What are you waiting on to arrive...?

Discussion in 'Show and tell' started by Darkbulb, Feb 17, 2014.

  1. Tedolph

    Tedolph Well-Known Member

    Currently waiting on ten Feather carbon steel SE blades so I can strop them in my beloved Valet Auto Strop razor and get 50-60 shaves out of a disposable blade!

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  2. brit

    brit in a box

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  3. Hembree

    Hembree Not as pretty smelling

    Colibri (Hummingbird) safety razor 1.30mm open comb plate and a Voevoda stainless steel polished handle from Homelike Shaving.
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  4. Jorvaljr

    Jorvaljr Operation Daytona 8000

    Never heard of them but they look nice. Just seems like artisan razor are coming out of everywhere this past year.


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  5. jmudrick

    jmudrick Type A Man

    Homelike has been around for a while. I have their Start razor (with two plates) and it's a quite good value in SS and a fine shaver.

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  6. Dave in KY

    Dave in KY On second thought, Buttercup

    Used it in the pass around and it's a great shaver and great company !
     
  7. Hembree

    Hembree Not as pretty smelling

    Thanks
     
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  8. Jorvaljr

    Jorvaljr Operation Daytona 8000

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    Just saw this and couldnt resist the few goodies. The shaving cream dish was the eye catcher for me and then the lather catcher
     
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  9. Hembree

    Hembree Not as pretty smelling

    Nice score.
     
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  10. cliffb599

    cliffb599 Well-Known Member

    Just a small order.
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  11. jmudrick

    jmudrick Type A Man

    Rare Mark Cross set.[​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]

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  12. Jorvaljr

    Jorvaljr Operation Daytona 8000

    Thats cool


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  13. jmudrick

    jmudrick Type A Man

    Yeah I don't know if the razor will be shave worthy but I've never seen another example of the set.

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  14. Jorvaljr

    Jorvaljr Operation Daytona 8000

    What sort of blade? Injector?


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  15. jmudrick

    jmudrick Type A Man

    Nah a bespoke blade likely made by Christy.

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  16. snuff

    snuff Well-Known Member

    Rocnel 2021 slim version

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  17. IAmTheJody

    IAmTheJody Gillette-i Master Staff Member

    My new Pearl Flexi arrived this past Saturday, and I finally got around to taking it for its inaugural face drive tonight!

    Fantastic shave, paired with a new Parker Premium Platinum DE blade. Set on No. 3.5, it slalomed its WTG first pass through the always wonderful Tabac shave cream, taking all hair with it. I then lathered again, set it to No. 3 and went for the ATG second pass. Done. Resulted in a BBS both ways! Finished off with some Tet-A-Tet aftershave balm.

    Sidenote: As there were some quality issues - as there always is with a new razor model - I wanted to touch on those. My Flexi is a V4 (4th batch made) and everything works perfect with it. No blade gap issues, no bowed guards, no odd blade slants. Adjusting is smooth and perfect. Really the only issue I encountered is the painted red dot indicator... When I am done shaving and washing off real good my razors, I always dip them in 91% isopropyl alcohol, aka rubbing alcohol. When I did this with this razor, I immediately noticed some red oozing coming from the red dot indicator. I dried it off real good with the end of a q-tip which left red paint residue on the q-tip. This obviously does not affect the shave but it is still rather disappointing for a brand new razor.

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  18. Jorvaljr

    Jorvaljr Operation Daytona 8000

    Maybe if you baked the razor in the oven for a couple hours it will harden the paint?


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  19. jmudrick

    jmudrick Type A Man

    I use Nu-Finish as a protectant (non wax non abrasive) but I don't know how it holds up to regular alcohol dunks.

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  20. Hembree

    Hembree Not as pretty smelling

    Very nice.
     
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