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Here are pics of a bespoke razor case, made for me by Mr. Babul Des of Chittagong, Bangladesh. The covering is cobra skin and it holds 7 razors. The razor case, two pairs of cobra skin sandals (also made to order) and a python skin belt cost me $100. No, I am not selling! Just showing off.
The harbor at Chittagong is too shallow for my ship, so we laid at anchor 20 miles out, and discharged 35,000 tons of grain into lighters. The process took better than a week, and the Bangladeshi stevedores basically camped on our stern, setting up makeshift awnings for shelter and cooking vegetables, rice, and live chickens that they brought with them on the stern. Within two hours, they had a little slum set up, with all the comforts of home, assuming your real home is a slum, too. Among the stevedores were several guys who set up shop selling all sorts of crap, and a couple of craftsmen making custom tool and radio pouches, shoes, etc. In addition to the items I had made by Mr. Des, I snagged a half dozen cobra skin handbags, most with the snake head on them, as gifts for GFs and exes, and a few other miscellaneous items, but I am particularly pleased with the one-of-a-kind razor case. One guy offered me a complete python skin, about 22 or 23 feet long, for $400, and I suspect I could have had it for half of that, but frankly I could not see any immediate use for it, so I let it go.
In the first pic, Mr. Des is hard at work on the project. The next two pics are obviously the case, open with razors, and closed.
Score? Anybody jealous?
Next time I am there, I think I will have some single razor cases made out of the same material, and maybe a couple of hookah hoses. I may post a few more pics of the Bangladeshi encampment on our stern in another thread in a few days. As I write this, I am in Dubai, looking for some more unique scores. Meanwhile, the case hangs next to my sink and is in regular use.
The harbor at Chittagong is too shallow for my ship, so we laid at anchor 20 miles out, and discharged 35,000 tons of grain into lighters. The process took better than a week, and the Bangladeshi stevedores basically camped on our stern, setting up makeshift awnings for shelter and cooking vegetables, rice, and live chickens that they brought with them on the stern. Within two hours, they had a little slum set up, with all the comforts of home, assuming your real home is a slum, too. Among the stevedores were several guys who set up shop selling all sorts of crap, and a couple of craftsmen making custom tool and radio pouches, shoes, etc. In addition to the items I had made by Mr. Des, I snagged a half dozen cobra skin handbags, most with the snake head on them, as gifts for GFs and exes, and a few other miscellaneous items, but I am particularly pleased with the one-of-a-kind razor case. One guy offered me a complete python skin, about 22 or 23 feet long, for $400, and I suspect I could have had it for half of that, but frankly I could not see any immediate use for it, so I let it go.
In the first pic, Mr. Des is hard at work on the project. The next two pics are obviously the case, open with razors, and closed.
Score? Anybody jealous?
Next time I am there, I think I will have some single razor cases made out of the same material, and maybe a couple of hookah hoses. I may post a few more pics of the Bangladeshi encampment on our stern in another thread in a few days. As I write this, I am in Dubai, looking for some more unique scores. Meanwhile, the case hangs next to my sink and is in regular use.
