Acquisitions for July, 2014

Arriving today was a tin of Huntlee Super Smooth cream in South Sea Spray scent, a puck of Taconic Bay Rum shave soap and a new tube of Lavanda cream.

I found this cabinet in the corner of an antique shop today. I figured it would make a good storage unit for shaving goodies.

Nice find. I like it

Thank you. It ended up being just the right size to fit under the window in my bathroom.

Oh ... that looks cool, nice addition, Joe!

Thanks, Edgar! Talking with a friend of mine who is a book collector, his best guess is that it was originally a bookcase, possibly for medical journals.

Here it is loaded up:



The only downside is it's not deep enough for my straights to fit into the slots under the glass shelves.

Looks like you need a new cabinet already ...

On a road trip. So far a red tip++ & Slim.

Two E4 fat boys, fat tech, Brit tech, carborundum 198, and a German straight with a chipped blade, that I bought just for the scales.

Also picked up a Wade & Butcher SR with broken scales, but seem to have lost it somewhere in the car.

Nice haul! All the straights around here with a blade that looks like that are $30+

Picked the straight up for $1! Like I said, bought it solely for the scales. For a buck, how could I go wrong!?

Went to the antique fair. Got me a silver tech, SS with case, slim, brush. Not a bad two days but unfortunately had to turn away a few as the asking price was a bit much. Still greatful for what I scored.

Arrival from Portugal.

Got a few new ones this week. A Schick I2 Hydro-Magic Injector and a Valet VC1.

Also picked up this one. Still researching it but from I can tell so far it was made in 1937, the Automatic Vibro Shaver.

Ikon 101.
If anyone is interested... I know nothing about Ikon, but this may, or may not, be a good deal:https://www.massdrop.com/buy/ikon-s...m_term=Massdrop - Master&utm_campaign=produce

I picked these two up on a trip through Iowa this past weekend. I also got a Gillette Tech in decent shape. Not a bad haul.

Wow, you folks scored some sweet stuff! Puts my paltry purchase to shame...

...still, just an hour ago, I received delivery by first class mail, my first 100 blade purchase. At $12/100 it works out to .03/shave.

An Ern Straight Razor with a barber's notch I won off the bay for 25.00.

I recently bought a vintage black handle Gillette Super Speed 1967 (M1). I found it on ebay and was able to get it for just less than $15 shipped to Canada from the US.

Here are a couple pics I took before and after cleaning.



It really seems to be in pretty good shape. I'll do more cleaning and polishing tonight. Any recommendations for the fading on the handle? I read somewhere about using auto paint. Is there a better/easier option?

Thanks,
imcndn