Sometimes....I just don't understand USPS: 05:30am: Package arrives in Martinez, CA 07:55am: Sorting complete in San Francisco 08:05am: Out for delivery in San Francisco 08:06am: Arrived at Martinez, CA ......huh?
Scored the very rare and elusive "Gillette U.S. Patriot kit"!! OK, so there is no such thing But, I like the case, never had a case for my birthyear Slim so that's what this will be used for. Trivia: The blue blade case in the picture is a "US Gov't Gold Bond" case and blades. These were around in the 40's and 50's. Here's a sample ad from a newspaper in 1957: I've seen blue and yellow gold bond razor cases but they don't surface too often for some reason. Here's a yellow one:
Waiting on the mhule r41 grande....this will be my last expensive purchase for a long while....next month im going to buy a couple things under 20$ each and that will hopefully be my last purchase altogether for a loooong while....if i come across something locally thats affordable itl be fair game
Picked up a Wilkinson bonded razor. This one was sold in Portugal and maybe I'm delusional but I think the razor is more white than the 'grayish' razors of this model that I've seen before.
After a ton of questions and plenty of contemplating, I finally pulled the trigger and ordered a Merkur 39c. Should be here by Tuesday.....never thought I'd be this excited about buying a razor.