Acquisitions Monday August 21th - Sunday August 27th

[Jim]

The FedEx truck finally arrived.

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=3290


http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=3291:biggrin:

[philamac]

Well it was time for the next step. Following trying out DE razors with a Boots cheapo (£3.99) I decided to spend some serious money (in this case £35) on a razor. From Executive Shaving the following arrived this morning (as good as Christmas!!!):

Merkur Progress
20 Merkur Blades
Taylors Shaving Shop scent cream

Looking forward to trying the Progress tomorrow and seeing if it makes a difference.

After a few weeks on this forum it looks like I will soon need a second bathroom cabinet.

[TraderJoe]

WOW. I just ordered this stuff friday night (three days ago), and its already waiting at home for me today! I am very impressed with QED's turnaround! Products were packed very thorougly, and secured well.

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=3292


Edit: I also really enjoy the descriptive sheets/executive summaries that Charles sends out. Very professional.

[Dinder1]

Nice score Joe, Charles makes a fine true Sandalwood soap, and I think you will love the brush.
Cheers, DJ.

[mrob]

OK, Joe--we are waiting to hear on that green clay mask. . .how is it?!?!?!?!?!?:biggrin:

[Scotto]

Well, I must say I am normally immune to the RAD variant of *AD. That being said, I got two new razors.:redface: First, after all my griping about how NWC never answered my e-mails about the Injector group buy, a whole slew of members here came out of the woodwork to offer me theirs. What a bunch of guys! One member insisted on sending me one gratis despite my protestations. Not a good pic, but here it is:

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/files/1/8/IMG_2580_1_1.JPG

Next, another member here put me in a half-nelson and insisted I buy a Gillette Superspeed from him after hearing that I had never tried a Gillette razor. Here is the little honey:

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/files/1/8/IMG_2618_3_1.JPG

Can't wait to try them out.

[stropmegently]

That Gillette looks great. How does it work? Compared to the Merkur? I saw Joel's view on the Gillette, but I have been contemplating getting one off EBay. How is the injector, I am really close to pulling the trigger and getting one.

Now, on to our regular schedule for this thread:

Today, I got:

Floris Elite cologne, deoderant and balm
Floris Santal cologne, balm (2), shave cream and 3 bars of soap (great bar of soap btw, lathers even better C&E soaps I think).
Floris 127
Floris JF
(got to love the sale, but the elite was from Shop Londons, highly recommended)
Did a trade for the proraso pre/post and shave cream in the green tube.

I am now on a SWMBO hiatus from buying for a while :angry:

Darren

[Lyrt]

– Dovo razor stand
– Merkur Vision
– Feather Double-Edge Blades, 10-Pak
– T&H Ultimate Comfort Shaving Cream
– ToOBS Luxury Herbal Aftershave Cream
– ToOBS Mr Taylor's Shaving Gel
– ToOBS Herbal Hair Gel
– SWISSCO Badger Bristle Toothbrush
– MARVIS Toothpaste, Jasmine Mint

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[Scorpio]

one box with 100 Israeli blades. I think I'm set for a while.

Rafael

[Scotto]

Just a few things today:
http://www.badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=3299
Taylor St. James x2
Taylor Almond
Taylor Avocado
Trumper Almond
Trumper Violet
Trumper Coconut
Trumper Coral Skin Food
Big honkin' DaVinci H20
Mocha Java shave stick :drool:

[TomH]

My birthday gifts:

-MUSGO REAL A/S Classic Scent
-MUSGO REAL Shaving Cream
-OLIVIA's Cream Shaving Soap in a wooden bowl w.lid, scented:CHILL OUT
-3 Samples of the other MUSGO REAL A/S Colognes

And the best is, I know that these gifts come from the bottom of the heart and that makes me very, very happy...:001_smile :001_smile

Thomas

[Steelforge]

New arrivals yesterday

Trumper Violet Shave Cream (smells and shaves great).
Trumper Coral Skin Food (this stuff is amazing - i love it!).
Trumper Alum Block (also very good, never used one of these before).
Dovo Razor Stand. :cool:
Styptic matches.
Merkur Platinum Blades.
Wilkinson Classic Blades.
Tesco Platinum Blades (they don't feel all that good to me). :thumbdown

Ordered and waiting to be delivered

Vulfix 2234 Super Badger.
Blade sample pack from letterk.
Mama-Bear Bay Rum Shave Soap.
Mama-Bear Indian Sandalwood Shave Soap.
Mama-Bear Christmas Forest Shave Soap.

[TraderJoe]

My birthday gifts:

-MUSGO REAL A/S Classic Scent
-MUSGO REAL Shaving Cream
-OLIVIA's Cream Shaving Soap in a wooden bowl w.lid, scented:CHILL OUT
-3 Samples of the other MUSGO REAL A/S Colognes

And the best is, I know that these gifts come from the bottom of the heart and that makes me very, very happy...:001_smile :001_smile

Thomas

Tom, Those are some great gifts...are those from your sweetheart?

[TomH]

Hi Joe,

from my Marion and their parents, very, very lovely and heartily people...:001_smile :001_smile

I hope everything is okay with you and Candis??
Best wishes to her...

Thomas

[madmedic]

Body Shop Shaving Cream
Vulfix Lavender Cream
Vulfix 2190 Travel Brush
Schick Type G Injector

Brian

[mrob]

Taylors Victorian Limes cologne: this is my all time favorite cologne, used to think I only liked it in the summer, but after my wife said, "Mmmm. . .Daddy smells good this morning," at the breakfast table, this one is going into the 12 month rotation!:001_tt2: :001_tt2: :001_tt2:

Also finally picked up some Taylors avocado--great stuff, very moisturizing--the face feels so much better after the shave its amazing.

I also got a new hydrosol at the local hippie grocery--Pangea Organics - Italian Green Mandarin with Sweet Lime Facial Toner--very nice stuff, not as refreshing as Thayers, but with a bit more sting--in a good way. . .

[Scotto]

More stuff today. It has been a good week.
http://www.badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=3303
Floris JF ASB
Floris Sandalwood cologne :drool:

[AVB19Peace]

I received my order from Mama Bear (http://www.bear-haven.com/Page3.html) today.

Shaving Soaps:
Rosemary Mint
Hydrogen
Celestial Waters

Bonus from Mama

Cologne:
Dragon's Tears

They all smell great and can't wait to shave with Rosemary Mint tomorrow. I'm a newbie to wet shaving and have never tried soaps, but I'm looking forward to these.

[vox_rox]

Body Shop Shaving Cream
Vulfix Lavender Cream
Vulfix 2190 Travel Brush
Schick Type G Injector

Brian

So, how's the Body Shop stuff? Just curious, because I have a Body Shop about a 10 minute walk fro my house, and how nice it would be to actually find a supplier that close for somethng - ANYTHING!

Peace,

Pierre

[Dinder1]

I picked up some Cedarwood shave soap from "The Soap Lady", and the Motherload arrived from Nancy Boy.

1-shave cream
1-conditioner
2-shampoo
3-body bar
1- mild facial cleaner
1-travel shampoo
1-travel conditioner
1-liquid hand soap
The free stuff
1-full size mild facial cleanser
1-travel size mild facial cleanser
1-travel size liquid hand soap
You gotta love the free stuff and free shipping that Nancy Boy gives ya.:thumbup:
Cheers, DJ.
Oh, and they also sent me free samples of both the Butch and Fem Parfum.

[TraderJoe]

I picked up some Cedarwood shave soap from "The Soap Lady", and the Motherload arrived from Nancy Boy.

1-shave cream
1-conditioner
2-shampoo
3-body bar
1- mild facial cleaner
1-travel shampoo
1-travel conditioner
1-liquid hand soap
The free stuff
1-full size mild facial cleanser
1-travel size mild facial cleanser
1-travel size liquid hand soap
You gotta love the free stuff and free shipping that Nancy Boy gives ya.:thumbup:
Cheers, DJ.
Oh, and they also sent me free samples of both the Butch and Fem Parfum.

WOW! You said it...that is a motherload. :drool::drool::drool:

[letterk]

SCS Shave Stick for Chicks
Edwin Jagger Medium Silvertip
SCS Very V EDT
SCS Bergamot, Rosemary Mint Hyrdrosol
Penhaligon's LP#9

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=3304

[AJS]

My Sticky came today, my Sticky came today!!!!!

:jump: :badger: :badger: :badger: :jump:
:thumbup: :001_tt1: :a50: :a50: :a50: :001_tt1: :thumbup:
:a5: :a23: :a23: :a14: :a23: :a23: :a5:
:a17: :a17: :biggrin1: :biggrin1: :biggrin1: :a17: :a17:

All is now right with the world.

[TomH]

Thursday, no other comment:

Thomas

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=3307

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[TomH]

:scared: :scared: :scared: HEEEELP:scared: :scared: :scared:

Uuuhh, the pic's are sooo large, sorry...:confused1 :confused1

Thomas

[madmedic]

So, how's the Body Shop stuff? Just curious, because I have a Body Shop about a 10 minute walk fro my house, and how nice it would be to actually find a supplier that close for somethng - ANYTHING!

Hi Pierre
I believe it is very good....but I haven't used it yet. I keep a watch on an e-bay seller who occasionally does very good deals. When they appear.....you just have to buy....or they are gone. This one has been put by for future use.

Brian

[TraderJoe]

My Sticky came today, my Sticky came today!!!!!


:drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:

[Scotto]

:scared: :scared: :scared: HEEEELP:scared: :scared: :scared:

Uuuhh, the pic's are sooo large, sorry...:confused1 :confused1

Thomas
Tom, don't use attachments, but use the Gallery (look under the "more" tab) instead - it will size the pictures better. If you need help, PM me.

[rustyblade]

My Sticky came today, my Sticky came today!!!!!

:jump: :badger: :badger: :badger: :jump:
:thumbup: :001_tt1: :a50: :a50: :a50: :001_tt1: :thumbup:
:a5: :a23: :a23: :a14: :a23: :a23: :a5:
:a17: :a17: :biggrin1: :biggrin1: :biggrin1: :a17: :a17:

All is now right with the world.

The official membership club card will arrive soon. Read the instructions carefully.

Don't worry, we know where you live. :thumbup:

[Suzuki]

QED French Clay
QED DaVinci H20
QED Bergamot shave stick
Proraso pre/post
Penhaligons's samples
C&E Sienna a/s balm
Booster a/s (Clubman copy by the same company that makes JM Fraser cream)
Arden Sandalwood EDT

[jduffy]

I new addition to my shaving regimen.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6245/trahwestlimesmq8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Steelforge]

Everything on this shelf had been acquired since last week, but today my new brush arrived. A Vulfix 2234, the larger of the two brushes shown here.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Iwan_P1/IMG_1878a.jpg

[moses]

Um.... Iwan. Matches? burning your hair off is very effective, but give a whole new meaning to shaving burn....

[Steelforge]

Styptic matches. :wink:

Like a styptic pencil (which was out of stock) but smaller. :smile:

[Dinder1]

My order from Floris just arrived.
Two tubs of JF shaving cream, and I also just won a Simpson PL8 on Ebay.:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: It's been a good week.
Cheers, DJ.

[fuerein]

Iwan. Is that horizontal tube the European version of Palmolive? If it is I like that tube better than the US version, at least from the perspective of the look of the tube.

[With The Grain]

...

[Dinder1]

Here is a crappy picture of the Simpson PL8 that I won on Ebay today.
Cheers, DJ.

[Scorpio]

Today,

2 Gillette slim Adjustables in excellent condition. One needs a little lubrication but otherwise both are nice and shinny. No brassing, rust or any dents. Both are J-1. The $2.00 I payed for both (from the same seller) broke me until next week. :biggrin:

Rafael

[CraigK]

I managed a little free time today and stopped by Neiman Marcus. After sampling this one I couldn't walk away from it, I had to get it. I also picked up some Creed samples.

On a side note, the service at Neiman's is exceptional!

Acqua Di Parma website. http://www.acquadiparma.it/home_lang.htm


CraigK

[Coche_y_bondhu]

Hello All,

A very modest eBay win - a mint Schick injector w/4 blade cartridge. The other cartridge is a Ted Pella (http://www.tedpella.com/dissect_html/dissect.htm#anchor1590232) with 20 injector blades for $4.50.

Will give it a go this weekend and see how the Schick-Pella combo works.

Cheers,
Richard
Plano TX

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=3312

[jduffy]

I have never seen the appeal of the injector until I saw your photo just now. For some reason it makes good shaving sense to me. One of these days I'll have to jump into the injector pool and see how it goes. Thanks for posting the pic.

[TomH]

Arrived on Thursday:

3 bottles of my favourite SWISS PITRALON...:001_tt1: :001_tt1: :wink2: :wink2:

Picture will follow if interested in...

Thomas

[Jim]

My bride showed up with a great stack of fluffy white "shave" towels last night! What a doll!:biggrin:

[fatt_tony]

My bride showed up with a great stack of fluffy white "shave" towels last night! What a doll!:biggrin:

Those aren't shave towels that was the wedding dress! Doh! (just kidding)

[Ashe]

Here's what I bought yesterday:

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=3313

From left to right: an old non rebranded block of pure Marseille soap (palmoil based) from 300grammes. Marseille soaps are still widely sold but typically rebranded by other manufacturers. I received this one actually as a gift by a friend who knows how much I love this soap. I love the fact that the weight itself is "printed" into the soap block itself (you can see it on the left side that is visible).

Then my new lathering bowl in the middle and on the right it's my can in which I will let my badger brushes soak while I'm taking a shower. I placed my EJ medium best badger brush in the bowl to give you an idea on the size of the piece of soap, the lathering bowl and the can.

The lathering bowl is in fact a spaghetti bowl which should be used in the oven but it looked like the perfect lathering bowl due to good looks of it and in my opinion a very good size. The can itself should not be placed in the oven but was made to maintain hot liquids to good temperature. The materials of these two are made to retain heat as much as possible.

I'll be trying the lathering bowl during tomorrow's shave and see in what way they can keep the heat for 20 to 30 minutes. If it doesn't retain the heat long enough then I already have the perfect solution: a little food heater which uses small "tea lights" (don't know whether that was translated correct but it's those very small pieces of candle which typically Chinese restaurants use to keep the food warm on the table). I'll let you guys know the outcome. :001_smile

[ponyplayer]

Just picked up the following from Schiller's Pharmacy in Pittsburgh, PA

C&E Lavender Hand Therapy cream 50ml
C&E Lavender talc free body powder 75g
Luxo Banho Sandalwood soap 6oz
Pre de Provence lavender soap 250g

Walgreen's Pharmacy-
Pinaud Clubman aftershave

Patrick

[madmedic]

A back to basics day.

European Palmolive
Ingrams Shave cream

Brian

[Jim]

Sara made this for me:biggrin: :biggrin:
http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=3314

[crackstar]

some Erasmic soap and cream.
some Ingram cream.
Monday evening, I'll try 'em out, can't wait!

Jeff

[Quagmire]

Ah! My orders came in today!

From SCS
Citrus pie soap cake
New spice soap cake
a sample of the Very V shave cream (thanks sue)

From QED
Bay rum Shave soap
Espresso shave stick
Da Vinci water

I wonder what soap I am going to try first. http://www.thehealthymom.com/wp-content/plugins/more-smilies/maidacollection/dunno.gif

[Steelforge]

Today was a really funny day. A friend of mine who lives in London was coming to visit so I asked him to pop in to Trumpers (in London) and pick me up a bottle of their Sandalwood Cologne. :001_tt1:

Anyway he arrived at my place at midday with my cologne, and we went for a drive to a small town nearby. I was telling him there was nowhere round here to buy decent shaving products, but as we were walking we spotted a small and really old Chemist shop (drugstore). I decided to go inside for a quick look, and found the shop was actually huge inside but with a small doorway/shopfront. Inside they had a whole wall of Trumpers products, and another whole wall of Crabtree & Evelyn products! :w00t:

I was stunned, I had never noticed this shop before and couldn't believe it. So I left there about 10 minutes later with two pots of Trumpers shaving cream, Coconut Oil and Sandalwood. :drool:

So todays aquisitions are:

Trumpers Sandalwood Cologne.
Trumpers Sandalwood Shaving Cream.
Trumpers Coconut Oil Shaving Cream. :thumbup1:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Iwan_P1/IMG_1880a.jpg

[Scorpio]

One Gillette Fat Boy F-4, a very nice razor indeed.
Thanks Goosemeplease!!

Rafael

[JMT]

This week,

One tub of Taylor's Avocado
One bottle of Proraso AfterShave Splash
A gold 1954 Gillette Tech that I won on Ebay for a whopping $2.25. Great shaver by the way.
A merkur Futur that I have not used yet but plan on using later tonight.

[TraderJoe]

A merkur Futur that I have not used yet but plan on using later tonight.

how did it go?

[Dinder1]

I picked up a Simpsons "Major" in Super today for $110 and no sales tax ( I think these retail for about $150 ) If you have a Mario's dept store in your city you might want to check it out.
Cheers, DJ.

[jduffy]

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8581/iniscologne2jp0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Austin]

Jim, after you have given the EDT a test drive, please give us a review.

[Scorpio]

Austin,

there's a little shop on 36th St. just off Lamar, All things Celtic, I think that is the name, they carry this cologne. I am going to go by tomorrow to take a look.

Rafael

[Austin]

Rafael, let me know what you think. I may be in the area on Tuesday, so I may stop by.

[Scotto]

Modest score today from the health food store:
http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/files/1/8/IMG_2629_1_1.JPG

KMF Vanilla Earth shave cream
Thayers Lavender
KMF Chamomile/lavender foaming hand soap

[Dinder1]

Scotto, Have you tried the KMF Cool Mint? I used it today w/ Proraso Pre and the Proraso ASB and all I can say is WOW! Cool..cool..cool Mint is one of my faves.
Cheers, DJ.

[webguru24]

Nothing much, just some soaps from Mama Bear, Dragon's Blood and Essence of Lime. Fantastic stuff. And also a small bottle of the Dragon's Blood cologne, which was nice surprise upon ripping the package open.

[6jokers]

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=3325

Trumper Limes shave cream, QED French green clay, Nancy Boy shave cream, laundry detergent, AS balm, & ultramarine night cream.

It's been a good week. :thumbup:

[htownmmm]

Savile Row 'Tortoise Hog' (SR 208) from Sesto-Senso.



Marty

[blantyre]

August 25th - Rooney Style 3 small in finest from Classic Shaving. A real beauty after about 10 uses, I rate it about 9.5 across the board.