The Haul: December 2014

The Mail-Lady Bringeth and Rescue from the Wild

Via the mail - Astra SP blades and RazoRock AS from the Italian Barber


Then while Christmas Shopping for the wife I stumbled upon this Schick Injector. I don't think the case is original to the razor. From my limited research the razor appears to be a G1 but the case a G8 (lid is missing) -Yes I did find something for my wife

 

Great combo! I love the performance and scent of the KO Shave Cotton.

 

I like the feel of the fat boy much more than the feel of the slim. Nice!

 

For my birthday the wife gave me a razor and brush stand (rosewood) from West Coast Shaving. And from Wm. Neumann & Co the Signature 1907 shave soap - what an incredible scent. I can't wait to try it out. Neumann also threw in some small samplers of their AS and bar of the Peppermint Leaf Soap. (The wife also let slip that she got me the Merkur 34C for Christmas)

 

My friend who is into wetshaving bought me a razor yesterday.





AutoStrop VB1 with original blades, holder, and case. The tag on the case says Jacksonville Daily Journal, which is the local newspaper in a town an hour north of me. So that's cool.

 

a) Very nice,
b) Never tried an autostrop so do let us know how you like it, and
c) I need better friends

 

Thanks!

I have another VB1 and a VC4 in my collection and they shave OK, the worst part is you have to modify blades.

The VB1 only requires removing the spine and clipping the corners and it'll slide in.

The VC4 however, you either need to order feather SE blades or get out the drill. I did the latter and drilled holes in the blade after removing spine and corners. It fit and shaved OK, not as good of a shave as my gem and ever ready razors though.

 

I received a sample of Yeti Snot from ram57. (Thank you!) You know a soap is going to be great when your cat won't get anywhere near it.

 

Get ready...it's serious menthol. He sent me one...I don't know if it was an opportunity or a dare. Probably both! Enjoy!

 

Big thanks to @rmcintyre84 for this PIF haul! This was the Den-Clearing PIF!

Edit after opening....overwhelmed, so much good stuff to try here. Gonna put an item in SOTD for 15 December. This package upped my after shave game a ton! Thanks again.

 

Congrats Chris...

 

You're welcome! I hope you enjoy all of it. I'm looking forward to reading your reviews.

 

That will start in an hour or two on SOTD! Thanks again, You definitely made my day.

 

A nice little Haul from California!

1x Palmindaya sc jar (Palmindaya's a Brazilian barbershop cream)
1x GZD shaving stick (smells so much like Arko)
1x Blueness shaving stick (very exotically-scented in a nice way)

Plus 2 packs of SuperMax Blue Diamond blades.

 

Mike's Natural Hungarian Lavender
TSD Iced Ying Yang
TSD Iced Floid Blue Type

 

2 sticks of arko came in the mail today. One for my dad and one for me.

 

I tried to get the Hungarian lavender but he was out. Let me know how you like it

 

I'll be using it tomorrow

 

Nice haul.

 

Thank you!