweet! i havent tried any of the c&e stuff yet either. your secret santa must be in tune with you.

cheers and happy holidays!

ryan

 

[johnniegold]

Emperor 3 came in today's mail from Lee. Also a comparision pic:

 

[copperhead]

Nice background, Jay.