Acquisitions September 1 - 7

[springerswimmer]

I like the look. $9.99 + shipping sounds more than reasonable.

First time I have heard of STAR.

Opinions please??

[Mejnoon]

Attractive razor, I really like the knurling. For $9.99 I'd be all over it

[gunner6477]

Looks very nice. I don't know anything about it, but for 9.99, it is worth a try. The handle looks very similar to the Segal.

[GoTeeGuy]

Excellent razor... performs much like the Gillette Tech. Nice low profile head! I'd scoop it up...

[RoyalKooparillo]

This same model Star was my first safety razor, a PIF from Blackstangal. It has been AWESOME. It shaves similarly to a gillette tech, very mild, but I much prefer it over techs. I really love the grip on the handle, it's very secure. Much deeper 'knurling' than most razors.

Pick it up, without a doubt! I like mine so much, I'm looking for a NIB silver one. Then I'll PIF the one I have now to a newbie...

[tsv]

Great razor, you won't be disappointed.

[Suzuki]

Let's see the scores for the week gents.

[R-James]

I was in the chemist picking something up today and I saw a clearance stand. As I approached I saw a farmiliar red cylindrical box. Contained within was a Kent BK2.

I did not need a new brush but alas at £5 sterling i could not pass it up!! Bargain of the century. Tomorrow I go back for £1 ingrams blue and green and the 50p erasmic soaps and sticks.

Completely unexpected but lovely find!

[thirdeye]

I was in the chemist picking something up today and I saw a clearance stand. As I approached I saw a farmiliar red cylindrical box. Contained within was a Kent BK2.

I did not need a new brush but alas at £5 sterling i could not pass it up!! Bargain of the century. Tomorrow I go back for £1 ingrams blue and green and the 50p erasmic soaps and sticks.

Completely unexpected but lovely find!

Come now, you know better...PICTURES please....

Nice score though...

[zappa99]

Where was this bargain - somewhere close for a fellow Vipers Fan?

I was in the chemist picking something up today and I saw a clearance stand. As I approached I saw a farmiliar red cylindrical box. Contained within was a Kent BK2.

I did not need a new brush but alas at £5 sterling i could not pass it up!! Bargain of the century. Tomorrow I go back for £1 ingrams blue and green and the 50p erasmic soaps and sticks.

Completely unexpected but lovely find!

[Aki]

But I did not take the pictures until today, so close enough.

I found this in an antique shop yesterday. The blade looks to be in pretty good shape, the only nick I can find is on the spine, and the razor itself is still really sharp. I did find one like this on Ebay that a guy tried to sell, but the blade looked like it had been through a brush fire or something.

I don't get the connection between bamboo (actually they look to be bakelite or something similar) scales and George Washington.

I also saw, but did not buy, a "45K gold plated" unused DE razor, I think a Gillette. It was really nice, but the wife was glaring at me already.

[paydepst]

A couple of recent Ebay wins to make you pea green (and orange) with envy. Ok two of the Hai Karate bottles have been featured before but I was fooling around with the camera today taking new photos for the website. The Skin Bracer was still in the original box. So were a couple of the Hai Karate bottles. The Hai Karate gift set is still in the original plastic.

Why Hai Karate you ask? Even though it predates my shaving period I recall it with a certain degree of fondness. Who can forget those commercials? One of the most successful ad campaigns ever.

Anyway here they are...






The Hai Karate actually smells pretty good. I was expecting something loud and mephitic or pungent--it's nothing of the sort. The Oriental Spice is actually a bit understated as is the aftershave, The Oriental Lime you would need to watch yourself dispensing that one but Jade East is the same way. Just wear with moderation. I bought them to keep though--doubt I'll be using them too much.

HAI-YA!!

[joelmole]

My first safety razor was a Superspeed I found at an antique mall for $5 almost 2 months ago. It was pretty exciting to find a razor in the wild. Since then I had not had any luck finding anything else until Saturday, when I visited an antique mall kinda tucked away near where I work.

Even though it's in a major city I guess it had not been "mined" yet by any DE enthusiasts, meaning there were quite a few nice pieces there that probably would not have been passed up, some of which I still haven't picked up (yet) because I didn't really know what I was looking at.

I did buy two Fatboys with cases (E1 and G1). Both of the Fatboys are in excellent condition, one slightly better than the other, though both are a bit short of mint. The letters are all black however and the plating is nice and shiny. One of the cases is in pretty good shape, just a bit of crazing on the back edge of the lid, but has both the original flier and the original blue blade dispenser. The other case is a bit rough around the edges, has substantial crazing and the plastic is yellower, the "wings" (the black flaps covering the hinges) are both broken.

I also found an anodized black handle Superspeed (P1), with the anodization almost completely intact. Theres a tiny bit of thinning in one spot. May make this part of a newbie kit, or my original '54 Superspeed (Z3).

Edit: I think P1 is painted, not anodized. I can tell however that it is not one of the plastic coated ones.

[pezspencer]

Went to my parent's house for a Labor Day BBQ. A couple of weeks ago, I had mentioned to my Dad, that I had started wetshaving, and had shown him a gold tech that I had bought.

Today, Dad surprised me! Apparently, he still had a couple of razors that he use to use in the 60's and he passed them on to me.

He gave me a silver ball end tech G-1, a travel tech set that was given to him from our county commission (personalized with "compliments of Clark County, Nevada on the plastic case) and the best one, a Gillette injector... not a Schick, but a Gillette...I had to research it online, but apparently they made them for a couple of years (right about the time I was born..1969)...

What a great Dad!

[burningdarkness]

Picked these up recently for $31 total!

Provence Sante Green Tea cologne, Logona Mann shaving cream, Cella, and eShave White Tea Aftershave Balm.

[R-James]

Where was this bargain - somewhere close for a fellow Vipers Fan?

Consett Co-op Pharmacy my friend

[DogHair]

I won an auction on eBay a couple weeks back for a nice Super Speed and a variety of what looked like Techs. I've only be using a DE for a little while and wanted a few more to try. The seller was slow shipping and the box arrived while we were out of town this weekend. I was very surprised when one of the Techs in the picture turned out to be a '55 Diplomat. A little rubbed on the doors but otherwise nice. Just needs a good cleaning.

[SmoovD]

Spent the weekend in Jefferson, TX and found two Shick Krona- one of which is in excellent condition, the other has some corrosion. Also found a Tech with no date code but with a bakelite handle, in a SS plastic case with an unopened box of blades. The entire score was under $15. Not too shabby.

[pibeandres]

Got this guy this weekend. His name is "Tesla". Hopefully not "Tesla the shaving brush eater".

[1969Fatboy]

Was tooling around TJ maxx I came across a container of Floris #89 for $2!!!!! Yeah it was kind of nasty b/c it was in the clearance area for a while but still very nice price. Smells very close to my Elite SS.


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