Acquisitions July 20 - 26

[Suzuki]

Let's see the goods for the week!

[kzoo1]

Just arrived yesterday, some Godrej Menthol Mist,and a customized blade sampler. Also, a lot of razors from a wanted ad on Craigslist. The two Gillettes cleaned up very nicely! Not sure what I'm doing with the straights. I have more straights than I know what to do with!

[SRock]

Nothing fancy this week. I picked up a bottle of Booster Mosswood.

[barbershaveuk]

Irisch Moos shave cream here.
Have some shaving brushes on order, but trying not to go too overboard!:001_rolle

[pressman]

not much, tub t&f 1805, salters minty & massey unscented.:biggrin:

[Churchill]

I've had a good week.3 tubes of Erasmic cream,super iridium blades and a 2-band Simpson T2 from WCS.

[Chicken Enchilada]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/3743901606_75a6780735.jpg

[burnwood]

A box arrives.
Notice the ancient guards of Egypt watching over it.
I'm Batman.

[JEEP]

Very cool Burnwood :thumbup1:


Regards.

Jakob

[SRock]

A box arrives.
Notice the ancient guards of Egypt watching over it.
I'm Batman.

If only they were Superman, now that would be somethin'!

[BigRich]

No cool picks but I got a whole mess of samples from eShave, Superlather, and The Shave Den this week!

[VictorG]

Got my shaving soap on Monday that I won from Susie's Bubbles. Haven't used it yet, but I plan to tonight. Got 2 half-rounds. One is an olive oil based Bay Rum scent, the other is a shea butter based scent called Autumn Wreath.

http://api.photoshop.com/home_b6edda1ed5d542b7a019156ced6b24fc/adobe-px-assets/556498e0dd52481eb7279a11aa7da229

Both smell really good! Time to check performance! :thumbup1:

[JEEP]

This week so far:


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e259/Jakobeep/Vintage/Vulfix_boar_brush_01.jpg

Vulfix boar travel brush - just to add some variation to my travel kit


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e259/Jakobeep/Vintage/Vintage_Merkur_01_01.jpg

A interesting vintage Merkur with bakelite baseplate, the razor of my girlfriend's grandmother's cousin's husband. More about it here (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?p=1350761#post1350761)

This evening a package from fighting69 arrived:
Three pucks of William's Mug Soap
A bottle of Aqua Velva Classic Ice blue
A bottle of Pinaud Clubman
Two bottels of Unscented Thayer's Witch Hazel
A pack of US Personnas
Two bags of beef jerky :o16:
Thank you sir :001_smile


Regards.

Jakob

[burnwood]

Very cool Burnwood :thumbup1:


Regards.

Jakob


If only they were Superman, now that would be somethin'!

Thank you Jakob. Hey Slagle, there can be only one Superman and you are it.
I'm Batman.

[withoutink]

1. Bought - Alum Block $1.90 from Indian Grocery Store
2. Bought - Barbicide $6.50 from a Beauty Supply Store
3. Bought - GEM Micromatic - Even though I never seen one or know much a bout them
4. Bought - New Blades for the GEM above - didn't know I couldn't even use the DE's I had -- Ya I'm a newbie 8)
5. Bought - 40's SS with Notched Bar - Because I have read so many wonderful things about them
6. Bought - Aqua Velva - Because I read a lot of posts about it - all of which sounded appealing...
7. Bought - Skin Bracer - See above description ^
8. Contemplating a Straight - even though I would probably kill myself...
9. Considering selling my Vision - to buy more razors
10. Thinking about making my own Bay Rum aftershave

[DunEdinRanger]

Nothing fancy this week. I picked up a bottle of Booster Mosswood.

You didn't get the Mosswood shaving cream?!

[SRA7594]

I am very much a newbie, but all this I picked up this week:

Pre shave oil:
Prepare by Zirh.(Picked it up on from TJ Maxx in a starter set for $12)

Shaving cream:
Zirh clear shaving gel (starter set for $12)

Razor:
New Merkur 23c (amazon for $31)

Blades:
Feathers (10 - $4.99)
Gillette 7o’clock(5 - $2.79),
Dorco st-301 (10 - $1.69) All from from Pasteur Pharmacy in NYC

ASB:
Zirh Soothe (starter set for $12))

Also the Pasteur Pharmacy in NYC is amazing! I just stood there confused. I will definitely go back when I need supplies.

[BrightFutur]

This week was good!

Ever Ready 1912 - Great condition, minor plating loss on head.
Gem 1912 - Good condition, needs a cleaning
Gem Featherweight
Gem Micromantic - Great condition, my favourite by far!
Gem Junior - It's in decent condition, just not sold on it

That lot ran me 15 bucks. (The last 4 were 10 bucks shipped, and the ever ready I picked up at an antique store for 5)

Geneva Cutlery Co Straight - In good condition, no rust, one single pit on the blade halfway between the spine and the edge. Just needs a good polish (Picture looks like rust, its reflection)

And a Dubl-Duck Straight - In good condition also, currently away for honing

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8324/img0372ltu.jpg
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/9977/img0320.jpg

[crocto]

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=17951

picked up some d.r. harris lavendar cream in a tube from cambridge chemists in NYC today.

[pras]

My dad gave me these tonight. Rolls was his, a gift from my grandpa. Wilkinson 7 day was inherited from my great uncle.


Phil

[Oxi]

Arkansas oil hone (with oil) 17,5x5cm
Proraso cream
Musgo Real soap on a rope (2x)
Mennen Skin Bracer Cooling Blue
6 packs Personna blades
Alum
Pomace stone (for my strop)

http://www.yatta.nl/dump/scheerspul-20090724.jpg

[napoleon]

200 gem pellas and 40 injector pellas.

My future 5 year supply. If I leave my DEs and straights alone:biggrin:

[JD.E.]

I thought I had my RAD controlled to a manageable level, then I saw this auction which just happened to contain:

A Sheraton In Case
A Red Tip Superspeed
A Fat Boy in pretty good Shape (with case)
A Flair Tip Superspeed
Black Handled Superspeed
An injector razor(?)
A sweet Micormatic In Case
A Lather Catcher (?)
Another SE Razor (open comb)
A case to a tuckaway gillette (?) (I will have to get one to go with it! :rolleyes:)
And some misc Razor Blades

http://i.ebayimg.com/23/!B(CjQ!!B2k~$(KGrHgoH-DcEkJw1zHMKBK,Pif48+g~~_3.JPG
(More pics in link to auction below)

Not Bad for $75 Shipped (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=320403264464)

Damn RAD :biggrin::biggrin:.......:eek:......:cool:,

~JD

[napoleon]

A Lather Catcher (?)


~JD


Gem junior bar

[JD.E.]

Gem junior bar

Sweet, thanks for the info. Looks like the head is in good shape (the back side at least) but there are at least a few chips out of the handle. This just adds a bit of character.... or at least a bit more of a project to restore.... maybe.

This auction was meant for me to find I think, Five razors that I had on my hit list all in one auction: A Sheraton/tto Open Comb, Open Comb Micromatic, Red Tip, A Fat Boy in better shape (have one with some pretty substantial brassing) and a lather catcher. It was my Destiny to own those razors at a pretty good price (pending actual condition after clean-up) :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

This made my weekend! :w00t: And it's only Friday afternoon!:biggrin:

[heirkb]

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Reknotted Hoffritz rebranded Chubby (the knot is new, but the handle I've had for a week. Made this thing at 1 AM last night) and an unused tallow first Pen's EF SS in bowl

[DunEdinRanger]

I snagged this, with the intention of offering it to a friend, but now think I am going to keep it...

Here are the before & after photos:

[napoleon]

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Reknotted Hoffritz rebranded Chubby (the knot is new, but the handle I've had for a week. Made this thing at 1 AM last night) and an unused tallow first Pen's EF SS in bowl

:drool:

[Nick D.E.vious]

The family and I decided on taking a trip to Canonsburg, PA today. We mapped our travels to two antique stores that were right down the street from each other. I go into the first one with the wife and I immediately ask if they have any vintage Gillette razors or straight razors even. I was told to look in one case, if it wasn’t there, it couldn’t be anywhere else. Before I gave up on the store, I decided on a whim to search the very corner back room. I go in there and see a brush sitting right inside a vintage old spice mug. “Hmm, that looks like a good fake badger…Hmm let me pick it up and look at it. What the!?” It isn’t imitation badger or boar, it’s a freaking Simpson best badger brush that looks brand spanking new! The brush was being sold together with the old spice mug. It says, ‘K4 best badger Simpson’ on the handle. They were both being sold as a set for 20% off for a total of $7.00! Funny thing is that I was browsing online for Simpson brushes this morning before I left. :lol: I also found a vintage Wade & Butcher razor at the second antique shop.

[Zombasaur]

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My haul this week. Not bad!




60342

At an antique store just down the road earlier today. Date code places this as a 1963. Still has the cardboard in the blade holder and the cellophane on the blade box! My first vintage, and I'm pretty pleased with it.

[bokaba]

Friday

Chanel pour Monsieur (original) EDT
JF Floris Soap

[fidjit]

So.... a while ago I purchased this.... a balltech in an HD case with instructions
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/limbot/hdcase.jpg

There's a monthly market at a church close by, and for the last couple of weeks I haven't had a chance to get there, well this morning I got up early and zapped down before kids soccer.

Here's what I find :001_smile The lady even insisted that I take the packet of Gillette Super Stainless blades ( C4s ) that she had next to it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/limbot/P1020302.jpg

Put them together and what have you got ??????
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/limbot/P1020303.jpg

:thumbup:

( Oh, also Tabac with Bowl from Fragrance X yesterday :001_smile )

[markb]

Some recent additions...


http://www.nehp.net/~markbeem/Shaving/IMG_0302.JPG

[xbostonirishx]

I only bought one thing this week worth mentioning.

Sorry for the bad pic. I'm still using my camera phone.




The Bostonian, for a Bostonian.

[glennz]

Ran by the usual Antique shop today, came away with 'Z 3' Black Handled Super Adjustable is great shape, and an 'N 1' Gillette travel razor in little red leather case, also in great shape. The travel set must have been from a gift shop, as it has "ALOHA FROM HAWAII" in gold lettering on one exterior side of the case. Pics later ...

[thanks]

My Irisch Moos stick arrived today from Superlather, along with decants of Tabac Man EDT, Floid Blue, and Irisch Moos aftershave. I wish I hadn't shaved already today!

The Tabac Man is... rather manly, but in a department store kind of way? I'm not sure how I feel about it, as it smells nothing like Tabac SS.

[WPD111]

I only bought one thing this week worth mentioning.

Sorry for the bad pic. I'm still using my camera phone.




The Bostonian, for a Bostonian.

Very Nice... Please pray for a quick turnaround for the BOSOX...:biggrin:

[WPD111]

The family and I decided on taking a trip to Canonsburg, PA today. We mapped our travels to two antique stores that were right down the street from each other. I go into the first one with the wife and I immediately ask if they have any vintage Gillette razors or straight razors even. I was told to look in one case, if it wasn’t there, it couldn’t be anywhere else. Before I gave up on the store, I decided on a whim to search the very corner back room. I go in there and see a brush sitting right inside a vintage old spice mug. “Hmm, that looks like a good fake badger…Hmm let me pick it up and look at it. What the!?” It isn’t imitation badger or boar, it’s a freaking Simpson best badger brush that looks brand spanking new! The brush was being sold together with the old spice mug. It says, ‘K4 best badger Simpson’ on the handle. They were both being sold as a set for 20% off for a total of $7.00! Funny thing is that I was browsing online for Simpson brushes this morning before I left. :lol: I also found a vintage Wade & Butcher razor at the second antique shop.

That's awesome !! How old do you think the Simpson is?

[WPD111]

I thought I had my RAD controlled to a manageable level, then I saw this auction which just happened to contain:

A Sheraton In Case
A Red Tip Superspeed
A Fat Boy in pretty good Shape (with case)
A Flair Tip Superspeed
Black Handled Superspeed
An injector razor(?)
A sweet Micormatic In Case
A Lather Catcher (?)
Another SE Razor (open comb)
A case to a tuckaway gillette (?) (I will have to get one to go with it! :rolleyes:)
And some misc Razor Blades

http://i.ebayimg.com/23/!B(CjQ!!B2k~$(KGrHgoH-DcEkJw1zHMKBK,Pif48+g~~_3.JPG
(More pics in link to auction below)

Not Bad for $75 Shipped (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=320403264464)

Damn RAD :biggrin::biggrin:.......:eek:......:cool:,

~JD

Get it for a good price?

[DunEdinRanger]

Hattric? I've never heard of it. What does it smell like? Who makes it?


Some recent additions...


http://www.nehp.net/%7Emarkbeem/Shaving/IMG_0302.JPG

[Nick D.E.vious]

That's awesome !! How old do you think the Simpson is?I wish I knew how old it was. If I had to guess, I'd have to say 10-20 years. It's in such great condition, it's hard to tell. My face loved it today when I face lathered. :w00t:

[xbostonirishx]

Very Nice... Please pray for a quick turnaround for the BOSOX...:biggrin:

Im praying......

[Jake]

Couldn't pass up this awesome razor in a very fine wooden case -- probably mahogany. 1923??! 86 years old and still looking fine. Who else can say that? Maybe it's the British who age more gracefully.

No split on the handle and the head looks as good as new. What did they plate those heads with that it keeps the shine so well? Couldn't be rhodium so perhaps they did they use silver over nickle?

I also have an original advertisement for this razor kicking around so it seems to be a fitting acquisition. And I will have to give it a whirl to try out its shaving effectiveness.

[RILEY]

Couldn'tpass up this awesome razor in a very fine wooden case -- probably mahogany. 1923??! 86 years old and still looking fine. Who else can say that? Maybe it's the British who age more gracefully.

No split on the handle and the head looks as good as new. What did they plate those heads with that it keeps the shine so well? Couldn't be rhodium so perhaps they did they use silver over nickle?

I also have an original advertisement for this razor kicking around so it seems to be a fitting acquisition. And I will have to give it a whirl to try out its shaving effectiveness.

Congratulations Jake, that is absolutely stunning
Enjoy :thumbup1:

Are you going to use it or will you keep as just a collectors piece?

[Jake]

Yes, I have tried it out and will use it now & then, but will want to preserve it for the next generation -- or 2 -- or 3. It is really hard to believe it has survived in such good condition for over 80 years. They really don't make them like they used to!

[Stubblefield]

some blades . . . .

[Ru4scuba?]

Couldn't pass up this awesome razor in a very fine wooden case -- probably mahogany. 1923??! 86 years old and still looking fine. Who else can say that? Maybe it's the British who age more gracefully.

No split on the handle and the head looks as good as new. What did they plate those heads with that it keeps the shine so well? Couldn't be rhodium so perhaps they did they use silver over nickle?

I also have an original advertisement for this razor kicking around so it seems to be a fitting acquisition. And I will have to give it a whirl to try out its shaving effectiveness.

Sweet grab Jake!

[JEEP]

Couldn't pass up this awesome razor in a very fine wooden case -- probably mahogany. 1923??! 86 years old and still looking fine. Who else can say that? Maybe it's the British who age more gracefully.

No split on the handle and the head looks as good as new. What did they plate those heads with that it keeps the shine so well? Couldn't be rhodium so perhaps they did they use silver over nickle?

I also have an original advertisement for this razor kicking around so it seems to be a fitting acquisition. And I will have to give it a whirl to try out its shaving effectiveness.

Beautiful :w00t:


Regards.

Jakob

[markb]

Hattric? I've never heard of it. What does it smell like? Who makes it?
I picked it up from Mark at SuperLather.. Scent would be what I would consider to be "modern". Back of the bottle reads:


Schwarzkopf & Henkel
Dusseldorf

Guessing that's the maker. Nice AS! Soothing but not as cooling as I had hoped. Still, I'd recommend it.

[Rockytop]

Won this 1960 Fatboy (F-4) on Ebay this week. The listing said " it had been in a box for a long time, good overall condition, but has lost it's shine." Good thing for me she had not heard of Maas and I had. It's my birtdate razor, and it only cost me 17.99 plus shipping ! Hope the pictures post, my first time.

[WPD111]

Couldn't pass up this awesome razor in a very fine wooden case -- probably mahogany. 1923??! 86 years old and still looking fine. Who else can say that? Maybe it's the British who age more gracefully.

No split on the handle and the head looks as good as new. What did they plate those heads with that it keeps the shine so well? Couldn't be rhodium so perhaps they did they use silver over nickle?

I also have an original advertisement for this razor kicking around so it seems to be a fitting acquisition. And I will have to give it a whirl to try out its shaving effectiveness.

I was wondering who snatched this from under me?:biggrin:

[AJMiami]

my humble score...found this little GEM with no bids on the bay

I'm pleased with my purchase, and can't wait to try it

[Leche]

1/2 a dozen Arko Sticks and a tube of Solo Menthol SC. Still anxiously waiting for Tony Miller to open up if you know what I mean.

[SRock]

I just got a Gem Jr. in a PIF from Lou (DunEdinRanger)!


Thank you Jakob. Hey Slagle, there can be only one Superman and you are it.
I'm Batman.

Indeed!


You didn't get the Mosswood shaving cream?!

Mmmmm Mosswood. One at a time, Lou, one at a time....

[BoonySaint88]

60274

Reknotted Hoffritz rebranded Chubby (the knot is new, but the handle I've had for a week. Made this thing at 1 AM last night) and an unused tallow first Pen's EF SS in bowl

Heirkb,

The brush looks great reknotted. Glad you could find a good home for it and put it to good use. You do some great work.