The Haul: April 2017

Here's my HUGE APShave Co Butterscotch w/30mm Tuxedo.

 

I haven't caught the butterscotch AD. Tuxedo's I like, and that Orange handle is very handsome! Looking forward to your Shave Report. With which soap are you going to christen it?

 

I understand that that is Donald Trump's favourite razor Won't use anything else.

 

Been a quiet month for me, so far. Then this landed:



A Hoffritz Open Comb. Mr Bond's preferred razor IIRC.

 

Closely followed by this:

 

Came home to find a package from Italy waiting for me





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The variant has arrived.

Feels nice, it's heavy.
But it'll have to shave to be in the ballpark with the progress.
Out of the box
Pros-
Solid, heavy feel
Knurled nicely
No plastic knob
Cons-
Not marked Parker (my first parker,maybe none are)
Not calibtrated (but niether is my progress) but an instruction card claims the razor as a precision instrument. Kinda cheesy to get a prescision instrument outa whack right from the box.
No storage case (for the same money the progress came in one, right?)

Tomorrow's shave will tell more.

I also got black ice witch hazel and aloe. I figure black ice will go great with more black ice.

 

Picked this up today... Hopefully it was worth it. Nice wooden box, missing I assume a blade bank that would fit in the upper right corner. Another version of a SE blade stropper. The only fault I see so far is the screw on the back side of the head. It's bent a bit and I'm scared to try and mess with it too much. Other than that, it's going in a bath of hot soapy water right now....

 

I raked it in today. First up is my new to me Gem 1911 Lather Catcher. It comes from @wchnu. I can hardly wait to take it for a spin.

 

Next, I got a box full of Louisville Slugger bat cutoffs that I might be able to parlay into some brush handles. Courtesy of @wristwatchb .

 

Third, and not least, I got two nice pieces of wood from Japan courtesy of @Sparrow.
Japanese Horse Chestnut

 

Funny story. @wristwatchb also included a great DryGulch strop in the package. My wife saw the newspaper it was wrapped in and put it in the recycle. Charlie sent me a reminder. I searched and searched and couldn't find it. I asked the wife, and she went to the recycle and there it was. Thanks again, Charlie. That is a great strop.

 

I used Mike's Hungarian lavender, love this soap. Yeah, I'm all out with butterscotch, the wierd thing is I'm colored blind.

 

That is SO cool!

 

Three more Christy family additions: Penn Adjustable, Keen Kutter, Enders Speed.

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such a good company...even though they are very much loved, i still consider them to be very much under-rated.....how awesome does that 70th smell?...I LOVE that scent.

 

Jim, that is so nice! You've really had some nice hauls recently. I can't wait to see what you do with the Louisville slugger cutoffs.

 

Great company and top customer service. Shipping rates are reasonable and shipping/delivery speed is scary - Italy to Japan in less than 2 days

I'm with you on the scent of the 70th - amazing!

 

I cant wait to see if you can work out some blade hacks with the Keen Kutter. I have one that I haven't been able to figure out how to use with a modified blade.