Open Comb Central - The Place With Real Teeth (No R41, Hybrid or Closed Combs)

July 5, 2020

Blackland Blackbird OC
Wizamet Super Iridium
El Druida Two Band
Asylum Saponificio Varesino Colonia
Fine Italian Citrus
ADP Colonia Essenza

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monday shave
senator
suneko
ap shave tuxedo
razorock alchemy

 

Monday‌ ‌07.06.20 ‌SOTD‌
Gillette Ball End New LC
NOS Gillette Red Thin Blade
Simpsons‌ ‌Commodore‌ ‌X3‌ ‌Best‌ ‌Badger‌
Fine Accoutrements Fresh Vetiver in a vintage mug
Fine Accoutrements ‌Fresh‌ ‌Vetiver‌ ‌aftershave‌

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Thank you Gary. I am as well as can be expected my friend. I hope you are doing fine as well. You have an awesome collection man. I love seeing your examples. You have done well sir.

About that Japanese Old Type clone. A fellow here referred me to a gentleman a long time ago so I could learn more about the razor. I believe he was some sort of executive for a firm in Japan. Well respected by all accounts. He tried to explain the pictograms as a logo, but did confirm it was Japanese. I can see why it could appear as a logo, but those pictograms seem way too complex and intricate to be simple logos. There seems to be a lot of content there for it to be a simple logo. I don’t recall him telling me an exact date or even a decade this razor was made, but I am inclined to believe this is a wartime razor intended for a civilian market somewhere. All that having been said, could those pictograms have been coded instructions or commands to a yet undetermined group of Japanese somewhere?

During WWII, even America used unconventional solutions for covert activities. Navaho code talkers, mock up tiny paratroopers that were similar to a child’s toy, an aircraft carrier made of ice, etc etc.

I wonder what I really have here. It just seems odd those “logo” have so much to them.

Anyway, thanks for the compliment. And the wave .




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awesome sir,very cool razor..and thank you.

 

July 6, 2020

Gillette New LC Rhodium &Rose Gold
Polsilver SI
Dorian Crafts Two Band
CRSW Barber Shop
Sterling Soap Co. Barbershop
Brooks Brothers 1818

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awesome..

 

Monday's Shave

AutoStrop B1
Despined GEM Stainless PTFE (4)
Jayaruh #314 Cocobolo Wood Badger
PAA Mentholated Pre-Shave Cube
D.R. Harris Arlington Shaving Soap
4711 Aftershave

 

Nice shot Andrew. I have a VCI, which I'm still learning how to use without losing too much blood.

 

Thanks, Jim! The VC1 is one model that I don't have, but this B1 and my B2 look to be the same mechanically as the VC1. The VC1 has different blade stops though.
Of all the AutoStrops I own, the B1 and B2 give me the best shaves.
You'll get the hang of your VC1 soon I am sure.

 

Only mechanical difference in the VC1, VC2, VC3 series is they got rid of the roller guide at the back for the strop. But I can't see that there would be a significant drop in weight to affect the shave.

 

I don't think the weight difference with those rear roller guards would affect much. At least the VC1 is able to use a modified GEM blade, unlike the VC2,3,4.

 

tuesday shave
1935 brit belmont 2 piece
7 oclock blue
razorock chrome silvertip synthetic
razorock xxx

 

wednesday shave
#160 gillette goodwill
suneko
semogue 830
pre de provence 63

 

Tuesday’s Shave

GEM MMOC

 

fine shave and pic Andrew..

 

7/7/20

RFB (3 piece)
Nacet
Ethos Lavender
Paladin 28mm Phantasia Lotus
Thayers
TSD Bourbon & Vanilla

 

thursday shave
brit valet auto strop vc3/short handle
feather
canadian rubberset
erasmic
clubman whiskey woods

 

Hi all, just getting around to posting Tuesday’s OC SOTD.

1909 Gillette ABC Pocket Edition.
Vintage 1956 Gillette Blue Blade.




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July 9, 2020

Wolfman WR2-OC w WRH7 SS
Wizamet Super Iridium
Simpson Trafalgar T3 Synthetic
Mike's Natural Soaps Coconut
Stirling Soap Co. Island Man
Penhaligon Blenheim Bouquet

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