How much "unobtainium" do you have?

Would a Barbasol Floating Head qualify?

 

I have plenty of gear that I would consider valuable or irreplaceable.
Edit: I do have a Ever-Ready 150 brush that Gary did a rehab on that I would consider über rare.

 

• Avon shave soap (the tallow stuff in the wooden bowl with the car sticker)
• Gold floral pocket razor
• 1932 Canadian fat handled tech
• Original Shulton OS AS
  
• had several awesome Wade and Butcher str8s over the years but sold most of them; was nice just o have held them. I was using them so figured they'd be better off going to someone who would give them a better home in a collection or as users since I was just hoarding.

Not sure if any of those qualify or not.

 

I have two @GDCarrington customized brushes
one
@Ceferguson hand carved redwood heart brush/ 28mm golden nibknot
@Jayaruh #7 hand carved original/ whipped dog silvertip
@Tdmsu brothers bristles custom aluminum/ ace black badger
@oscar11 / omega knot
@clint64 customized Rubberset 400/ whipped dog high mountain white knot
I've also got one of my dad's and two of my granddad's razors.

 

I also have a Old Spice cologne bottle that's either 7.5 or 8 ounces (I don't remember ) that our resident Old Spice guru @ObiDon told me was collectible.

 

I'm not sure if it is rare enough to be called unobtanium. But I have a few items that are not too easy to find anymore.

A little under a kilo of Klar Kabinett
Three Sir Irisch Moos shave sticks
About fifty Gillette Super Stainless from Australia
Twenty something Spoiler blade
Fifty something Personna 74
A few dozen other vintage Gillette blades I know nothing about.
Five older Erasmic shave sticks.
And a few older Camelot shave sticks that I hold very dear.

That's about it

 

Shaving related:
•1946-47 Gillette Super Speed
•Original Aramis shave soap
•Avon Imperator a/s
•early 1960s Avon Men's Bath Oil (fantastic stuff).
•Stanley Home Products Points North a/s
•1950s Ingram shave cream
•A few of Gillette's first run stainless blades, plus several 1960s stainless coated hospital blades.
•A pound of excellent carbon blades. They don't seem to be sold as much anymore.

Non-shaving:
•Three perfectly working Parker 21s - red, blue and green. Daily drivers.
•1987 Citizen 10 bar dive-style watch. Apart from a busted one at auction, I've found exactly one mention of it online. Citizen Japan said all they know is it's from '87, the year I enlisted in the USN . A jeweler and watch collector told me yesterday it's likely worth well more than I gave to have it refurbished.

Most of these are not particularly valuable in themselves but they are, or are getting, fairly tough and/or pricey to obtain. But it's all just stuff.

 

If I'd pick some of my items, top of my head, that I know it would be a real pain to replace, I'd say;

Razors
Tradere OC in original box,
Gillette Double ring - PAT APPL'D
Gillette Psycho w/ original key
M.Peroni in original box
Thier-Issard No 17 straight razor,
Daveso Garanti, vintage dual-comb,
Schick Type F in original bakelite box,
Weber razor in original box and papers
iKon B1 (all black) in original box
Schick Platinum DE in opened box
Swedish Strivel in orignal bakelite box
Swedish Swing "1935"
Leresche #77
Leresche "77 Prototype"
Wilkinson Royale NIB
Wilkinson T70 in original box

Other
Klar Kabinnet
Original Fitjar soaps (isros, shea pleasure and sandalwood in wooden bowl)
Pinaud vintage glass bottle w/ glass stopper/applicator
Old Spice Hull model 01


But, maybe the hardest thing to find again...my Rockwell 6s that works well

 

Not 'unobtanium' rare, but definitely hard to find…

• A 1930s-era Otto Deutsch Hans straight razor in good condition.
• A 1930s-era German-made Bohler-Stahl with the 'Star of David' logo.
• A 2011 Mühle R41 Grande
• A circa-1905 Rubberset brush (pre-'sterilized' era)
• A Ceritfyd 'Red Imp' 700c strop—in good condition.
• An old 'Ever-Ready' treasure chest blade holder

 

That "Klar" word tasks me.

Then, yes, I have just a bit of that rarest of elements. I'm torn about whether to replate it.

 

My Barbasol FH is also a bit worn. It seems that either these razors were truly loved and used a lot - or the original plating isn't very good - as it's very rare to see one w/out any plate loss.

 

Don't have too much rare stuff just a Gillette Big Boy deluxe and 2 semi rare Canadian news...

 

I'm not sure about unobtainium, but these are not easy to find. I did get most of them on the bay over the last 1 1/2 years, and you may need some Unobtainium to buy them. All of my Old Spice bottles have original product in them, and smell great. All of my shave items get used regularly, except for my Gillette toggle. You can click on my Jedi Den on the bottom of this post to see pictures of some of them.

Razors
Gillette Old Type Open Comb Ball End NDC 1920s (from "The Weekender" by Metalfield kit)
Gillette Ball End Tech NDC (nickel plated triangle slots 1938-45)
Gillette Goodwill #164 1931 (slotted center hole) with original case and blade pack
Gillette Goodwill #162 1934 (4 corner positioning posts)
Gillette gold toggle (D1) 1958
Dubl Duck Goldedge 5/8 Round point 1947-52

Brushes
Erskine Badger 1947
Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue Boar
Fuller Amber Badger 1920s -1940s
Vintage Ever-Ready 675 badger
Vintage Ever-Ready 300L
Rubberset 400 #3 WD 24/50 Silvertip (Jedi Lightsaber)

Mugs
Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue
Old Spice (early glass Mug 01) 1947 first glass mug Birth Year
Old Spice (late glass Mug 04) 1970s -1992 The last OS Mugs
Old Spice (late glass Mug 02) 1964 – 1978
Old Spice (early glass Mug 06) 1961 - 1964 First Mug with a taper last without a lip on top
Old Spice "Morning Refresher" 1984 -1985 coffee mug
Old Spice Hull Pottery Mug 01 1938 - 1944 the first mug
Post shave
Old Spice original Shulton 1947 glass Talcum powder (ship Mt. Vernon sailing to right)
Old Spice original Shulton 1956 glass AS Stopper #3
Old Spice original Shulton early 1960s Travel Type I AS Metal cap
Old Spice Lime original Shulton AS Frosted Glass 1960s
Old Spice Lime original Shulton cologne Frosted Glass 1960s
Old Spice original Shulton red plastic Body Talc 1960 - 1968 (gift from my father in law)
Old Spice original Shulton AS Travel 1973 - 1975 (gift from my father in law)
Old Spice original Shulton 1973 glass cologne Stopper #3
Old Spice original Shulton 1973 glass AS Stopper #4
Old Spice original Shulton 1973 - 1975 Blue Ship Decanter AS
Old Spice original Shulton 1973 - 1975 Lantern Decanter AS
Old Spice original Shulton 1980 glass AS (gift from my father in law)
Old Spice original Shulton 1956 glass Talcum powder (gift from my father in law)
Old Spice original Shulton 1983 -Porcelain Sail Boat
Old Spice Gift set #3381 NIB 1960 (Birthday gift from my Daughter)
Vintage Avon 1981 - California Perfume Co. Anniversary Bay Rum

 

There was a glass mug by Old Spice in 1947?

 

I'm not sure what would be considered "unobtainium"?
I do have a couple of Old Spice shave mugs, an Old Spice shave brush and an EverReady SE Streamline set(stropper, razor and case).

 

If you look at all the history on when the change from the Hull Potery to the Wheaton Glass Company mug you see that they used the term ' around 1948' to describe the date for the switch. I have seen other stories that said there was an overlap as the production started up, so taking a little license with the start date, mine is a 1947, which also is my birth year

 

Well reasoned I'd say

 

Oh snaps! I have some Klar Kabinett!