Acquisitions for December 2013

Straight from LA.





Topanga Fougere
Vanilla/Eucalyptus/Mint
Woody Lavender sample
Santa Monica Bay Rum sample
Bespoke #1 sample (this scent wasn't even released at the time woot!)


John was a pleasure to deal with. He actually added Slovenia to his list of countries he ships to just so I could order.

Love the masonic soaps!

Just came today new tallow soap and new brush. Yes ,it's red. It's an Italian bush therefore red(kinda Fiat orangey red). The XXX scent is great and woof is it slick!

Here is what I picked up so far this month. I'm sure I have other things, but the is just the razors.

kd7ctv said:

Here is what I picked up so far this month. I'm sure I have other things, but the is just the razors.

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This month has barely started and you already have a nice haul. Kudos to you good sir.

Got paid todau so I had to stop by the local antique shops. One of them was still dry from the last time I wss there but, the other two paid off. In the first one I ran across an E4 Fatboy. It was marked for $25 and I thought to myself that that was fair. The guy ended up selling it to me for $15 since I'm always buying razors from him. The second had two straights (that I knew and still know very little about) that were priced to sale. For $14 a piece I picked up a Geneva Cutlery Co. and a Pribyl Bros. razors. They weren't in the right boxes (what was left of them) but, I care little for that at this moment.

Maybe just an AS or 3 to come and then its all Sabbatical for me.

My last week shopping:





- hungarian Figaro aftershave and shaving creams: a not very remarkable range but cheap and with a lovely old barbershop scent.
- Alepo Tadé extra-fat bath soap: yes, I usually use bath soaps instead of "quimical" shower gels.
- old NOS tallow Penhaligon's English Fern shaving soap from a spanish group buy
- Vie&Long Butterscotch Edition brown horse brush


Here you are compared with my others Vie&Long (from left to right: Best Badger, brown horse, white horse):





This brush comes to replace the white horse one, as it looses too many hairs unfortunately...


Cheers!

I should look in to getting a fatboy

This arrived a couple of days ago.

Cognati Crotty said:

I should look in to getting a fatboy

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One of my favorite razors.

Six Virginia Sheng boar knots. I have a handle to reknot due to shedding. The other five await handles...

Got myself a 4/8 Salamander near wedge and a 7/8 Bengall. They need a bit of work...

I picked up my first Fatboy at a flea market in Florida;

Holy moly - a Thiers Issard 69 for $15!!! Love adventures to the ocean for random searches.

First Ever shaving kit!

Looks great Z!!

Zach Wasniak said:

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Nice! Enjoy!

Cognati Crotty said:

Looks great Z!!

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Thanks Rob! My first shave this mornin felt great!

FL shaver said:

Nice! Enjoy!

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Thanks, and will do! Only problem I've come across is that I need more!