What are you waiting on to arrive...?

It arrived today. JR #161. This is probably the third thread I've posted a picture in!

 

Nice brushes. I'll bet the third one cleans up black. I look forward to seeing them restored.

 

Waiting on a @Drygulch Latigo and Linen strop.


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Today I ordered some goodies from the Italian Barber:

RazoRock Polished Titanium HALO 85mm Handle - Back in stock!
Barrister and Mann Petrichor Shaving Soap
Barrister and Mann Petrichor Aftershave Splash

I wanted to try the Titanium handle on my Wolfman to mix it up. I have the Darwin polished handle and it can get slippery. I love the shape and style of the Darwin too much keep it idle for long, so I may also use the Halo on the R41 since the standard handle also looks nice, but just doesn't offer enough grip.

Never tried a B&M product and the Petrichor offering looked intriguing.
Steve

 

Scored another New Forest brush this one a briar.

 

Hoping to have them done up in about two weeks or so.

 

Waiting on a few things:

The complete Barney Miller tv show box set

Soap Smooth Brain Freeze soap & aftershave, Soap Smooth Pumpkin

As well as some other soaps from a trade, but still working out the final details.

 

National Japanese Straight Razor 6/8

 

Oops... almost forgot, also waiting on a few new additions to the den:

Ballenclaugh Honey Tobacco
B&M Petrichor
Labelle Forest Moss soap

 

A few grungy razors in need of a little TLC ...



A few Fat Boys and a Black Beauty. Vintage is .

 

Nothing yet, but soon, soon!

 

Another DeHaven, looks like the Diplomat version. Comes with a G. I just sold all my Gs, can't seem to shake these things.

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I hope they all function & clean up well.
Have you checked Date Codes?
I suspect you will be getting PM's shortly.
So many Shavers, so few @195's.

 

Not sure why people say this . There are always 120+ Fatboys available on eBay at any one time. They are common razors.

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Whew! That was close. I over-bid on a RR SS Hawk, thankfully I didn't win.

 

I hope they function. Seller said they were stiff and just wanted them sold. No info on the dates, but hope they are pre 60; I really like those, but any Fat Boy's a good Fat Boy. For the price I had to do it.

 

The Limited Edition syndrome. They only made a bazillion of them during a span of years. Some percentage are damaged, dropped in a river, lost forever. The remaining ones are either in the hands of shavers that appreciate them, still tucked away in hidey holes awaiting children to go through their parents estates, or on ebay at artificially inflated prices.
I passed up the first one I saw at an antique store. It was ebay priced at $45. Within a week I found another for $5. The Inflation Calculator suggests that a Model 195 that sold for $1.95 in 1959 would now set you back $16.34, or about the price of a new Chinese Flare Tip repro. I personally get a better shave with a Fat Boy than Weishi / MicroTouch One/ VDH DE.

 

I paid twice what I had paid for any of my other vintage Gillettes ($45, about average), and didn't find it shaved any better than any of them (let alone my cheap SE and Injectors) so out it went for the same $45. Nine ways to mediocre is still mediocre no matter how shiny.

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Tom, that's a great strop! Adam does fantastic work and uses top notch material. Congratulations!

 

Well, I like it... I would like it even more if it had pinstripes!