November 2014 Acquisitions

It did make me fail the November restraint, btw nice seeing a fellow Illinois member you aren't to far from me.

zed117 said:

It did make me fail the November restraint, btw nice seeing a fellow Illinois member you aren't to far from me.

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And a doctor who fan! Me too.

Found this bowl in a charity shop today, it is glazed but has a rough finish inside the bowl and whipped up a nice lather

So I bought this monster, and I'm not entirely sure why. It's seemingly designed for a beginner and I think I'll have my technique down by the time it gets to me in nine months (that's 180 shaves as I use a fusion on the weekends).

ASD2 said:

So I bought this monster, and I'm not entirely sure why. It's seemingly designed for a beginner and I think I'll have my technique down by the time it gets to me in nine months (that's 180 shaves as I use a fusion on the weekends).

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What is that?

youngunn said:

What is that?

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Looks like a cheese slicer to me.

Common Bar Handle. I have two of them. They are among my best razors.

youngunn said:

What is that?

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Its the beluga razor. It's reported to use DE blades and a spring loaded head to take the skill out of normal DE shaving. Ugly as sin, so it'll go in my medicine cabinet to wait for a lazy day (I'm really getting my angles down so I don't think it'll get much use.

It just started pre-ordering last night.

jKyro said:

Looks like a cheese slicer to me.

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I thought it looked more like a wood plane.

My new brush coming from Wiborg. I'm very excited for it to ship!

Wow I really like that handle. What a beautiful brush!

Just came in on Wednesday. I was the lone bidder at $2.99 plus shipping. I think it cleaned up pretty nice.

this was waiting for me today, the result of a wonderful transaction on the BST. he even through in a pack of feathers to try to patch up distrust of humanity LOL. thanks Brian!

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Wow. That looks brand new

Bad Robot said:

Wow. That looks brand new

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It is unused (Schick Type G1)...still had the factory blank blade in it.
Very pretty...now the question: use it or admire it?

Welcome to the family, Classic Vanilla and Special Reserve!

Shiloh said:

It is unused (Schick Type G1)...still had the factory blank blade in it.
Very pretty...now the question: use it or admire it?

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Fantastic. To be honest I don't buy razors I don't intend to use, but in your case I'd give serious consideration to buying a user grade version and keep that as is.

Best $3.00 Wostenholm on EBay this month!

Gentlemen, I just added these items to my den:

Central Market: Omega shaving brush.
Italian Barber: 100 Ladas blades and a Parker 24C Open Comb razor.

I will break in the new razor and brush, along with the Ladas blades once I use up my last four Rapira Super Stainless blades. This could take awhile since I am averaging four to five shaves per the Rapira SS blades.

how are ladas compared to rapiras? smoother, sharper?